Why Quitting Sugar Could Save Your Life

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and ButcherBox. Our food supply is dramatically less nutrient rich than it has ever been, and it’s taking a toll on our health. A shocking 99 percent of Americans are nutrient deficient, including over 90 percent who are deficient in omega 3 fats and 50 percent who are deficient in magnesium.  In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the top supplements for longevity, especially NAD, which inhibits inflammation, increases metabolism, and increases insulin sensitivity. We also discuss how to critically evaluate supplement research and much 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. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and ButcherBox.   Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 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.   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.   For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive ground beef FOR LIFE. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription + $10 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The value of including supplements in your health routine (4:49 / 1:36)  Top three supplements I recommend (7:03 / 3:43) How to critically review supplement research (26:28 / 21:16) Conventional medicine’s approach to supplements (27:09 / 22:14)  The best supplements for longevity (27:09 / 24:38)  The value of resveratrol (42:38 / 37:22)  Questions from our community on brain health supplement recommendations, how to measure success of supplements, and more (49:32 / 43:55)  Mentioned in this episode: Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin  Long-latency deficiency disease: insights from calcium and vitamin D by Robert P. Heaney

18 Apr 20221h 28min

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Rupa Health.   The foundation we set for our children’s health in childhood—starting even before conception—will carry them throughout their lives. Yet a third of all American children are overweight or obese, and we are seeing an increase in type 2 diabetes in children.    In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Sam Kass, and Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh about the urgency of prioritizing and establishing good nutrition habits in infancy, in the home as the child grows, and in school.    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.   After cooking for the Obamas in Chicago for two years, Sam Kass joined the White House kitchen staff in 2009. During his White House tenure, he took on several additional roles, including Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign and Senior White House Policy Advisor for Nutrition. As one of the First Lady’s longest-serving advisors, he helped Mrs. Obama create the first major vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden. Currently, Sam is a partner at Acre Venture Partners. Acre is a venture-capital fund investing in the future of food with a mission to improve human and environmental health in the food system. The fund focuses on early-stage, highly disruptive impactful companies in the food system focused on agriculture, the supply chain, and the consumer. Sam is also the author of Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World.   Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh is leading the work in understanding the infant microbiome. She is a nutritional scientist who helps new and expectant moms learn about creating healthy gut bugs in their babies. She translates her extensive scientific knowledge of breastmilk and the gut microbiome into practical terms to help parents understand how a balanced gut from infancy can lead to a healthy immune system and metabolism for life. Dr. Shafizadeh received her PhD in nutritional biology from the University of California, Davis, and spends her free time "loving the guts" out of her two boys.   This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Rupa Health. Right now, when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 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. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Elizabeth Boham Sam Kass Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh

15 Apr 20221h 5min

This episode is brought to you by Mitopure, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth. Humans have coevolved with food and its medicinal actions on our bodies, meaning we have actual cell receptors for specific food-derived molecules. So why aren’t doctors trained in how to use food as medicine? We’re taught all about using pharmaceuticals to affect our biology, but the power of food is left high and dry. I think this is a foundational area of medical training we need to change. That’s why I’m so excited to talk to one of my favorite people and thinkers in the world of food and medicine on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. William Li.  Dr. William Li is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, Can We Eat to Starve Cancer? has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Martha Stewart Live, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America, and has presented at the Vatican’s Unite to Cure conference. An author of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and more, Dr. Li has served on the faculties of Harvard, Tufts, and Dartmouth Medical School. This episode is brought to you by Mitopure, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth.   Get 10% off Mitopure at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout.   InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.   Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  Dr. Li’s journey to understanding the power of eating to beat disease (6:53 / 3:20)  How food can activate our body’s healing defense systems (15:56 / 13:11)  Why Dr. Li changed his mind about organic foods (20:44 / 17:23)  The benefits of nutritional diversity and eating “weird foods” (25:45 / 22:04)  Research showing how eating tree nuts benefited colorectal cancer patients (30:18 / 26:00)  Combining food and pharmaceutical drugs (34:06 / 30:31)  Prescribing food as medicine (44:01 / 39:37)  Reimagining our approach to Covid and long Covid (52:37 / 47:38) Foods that lower inflammation and boost the immune system (55:22 / 51:50)  Three ways to start using food as medicine (1:09:46 / 1:04:49)  Find Dr. Li’s Eat To Beat Disease Masterclass at drwilliamli.com/masterclass and get a copy of his book, Eat To Beat Disease, at drwilliamli.com/book-li.

13 Apr 20221h 15min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and Pendulum.   The number-one reason people visit the doctor is problems with the gut. Not only do gut issues impair gut function, making life miserable, but they also are a contributing factor to many serious conditions such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and more.   In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the three biggest contributing factors to compromised gut health. We discuss the importance of looking at gut function, the top foods that typically cause gut problems, and the top substances that support healing the gut.   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.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and Pendulum.   Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.   Join Thrive Market today to receive an extra 40% off your first order and a free gift worth over $50 at thrivemarket.com/hyman.   Pendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Akkermansia in a probiotic capsule. To receive 20% off your first purchase of Pendulum’s Akkermansia probiotic supplement, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code MARK20.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Three main things that destroy your gut health (4:11 / 1:00)  Diving into dysbiosis (8:18 / 5:00)  Microbiome testing and gut-health evaluation (13:12 / 10:00)  Toxins that harm the gut (16:48 / 13:34)  How and why stress is bad for your gut (21:45 / 17:18)  My personal gut-health story (26:16 / 21:44)  Best and worst things for your gut (29:15 / 24:45)  Questions from our community, including constipation and heartburn (31:57 / 27:44)   Mentioned in this episode: An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser, MD Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall

11 Apr 202241min

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Paleovalley.   Seventy-five percent of women experience daily symptoms due to hormonal imbalances. Some of these symptoms are irritating, like insomnia, sugar cravings, fluid retention, moodiness, and headaches, while others can be more devastating, such as infertility. Often, many of these symptoms are written off as “normal” and just a part of a woman’s cycle or transition into menopause, but the truth is that there are many things we can do to reverse them to live each day more comfortably.    In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Sara Gottfried about how many women’s health issues can be resolved using a Functional Medicine approach. We discuss how PCOS, debilitating PMS, and other hormonal imbalances often stem from diet and exposure to environmental toxins.   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. Sara Gottfried is a board-certified physician who graduated from Harvard and MIT. She practices evidence-based, integrative, precision, and Functional Medicine. She is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, and Director of Precision Medicine at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health. Her three New York Times bestselling books are The Hormone Cure, The Hormone Reset Diet, and Younger. Her latest book is called Women, Food, and Hormones.   This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Paleovalley. AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now, when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. 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. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Elizabeth Boham Dr. Sara Gottfried Dr. Elizabeth Boham

8 Apr 202257min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker. The way we breathe impacts everything from how well we sleep to our metabolism, cognitive function, immunity, and more. That’s why it’s so alarming that most of us are doing it wrong. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk all about the science and evolution of how we breathe, and how to get better at it, with James Nestor.  James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Scientific American, Outside, The New York Times, and more. His latest book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was an instant New York Times bestseller. Breath explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly—and how to get it back. James has appeared on dozens of national television shows, including ABC’s Nightline and CBS’s Morning News, and on NPR. He lives and breathes in San Francisco. 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 20 labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.   BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough formula contains seven different forms of magnesium, all of which have different functions in the body. Go to magbreakthrough.com/hyman and use code hyman10 at checkout for 10% off your next order.   InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):  Why breathing is so important to our overall health (4:34 / ​​1:50) Using breath to boost your immune system and break stress (9:03 / 4:25)  The personal health issues that led James to study breath (14:26 / 11:25) Why breathing through your nose is better than breathing through your mouth (16:38 / 13:36)  The benefits of nighttime mouth taping (23:07 / 20:06)  Nasal breathing tips and techniques (29:19 / 25:30)  Ancient lost arts of breathing (30:36 / 27:14)  Lung capacity and aging (37:51 / 32:44) Breathe like your ancestors (43:13 / 37:06) What is kundalini? (53:19 / 48:13)   Learn more about James’ work and get his book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, at mrjamesnestor.com/order-now.

6 Apr 20221h 2min

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5 Apr 202215min

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, and Pendulum.   Autoimmune disease is, by far, the most widespread chronic health condition today, with a prevalence greater than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. It is staggering! Sadly, however, conventional medicine is making numerous mistakes when it comes to treating patients with autoimmune disease by attempting to manage symptoms rather than resolve the root cause and heal the body.   In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about what’s really behind the rates of climbing autoimmune disease. We discuss environmental and dietary changes, reduction in quality of food, and much more—and then what we can do to heal.   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.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, and Pendulum.   Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.   For a limited time, ButcherBox will send new subscribers 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription—plus an additional $10 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.   Pendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Akkermansia in a probiotic capsule. To receive 20% off your first purchase of Pendulum’s Akkermansia probiotic supplement, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code MARK20.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Three mistakes people make in treating autoimmune disease (4:34 / 1:10)  Underlying causes that are increasing rates of autoimmune disease (8:12 / 5:06)  Why the Functional Medicine approach to health is unique (17:37 / 14:45)  Toxins and how they contribute to autoimmune disease (18:35 / 15:40)  Early detection of autoimmune activity (22:18 / 19:18)  Functional Medicine testing to diagnose autoimmune disease (31:06 / 26:33)  Questions from our community on scleroderma, Hashimoto’s disease, emerging technologies, and more (39:33 / 34:44)     Mentioned in this episode: Isabel Overcomes Autoimmune Disease The UltraThyroid Solution How a Doctor Cured Her Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine  Reversing Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine

4 Apr 20221h 3min