Why We Have The Worst Health Outcomes Of All Industrialized Nations with Dr. Charles Modlin, Dr. Leonor Osorio, and Tawny Jones

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Sensate, and Super Simple Protein.  Epigenetics is the study of how our environment and behavior can influence which of our genes are turned on or off. That’s right—we’re born with many different genes, but that does not mean they are all active. Genes can be activated or silenced from so many different things, like what you eat, how you move, and how you restore your system. Your thoughts, feelings, and social connections even regulate your genes too. You can turn on genes that create health or disease or weight gain or weight loss. In today’s episode, I talk with Drs. Jeff Bland, Bruce Lipton, and Todd LePine about how environmental and lifestyle factors are significant determining factors of your health. Dr. Jeff Bland is the founder of Big Bold Health, a company on a mission to transform the way people think about one of nature’s greatest innovations—the immune system. Through Big Bold Health, Jeff is advocating for the power of immuno-rejuvenation to enhance immunity at a global level, often through the rediscovery of ancient food crops and superfoods. Jeff’s career in health spans more than 40 years. A nutritional biochemist by training, he began in academia as a university professor. Jeff then spent three decades in the natural products industry, working alongside other pioneers. Dr. Bruce Lipton is a stem cell biologist and author of the bestselling books The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution, and The Honeymoon Effect. Dr. Lipton is the recipient of the prestigious Japanese Goi Peace Award and has been listed in “the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People” by Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine for the last 13 years. Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is board certified in internal medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Sensate, and Super Simple Protein. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. Head on over to getsensate.com/Farmacy and use code FARMACY to get 10% off your Sensate device today. Right now, you can get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein by heading to drhyman.com/protein and using code protein10. Full-length episodes (and corresponding links) of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Jeff Bland Dr. Bruce Lipton Dr. Todd LePine

25 Sep 20231h 27min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Mitopure, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. While anti-meat advocates and scientists have tried to scare Americans by linking meat to everything from cancer to heart disease, diabetes, and even obesity, research actually shows meat is a nutrient-dense food that can help prevent disease and nutritional deficiencies when you eat it with plenty of plants and vegetables (and not as part of the typical Western diet and lifestyle). That doesn’t mean there isn’t a dark side to eating meat, but there are good scientific and health-minded reasons to eat high-quality, organic, grass-fed, sustainably raised meat as part of an overall healthy diet. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss why meat is such a contentious food, whether meat really contributes to global warming, and how to make the most informed decision about purchasing and eating meat.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Mitopure, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. Support the growth of new, healthy mitochondria and get 10% off Mitopure. Head to timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. Right now, you can get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein by heading to drhyman.com/protein and using code protein10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Commonly held myths about meat (2:49 / 0:48) Meat is the single best source of protein for humans (7:29 / 4:46) How much saturated fat is “healthy”? (12:57 / 10:45) Meat is a nutritional powerhouse (14:35 / 11:50) Grass-fed and regenerative meat is better (15:23 / 12:38) Most of your plate should still be plants (16:24 / 13:38) How you cook meat matters (18:45 / 16:00)  Does meat contribute to global warming? (19:17 / 16:30)   What to look for when buying meat (22:21 / 19:35) What types of meat to eat and avoid (23:25 / 20:39)

22 Sep 202327min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Kettle & Fire, LMNT, and Cozy Earth. Recent technological advances are completely changing the way we understand the body. Revolutions are happening on multiple levels–the “omics” revolution, the digitization of data, and the systems biology medicine movement. Today, I’m excited to talk to Drs. Leroy Hood and Nathan Price about the future of personalized healthcare through scientific wellness. Dr. Leroy Hood is the CEO and founder of Phenome Health, a non-profit organization developing a project called Human Phenome Initiative (HPI), based on the science of wellness, which will sequence the genes and generate the longitudinal phenomes of one million people over 10 years. He has co-founded 17 biotech companies. His many national and international awards include the Lasker Prize, the Kyoto Prize, and the National Medal of Science. He is also the Chief Strategy Officer/Professor at the Institute of Systems Biology in Seattle. Dr. Nathan Price is the Chief Scientific Officer of Thorne HealthTech and author of The Age of Scientific Wellness. In 2019, he was named one of the 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine, and in 2021 he was appointed to the Board on Life Sciences of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He is Affiliate Faculty at the University of Washington in Bioengineering and Computer Science and Engineering. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Kettle & Fire, LMNT, and Cozy Earth. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Head over to kettleandfire.com/Hyman today to see all of their products and use code HYMAN to save 20% off your entire order. LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/hyman. Get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets at cozyearth.com and use code DRHYMAN. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Systems biology and scientific wellness (5:41 / 4:25)  Three components of the human phenome (20:07 / 18:30)  How big-data analytics and AI can be used to optimize health (24:30 / 22:30) The majority of health and wellness happens outside the doctor’s office (41:28 / 37:47) Educating the public about the future of medicine (43:23 / 39:21)  Training AI machine learning models (52:47 / 49:11) Drs. Hood and Price’s daily health routines (1:13:49 / 1:10:12)  Get a copy of The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands.

20 Sep 20231h 28min

This episode is brought to you by AG1, AirDoctor, HigherDOSE, and Super Simple Protein.  So many people are plagued every day with uncomfortable symptoms like bloating, cramps, diarrhea, constipation, and pain that often reduce quality of life or derail daily activities. Thankfully, emerging research has helped identify the real underlying issues of digestive conditions, which means we are developing an understanding of how to actually treat—and fix—gut dysfunction. In today’s episode, I talk with Dhru Purohit and Dr. Elizabeth Boham about the importance of a healthy gut and how to treat common symptoms like bloating, malnutrition, dysbiosis, and more. Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The 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. Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. This episode is brought to you by AG1, AirDoctor, HigherDOSE, and Super Simple Protein. Head to drinkAG1.com/HYMAN to receive 10 FREE travel packs of AG1 with your first purchase. I’ve teamed up with the makers of AirDoctor to give my listeners the best deal yet on this amazing filtration system. Right now, if you go to drhyman.com/filter you can get the AirDoctor filter for $329. Elevate your wellness game today by going to HigherDOSE.com. You can use promo code HYMAN at checkout or just go to higherdose.com/hyman to save 15% site-wide. Right now, you can get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein by heading to drhyman.com/protein and using code protein10. Full-length episodes (and corresponding links) of these interviews can be found here: 3 Things That Destroy Your Gut Health Underweight, Overtired, and Malnourished: How To Get Your Health Back On Track Why Gut Issues Are On The Rise And How To Fix It Bloating: Getting Rid Of Your Food Baby With Functional Medicine

18 Sep 20231h 3min

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. Doctors often order lab tests based on specific concerns, which means potential issues from hormone imbalances to nutrient deficiencies can be overlooked. Routine physicals may not capture the full picture, leaving gaps in our understanding of heart disease, cancer, and more. Standard lab tests at a doctor's office aren't comprehensive enough. However, with robust, routine lab testing and personalized insights from top medical experts, we can finally understand and manage our health. This proactive approach represents the future of your healthcare. I co-founded Function Health alongside Pranitha Patil and others. I was excited to sit down with her for this episode. Our mission is to empower people to live 100 healthy years. In our conversation, we dive deep into the importance of individualized health information, exploring topics like comprehensive cardiovascular, autoimmunity, thyroid testing, and much more. Pranitha made a bold move, leaving Harvard University's graduate school early to build Function Health. Her extensive background at Accenture saw her working closely with the largest hospital systems and health insurance providers, where she witnessed the problems with healthcare from the inside. More personally, Pranitha's own health challenges inspired her to prioritize giving people the power to own their health. Function is the first-ever membership offering access to over 100+ lab tests. It provides personalized insights from globally renowned doctors based on your results. You can join Function by securing your spot on the waitlist at functionhealth.com, to get access within a few weeks. Join Function now! This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. For new members of ButcherBox, you can receive New York strip steaks for a year PLUS $20 off your first order. Go to butcherbox.com/farmacy and use code FARMACY. This month only you can get a FREE bottle of Bioptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough. Go to magbreakthrough.com/hymanfree and enter coupon code hyman10. Get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein at drhyman.com/protein and use code protein10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Pranitha’s personal health journey (3:46 / 1:06) Optimizing your health with personalized data (8:30 / 5:58) Why normal biomarkers are not necessarily optimal (22:46 / 20:14) Comprehensive cardiovascular testing (32:50 / 29:38) Comprehensive thyroid testing (44:57 / 41:45) The prevalence of autoimmune disease and related testing (49:31 / 46:19) Women’s and men’s health testing at every stage of life (52:15 / 49:03) How I manage stress (59:04 / 56:29) Testing to assess immune and pancreatic function (1:01:51 / 58:39) Nutritional, liver, kidney, and other testing offered by Function Health (1:03:44 / 1:00:30) Correction: This episode mentions a book by Drs. Leroy Hood and Nathan Price. The title of that book is The Age of Scientific Wellness.

15 Sep 20231h 22min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Pendulum, BiOptimizers, and Levels. Most of us are faced with endless pressures of work and family and a relentless barrage of tasks, to-dos, and requests, all while trying to manage our health, nutrition, and sleep. It’s easy to become overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, and burnt out. Feeling like crap has become pervasive in our society. In fact, in 2019, the World Health Organization added “burnout” as a diagnosable medical condition.  Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to Dr. Neha Sangwan about how to recover from any stage of burnout and build a life founded on a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Sangwan is an internal medicine physician, the CEO and founder of Intuitive Intelligence, and an international speaker and corporate communication expert. Her private practice and corporate consulting focus on empowering individuals, organizational leaders, and their teams with the tools for clear, effective communication. She addresses the root causes of stress, miscommunication, and interpersonal conflict, often healing chronic conditions such as headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and burnout. She is also the author of, Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged At Work and In Life. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Pendulum, BiOptimizers, and Levels. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. Pendulum is offering my listeners 20% off their first month of an Akkermansia subscription with code HYMAN at Pendulumlife.com. This month only you can get a FREE bottle of Bioptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough. Just go to magbreakthrough.com/hymanfree and enter coupon code hyman10. Levels is offering an additional two free months of their annual membership. Head over to levels.link/HYMAN to learn more. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Defining burnout and what causes it (5:35 / 3:38)  Three levels of burnout (11:38 / 9:42)  Exercises to asses areas of burnout in your life (14:31 / 12:35) My personal experience with burnout (28:05 / 23:58)  Recovering from burnout (40:42 / 36:11)  Getting out of acute burnout (45:13 / 40:49)  Setting healthy boundaries to prevent and recover from burnout (48:14 / 43:43)  Overcoming mind traps that keep us stuck in burnout (57:17 / 52:56)  How Dr. Sangwan stays fully charged and avoids burnout (1:03:32 / 59:12)  Check out the free burnout assessment tool at intuitiveintelligenceinc.com/burnout-rx. Get a copy of Dr. Sangwan’s book, Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life.

13 Sep 20231h 10min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, AG1, Beekeepers, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein.  Blood pressure is one of the key markers of metabolic health, yet high blood pressure is very common—and the numbers are growing. Moreover, 93 percent of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. In fact, high blood pressure is often called a silent killer as it can lead to conditions such as heart disease, kidney failure, and stroke, and many people don’t even know they have it. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. George Papanicolaou and Dr. Cindy Geyer about the seriousness of high blood pressure, the misconceptions around salt intake and blood pressure, what foods and supplements support healthy blood pressure, and overall metabolic health. Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified in family medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency, he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for four years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility, where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health, a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017. Dr. Cindy Geyer received her bachelor of science and her doctor of medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She joined The Ultrawellness Center in 2021 after practicing and serving as the medical director at Canyon Ranch for 23 years. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, AG1, Beekeepers, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein.  Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. Head to drinkAG1.com/HYMAN to receive 10 FREE travel packs of AG1 with your first purchase. Go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code HYMAN to get Beekeeper’s Naturals' exclusive offer of 20% off sitewide. Right now, you can get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein by heading to drhyman.com/protein and using code protein10. Full-length episodes (and corresponding links) of these interviews can be found here: Dr. George Papanicolaou Dr. Cindy Geyer Dr. Mark Hyman

11 Sep 202347min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Joovv, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. The food industry wants us to believe that cooking is difficult, time-consuming, inconvenient, and expensive. And knowing we all have busy lives, fast food manufacturers and grocers lure us into convenient, heavily processed meals that take a toll on our waistline, our overall health, and, believe it or not, our budget. Today, over 50 percent of meals are consumed outside the home. We’ve raised several generations of Americans who don’t know how to cook. And it’s killing us. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss how to reconnect with your kitchen and just how inexpensive eating healthy and preparing your own food can be.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Joovv, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. For a limited time, get an exclusive discount on Joovv’s Generation 3.0 devices (some exclusions apply). Go to Joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY. Right now, you can get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein by heading to drhyman.com/protein and using code protein10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Challenges to eating healthy (2:58 / 1:28) The expensive cost of cheap food (9:26 / 7:18) Eating healthy for less (12:35 / 9:50) Dispelling common “healthy eating on a budget” myths (14:58 / 12:10) Strategies for eating well on a budget (17:08 / 14:58)  Mentioned in this episode Environmental Working Group (EWG)’s Good Food on a Tight Budget EWG’s Dirty Dozen List Thrive Market

8 Sep 202324min