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 Paleovalley, InsideTracker, and Athletic Greens. Western medicine likes to separate the mind from the body, but the truth is, they couldn’t be more connected. Starting at a young age, many of us face hardships that shape the lens through which we see the world. When left unresolved, adversity and trauma can lead to unhealthy lifestyle choices that directly influence our health. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Jim Gordon, Lewis Howes, and Dr. Gabor Maté about how trauma can be stored in the body and why putting in the effort to work through it is vital to be a happy and healthy person. Dr. Jim Gordon, author of Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing, is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist and the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Gordon is internationally recognized for using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal population-wide psychological trauma. He is a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School and was chairman (under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush) of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Lewis Howes is a New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and industry-leading show host. Lewis is a two-sport All-American athlete, former professional football player, and member of the US men’s national handball team. His show The School of Greatness is one of the top podcasts in the world, with over 500 million downloads. He was recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, and has coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His latest book is The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, InsideTracker, and Athletic Greens.  Paleovalley is offering my listeners 15% off their entire first order. Just go to paleovalley.com/hyman to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal. Right now InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Jim Gordon Lewis Howes Dr. Gabor Maté

17 Apr 202350min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. Certain forms of exercise are more effective than others at optimizing our health, metabolism, and longevity. Our aerobic condition, strength, muscle mass, flexibility, and agility are essential for staying healthy and aging well. One main reason why exercise is so effective at keeping us young is due to its hormetic effects. Strength training is one of the best practices for activating hormesis, and it’s available to everyone. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk all about the benefits of strength training and how to get started.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The hormetic effects of exercise (3:25 / 1:36)  What is sarcopenia and what does it have to do with longevity? (4:23 / 2:41)  The importance of protein for muscle growth (5:33 / 3:14)  The hormetic effects of strength training (9:04 / 7:11)  The benefits of strength training (11:18 / 9:23)  Tips for incorporating strength training into your exercise routine (12:34 / 10:40)  What type of protein is needed for muscle growth (15:19 / 13:27)

14 Apr 202319min

This episode is brought to you by Mitopure, Beekeeper’s Naturals, LMNT, and Nordic Naturals. Approximately 20 million people are suffering from prolonged post-covid symptoms, with cases increasing daily. In many people, lingering symptoms are still present (or reoccur) 6 to 9 months after Covid infection. While Covid-19 was originally viewed as a respiratory disease, we’ve now gained a new understanding of its impact on our blood vessels and how that affects the entire body. Among the most common lasting symptoms are fatigue, body aches, difficulty breathing, racing heart, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation.  My guest today, Dr. Leo Galland, is one of the most incredible resources on Covid and long-Covid syndrome and is someone who has had an immense impact on my own health and my career in Functional Medicine. Dr. Galland is a board-certified internist, an international best-selling author, and one of the founders of Functional Medicine. Since the onset of the pandemic, he has devoted most of his time to research on Covid-19 and to the education of other health practitioners in understanding the biology of the disease. He has created a series of documents and videos on the long Covid syndrome intended for the general public and for health professionals. His latest publication, Long Covid: Prevention and Treatment, is available on his website. This episode is brought to you by Mitopure, Beekeeper’s Naturals, LMNT, and Nordic Naturals. Get 10% off Mitopure at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. I discovered Beekeeper’s Naturals’ Propolis Throat Spray and Nasal Spray and they’ve become some of my favorite ways to ensure I’m getting the right nutrients and compounds for immune integrity. Get 20% off at beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code HYMAN. LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase. Get yours at DrinkLMNT.com/hyman today. Nordic Naturals omegas are pure concentrated omega-3 fish oil made from 100% wild-caught fish. Shop today at nordic.com and save 20% using code FARMACY. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Illness after recovering from Covid (7:17 /  3:40)  The most frequently experienced symptoms after Covid (8:15 / 5:40)  The two major neurological problems that occur after Covid (10:11 / 7:44)  The prevalence of post-Covid illness (11:58 / 8:32)  The length of time it takes the body to recover from Covid (15:55 / 13:28)  Does Covid virus remain in the body post-Covid? (19:28 / 14:25)  Gut dysbiosis and restoring gut health after Covid (27:51 / 23:10)  The web of long Covid (36:36 / 31:33)  Treating long Covid with diet and Functional Medicine (58:04 / 53:10)  Out-of-the-box treatments for long Covid (1:21:36 / 1:04:04)  Learn more about Dr. Galland and his long Covid prevention and treatment at drgalland.com.

12 Apr 20231h 31min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker. If you have felt the uncomfortable sensation of your stomach expanding after eating, you are not alone. Up to 30% of Americans experience bloating and distention regularly, which are common symptoms of an imbalance in the gut, and they may even be a sign of other health conditions. Functional Medicine places a high value on a healthy gut and uses a whole-body approach to get to the root cause of bloating. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Dr. Todd LePine, and Dr. George Papanicolaou about why so many people experience bloating and the importance of treating it. 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. 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 of both the mind and the body. Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. Upon graduation from his residency, he joined the Indian Health Service. 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. Dr. Papanicolaou joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker.  Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. BiOptimizers is offering my listeners 10% off Sleep Breakthrough. If you buy two or more you’ll get a free bottle of Magnesium Breakthrough. This is a limited-time offer. Go to sleepbreakthrough.com/hyman and use the code hyman10. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Elizabeth Boham Dr. Todd LePine Dr. George Papanicolaou

10 Apr 20231h 14min

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Rupa Health. Many of us grew up with the message that vegetable oils are safe to use as a heart-healthy alternative over traditional saturated fats. Found at your typical grocery store, these clear, tasteless, and highly refined and processed oils include corn, soybean, canola, safflower, and sunflower oils. These highly unstable, highly inflammatory oils were given a gigantic push by advisory groups we trusted, including the American Heart Association, the National Education Cholesterol Program, the National Institutes of Health—and even our government’s own dietary guidelines. It turns out the truth about oils is not so clear cut. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk all about seed oils, why they shouldn’t be a part of your diet, and the type of fat and oils you should consume instead for optimal health.  This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Rupa Health. For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive free ground beef FOR LIFE. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you two pounds of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription plus $20 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What’s the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats? (3:57 / 1:40) Should we cut out all vegetable and seed oils? (6:04 / 4:20)  The connection between saturated fat and cholesterol (8:20 / 6:20)  The importance of omega-6-to-omega-3 ratios (10:18 / 8:30)  Oils I generally recommend avoiding (13:41 / 12:20)  Saturated fats I generally recommend eating (14:38 / 12:40)  My favorite fats and oils (17:57 / 15:55)  Mentioned in this episode Eat Fat, Get Thin Function Health

7 Apr 202322min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker. Cold-water immersion and heat therapy are among the biggest wellness trends of the past few years, but they have a long-standing tradition of being practiced around the world. Today, I’m excited to sit down with Dr. Susanna Søberg to discuss the benefits of cold and heat therapy and how they have the potential to activate our longevity pathways.  Dr. Susanna Søberg is a Ph.D. in metabolism and specializes in functional breathing and cold and heat exposure for health optimization. She is the Founder and CEO of The Soeberg Institute, where she teaches how to "stress up to stress down" using natural stressors. Her scientific discoveries have shown the minimum threshold for how much cold and heat we need to reap the health benefits. She is an international author of Winter Swimming, a number-one bestseller on Amazon. Her book has been translated into 13 languages. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets at cozyearth.com. Use the code MARK40. BiOptimizers is offering my listeners 10% off Sleep Breakthrough. If you buy two or more you’ll get a free bottle of Magnesium Breakthrough. This is a limited-time offer. Go to sleepbreakthrough.com/hyman. Use the code hyman10.  InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): How hot and cold therapy increases health and longevity (5:08 / 3:19)  The physiological effects of cold therapy (11:05 / 8:37)  The cognitive and mental health benefits of cold therapy (20:40 / 18:40)  How cold therapy activates brown fat (31:06 / 26:50) Cold therapy for pain reduction (37:48 / 33:33)  Cold therapy best practices (41:54 / 37:40)  Is hot and cold therapy better in tandem? (1:00:49 / 53:30)  The physiological effects of hot therapy (1:03:57 / 56:42)  How much time should you spend in the sauna? (1:13:30 / 1:09:17)  Benefits of infrared saunas and hot baths (1:16:58 / 1:12)  Research mentioned in this episode Get a copy of Susanna’s book, Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life. Get a 10% discount on her three-week online Thermalist course with code HYMAN at https://www.soeberginstitute.com/course/live-thermalist.

5 Apr 20231h 29min

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4 Apr 202318min

This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker. How do we want to show up, especially when things get tough? This is a great question to ask ourselves as many of us have the tendency to fall quickly and easily into patterns that don’t serve us well, often causing more harm than good, both physically and mentally. There are ways we can take back control of our minds, however, so that we can let go of stress and enjoy what most matters in life. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elissa Epel, Dr. Susan David, and Gabrielle Bernstein about the power of the mind to create or reduce stress. Elissa Epel, PhD, is an internationally renowned health psychologist who is focusing on how to live well and thrive with existential stress, despite the challenges we face personally and globally. She is a professor at UCSF and the director of UCSF’s Aging, Metabolism, and Emotion Center. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and past president of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine and serves on scientific advisory committees for the National Institutes of Health. She is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Telomere Effect. Her latest book is The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease. Susan David, PhD, is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility, describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Susan’s TED Talk on the topic went viral, with over 1 million views in its first week of release. Susan is the CEO of Evidence Based Psychology, on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, a cofounder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate), and on the scientific advisory boards of Thrive Global and Virgin Pulse.  Gabrielle Bernstein is the New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back and has written six additional bestsellers, including Super Attractor, which launched in September 2019. She was featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader,” and the Oprah Winfrey Network chose Gabrielle to be part of the “Super Soul 100,” a dynamic group of 100 trailblazers whose vision and life’s work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world. This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker.  Paleovalley is offering my listeners 15% off their entire first order at paleovalley.com/hyman. Athletic Greens is offering 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Elissa Epel Dr. Susan David Gabrielle Bernstein

3 Apr 202352min