How Sugar Wreaks Havoc on Your Health and Mind

This episode is brought to you by Beekeeper’s Naturals, BiOptimizers, and Cozy Earth. Despite what the conventional medical model has taught us about cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, these disorders are actually within our power to stop, slow, and reverse. There’s no better person to talk to about reducing the risk of cognitive deficits and supporting optimal brain health than today’s guest on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dale Bredesen.  Dr. Bredesen is internationally recognized as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The End of Alzheimer's, The End of Alzheimer's Program, and his latest book The First Survivors of Alzheimer's: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words. He has held faculty positions at UC San Francisco, UCLA, and the University of California San Diego. He has directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before coming to the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in 1998 as its founding president and CEO. He is currently a professor at UCLA. This episode is brought to you by Beekeeper’s Naturals, BiOptimizers, and Cozy Earth. Beekeeper’s Naturals is giving my community an exclusive offer of 25% off your first order. Just go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter the code HYMAN. Try BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough for 10% off by going to  magbreakthrough.com/hyman and using the code HYMAN10.  Right now, you can try out Cozy Earth’s bamboo pajamas and loungewear for 40% off—their highest discount ever offered. Just go to cozyearth.com and use the code HYMANPODCAST Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  Why Alzheimer’s is a systems biology disorder that needs to be treated from a Functional Medicine perspective  (7:13 / 4:01)  Four main drivers of cognitive decline (12:01 / 8:10)   The ineffectiveness of seeking just one cause of Alzheimer’s (13:05 / 9:08)  Personalizing Alzheimer's treatment and prevention (19:42 / 15:08)  The 4 stages of Alzheimer's (21:19 / 17:30)  Eating and fasting to prevent, slow, and reverse cognitive decline (27:51 / 21:44)  The importance of exercise, sleep, and stress reduction in relation to brain health (32:31 / 26:41)  Reversing Alzheimer’s and pre-Alzheimer’s disease (39:38 / 33:49)  Patient stories of cognitive improvement after Alzheimer’s diagnosis (47:04 / 41:25)  Breaking through the conventional perspective and approach to Alzheimer’s disease (54:01 / 48:33)  Learn more about Dr. Bredesen’s work at https://www.apollohealthco.com/ Get a copy of Dr. Bredesen’s book, The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words here.

15 Joulu 20211h 17min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.   If you have a chronic illness, you’ve got inflammation. Inflammation is often hidden or silent, something that we can’t see or feel, but manifests itself as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, and more. Typically, inflammation has been raging inside for a while before you even notice there’s anything wrong. The three biggest drivers of inflammation are all lifestyle factors—gut health, diet, and chronic stress. In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about inflammation, what’s causing it, and how to reduce it. We discuss the critical component of gut health and how 60-70% of our immune system is in our gut, as well as tests to identify inflammation in the body, foods to avoid, and the importance of restful sleep.   Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.   Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here.    Right now, Athletic Greens is offering my listeners 10 free travel packs of AG1 when you make your first purchase. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What is inflammation? (4:40 / 1:10)  Three biggest drivers of inflammation (6:00 / 2:46) Detecting inflammation in patients (25:02 / 21:31) Conventional medicine approach to treating inflammation (28:16 / 24:50) Foods that are inflammatory (30:43 / 27:11)  Sleep apnea’s association with inflammation (34:55 / 31:21)  My personal experience with gut dysfunction and its connection to inflammation (44:25 / 41:02) Testing for inflammation (50:30 / 46:59)  Supplements to reduce inflammation (53:50 / 50:28)  Your questions on addressing grains, hormones, genetics, and more (59:25 / 55:50)

13 Joulu 20211h 10min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Cozy Earth. Most of us can relate to feeling tired, moody, or just overall depleted. It’s not a lack of willpower or motivation that leads to low-energy. It's because we’re up against energy thieves that are hiding everywhere from our immune system to the food we eat, and even our microbiome.  In this compilation episode, I talk to Dave Asprey about using the principles of Functional Medicine and the biology of biohacking to boost energy, promote weight loss, and feel good at any age. We discuss the numerous benefits of fasting, such as reducing insulin, improving brain function, and supporting mitochondria (these are our tiny but powerful cellular energy factories)​​. Fasting doesn’t have to mean feeling stressed, tired, or even hungry—Dave tells us how to remove the fear and pain some people feel about fasting to make the process easier. Dave Asprey is the founder and Chairman of Bulletproof 360, a high-performance coffee and food company, and creator of the widely-popular Bulletproof Coffee. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, host of the Webby award-winning podcast Bulletproof Radio, and has been featured on the Today show, Fox News, Nightline, CNN, and dozens more. Over the last two decades Dave, the “Father of Biohacking,” has worked with world-renowned doctors, researchers, scientists, and global mavericks to uncover the latest, most innovative methods, techniques, and products for enhancing mental and physical performance.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Cozy Earth.   Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here.  Right now, you can try out Cozy Earth’s bamboo pajamas and loungewear for 40% off—their highest discount ever offered. Just go to cozyearth.com and use the code HYMANPODCAST.

10 Joulu 20212h 36min

This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Athletic Greens, and Tushy. I don’t like to look at what I do as treating disease. I’d rather look at it as creating health. And we have a lot of power to do that ourselves, each and every day. This is something I especially like to remind people of as we continue through the pandemic—the right choices and habits can help us stay more resilient and healthy during what feels like an uncontrollable world health crisis.  Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to my good friend Ken Cook, as part of EWG’s CleanCon Conference. In this conversation, Ken interviews me about establishing better habits for human and planetary health. Ken Cook is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Under Cook’s leadership, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to empower American families with easy-to-use, science-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in food, drinking water, cosmetics, and other household products.  This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Athletic Greens, and Tushy. Paleovalley is offering 15% off your entire first order. Just go to paleovalley.com/hyman to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal. Athletic Greens is offering my listeners 10 free travel packs of AG1 when you make your first purchase at athleticgreens.com/hyman.   Visit hellotushy.com and enter code HYMAN to save 10% off any Hello TUSHY purchase site-wide, including the new TUSHY Ace.    Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  The connection between poor diet and Covid-19 outcomes (4:53 / 1:48) Environmental toxins and the immune system (7:05 / 3:19) My journey into understanding the power of nutrition and health (8:15 / 4:13)  My approach to working with patients to promote behavior change (12:29 / 8:46) Improving your diet to improve your health (18:12 / 14:11) Creating structure to support healthy habits and behavior change (20:30 / 16:50) Understanding your body as one interconnected ecosystem (25:12 / 21:04)  Becoming Covid-resistant (29:18 / 24:04)  Learn more about the Environmental Working Group at ewg.org and follow EWG on Facebook @ewg.org, on Instagram @environmentalworkinggroup, and on Twitter @ewg.

8 Joulu 202134min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and ButcherBox.   As the science of longevity has exploded in recent years, we have more access to innovative therapies, techniques, knowledge, and technology than ever before. Traditionally, we view aging as an inevitable consequence that happens to our bodies as we get older. We think that as we gain more years of life, it is a given that we begin to slow down, become less agile, lose our memories, and gain more chronic diseases. We define these things as “aging” when they’re actually signs of dis-ease that can be prevented and often even reversed.  In this episode of my new MasterClass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about creating vibrant, optimal health, to feel younger at any age. We discuss the latest science on whole-body health and longevity and share simple, accessible tips that you can use right now to start feeling younger at any age.  Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and ButcherBox.   Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here.    This holiday, ButcherBox is proud to give new members 2 pounds of ground beef in your first box plus $10 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):    Reversing your biological age (4:48 / 1:29) The difference between healthspan and lifespan (10:22 / 6:45) Threats to aging well, including insulin resistance, sarcopenia, inflammation, and more (12:55 / 9:30) Addressing the root cause of disease using Functional Medicine (18:42 / 15:27) Learnings about longevity from the Blue Zones (23:16 / 20:00) Eating well for a longer life (28:02 / 24:08)  Why prioritizing your sleep is vital (35:35 / 32:13) Using supplements to optimize all the systems of your body (40:32 / 36:57)  The importance of relationships and community (45:03 / 41:28)  Your questions on addressing early aging, exercise, stress, and more (59:24 / 55:55)    Mentioned in this episode:   Dr. Hyman at 40 yrs vs. 60 yrs  https://www.instagram.com/p/CVAp0fqFhX1/   EMF Bed Canopies https://safelivingtechnologies.com/products/bed-canopies/   Dr. Hyman+ (which includes access to the Longevity Roadmap docuseries) https://drhyman.com/plus/

6 Joulu 20211h 20min

This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. While inflammation is a natural part of life that can serve a beneficial role, we start to see disease when inflammatory pathways are constantly activated. That’s why many brain symptoms—like brain fog, anxiety, memory loss, and more—can actually be caused by systemic inflammation. The foods we eat, the toxins we’re exposed to, our stress levels, and our genetics are just some of the many aspects that can impact the body—and the brain’s—propensity towards inflammation.  In this episode, I discuss inflammation in the brain with Dr. Todd LePine. We dive into the many factors that can drive neuroinflammation, the range of conditions that are linked to brain inflammation, and how we work with patients to cool this inflammation. I also talk with Max Lugavere about how nutritional deficiencies affect the brain. Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine, and is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. He has been practicing Functional Medicine for over 15 years focusing on Optimal Aging, Bio-Detoxification, Gastrointestinal Health, Systemic Inflammation, Autoimmune disorders and the Neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health, and science journalist and the author of the New York Times bestselling book Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life. Max’s sophomore book is The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary, a lifestyle guide to living happily and healthily with proven, research-based lifestyle tactics, which we dig into more throughout this episode. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.   Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here.    Athletic Greens is offering my listeners 10 free travel packs of AG1 when you make your first purchase here.

3 Joulu 20211h 21min

This episode is brought to you by Joovv, BiOptimizers, and Cozy Earth. Meat is always a hot topic in the nutrition and wellness space. To eat it, or not to eat it? That is the oversimplified question of what is a much more complex topic. You see, we can’t lump all meat into one category. And we can’t think about meat as all or nothing—there’s much more to the story. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Scott Lively and I talk all about conscious meat-eating, and more specifically beef, as well as the nuances that come with it. Scott shares some helpful tips for improving the quality of the meat you eat.   Scott Lively is the co-founder of Raise American, which provides 100 percent grass-fed, organic, American, planet-friendly beef. He is an organic food entrepreneur and an absolute beef freak. Scott left a successful career in the IT industry to co-found what is now the largest organic beef company in the United States. Today, he oversees a broad portfolio of companies, private labels, and brands. Scott is an advocate of local economic development and regenerative farming practices applied to large agriculture. He is the author of For The Love of Beef: the Good, the Bad and the Future of America’s Favorite Meat. This episode is brought to you by Joovv, BiOptimizers, and Cozy Earth.   For a limited time, Joovv is offering $50 off your first order with the code FARMACY at Joovv.com/FARMACY. Some exclusions apply.   Try BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough for 10% off by going to  magbreakthrough.com/hyman and using the code HYMAN10.  Right now, you can try out Cozy Earth’s bamboo pajamas and loungewear for 40% off—their highest discount ever offered. Just go to cozyearth.com and use the code HYMANPODCAST. Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  How “Big Beef” gained its negative reputation (5:46 / 1:38) Issues and challenges with the current beef industry (10:43 / 6:39)  Consumer driven change in the beef industry (12:13 / 8:40) Health attributes of grass-fed beef (14:21 / 10:34)  Meat consumption and planetary health (21:09 / 17:22)  Improving beef quality and agricultural practices through academic and governmental programming (29:36 / 25:12)  Are lab-based meat alternatives good for us? (34:39 / 30:42)  Tips to determine meat quality (43:31 / 37:47) Scott’s journey into the beef industry (48:15 / 42:31) The difference between organic and grass-fed beef (52:13 / 46:27) Is regenerative agriculture scalable? (55:01 / 49:16)  Get a copy of Scott’s book, For The Love of Beef: the Good, the Bad and the Future of America’s Favorite Meat here https://www.fortheloveofbeef.com.  Learn more about The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) here.

1 Joulu 20211h 4min

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30 Marras 202118min