This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, Joovv, and BiOptimizers. We can’t avoid getting older, but we can reduce biological aging—the internal process that creates all the symptoms of the disease we’ve come to call aging. That means we can be one age chronologically, and another internally. I’m happy to use myself as an example of what we can do to our biology when we take out negative inputs and embrace positive ones: I’m 63 years old but my biological age is 43. We are living in a pivotal time for reframing the intersection of age and health. My passion for this topic combined with the incredible tools I’ve discovered led me to write my new book, Young Forever, so that I could share this life-changing information with others.  Today on the podcast, I’m so excited to sit down with my friend and business partner Dhru Purohit to talk about some of the key highlights from my research on longevity. Dhru and I dive into the best way to determine your biological age so that you can begin your own journey of aging backward with measurable data. Functional Medicine provides us with the perfect framework to prevent and heal dis-ease, with the exciting side effect of reduced aging.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, Joovv, and BiOptimizers. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35+ labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. 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. For a limited time, you can get an exclusive discount on Joovv’s Generation 3.0 devices  (some exclusions apply). Just go to Joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off plus special gift with purchase, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with code hyman10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): How to determine your biological age (3:51 / 00:42)  Reframing our view of aging (9:44 / 6:32)  The Functional Medicine approach to aging (12:01 / 8:59)   Three things that accelerate aging (15:28 / 12:12)  The ten hallmarks of aging (26:02 / 19:13)  My unique approach to aging and longevity (29:39 / 24:31)  My view on taking metformin to promote longevity (32:41 / 27:21) My Pegan food pyramid (37:58 / 33:48) Prioritizing exercise, sleep, and good stressors (53:56 / 48:40)  Aging well late into life (1:02:42 / 57:10)  Mentioned in this episode Pegan Food Pyramid Get a copy of my new book, Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life, here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and InsideTracker. I focus a lot on the importance of diet and exercise when it comes to health and longevity, but daily habits like good sleep hygiene, healthy stress management, living out of a sense of purpose, prioritizing self-care, and community involvement are just as important. This is because your health and longevity are determined by your individual exposome washing over your genes. In other words, your genes are not your destiny. They load the gun, but your environment pulls the trigger. And this is good news! In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I dive into the importance of sleep, stress management, self-care, community, purpose, and spirit and how to prioritize these things in your life. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and InsideTracker. 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 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. 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 sleep is critical to health and longevity (4:35 / 2:28) Tips to improve your sleep (7:15 / 4:25)  How self-care enhances health and longevity (11:31 / 7:05)  What research shows us about the benefits of mindset and self-care (13:19 / 8:40) How to nourish your spirit (14:08 / 9:48)  Mentioned in this episode Dr. Hyman’s Free Sleep Master Class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and BiOptimizers.  It’s no surprise that physical movement is one of the best habits you can possibly adopt to live a longer, better life. Exercise (the right dose, type, and frequency) optimizes all biological systems. In fact, combined with the right diet, exercise is the most powerful tool for staying healthy and extending your life. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I dive into exactly how exercise benefits the body, how much is needed, how to incorporate more movement into your life, and much more. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and BiOptimizers. 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. Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off plus special gift with purchase, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with code hyman10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Physical and psychological benefits of exercise (4:06 / 2:28)  Biological systems improved by exercise (5:48 / 3:34)  How much exercise is needed to enhance longevity? (7:15 / 4:00)   How exercise influences longevity (8:04 / 5:28)  What the research says about exercise (10:18 / 6:58)   Ways to incorporate more movement into your life (beyond going to the gym) (13:09 / 9:48)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, BON CHARGE, and Mitopure. If you’ve ever wondered if plant-based meat alternatives are nutritionally equal to real, pasture-raised meats, or if they are truly better for issues like inflammation and cardiovascular health, this is the episode for you. Meat has become such a monolithic topic when, in fact, it’s extremely complex and nuanced. We can’t just say all meat is good or no meat is good, it’s a matter of what types and sources of proteins you’re eating and what the rest of your diet looks like, too.  I’m excited to dive into all those complexities today with Dr. Stephan van Vliet, who is a nutrition scientist with metabolomics expertise in the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University. Dr. van Vliet’s research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He routinely collaborates with farmers, ecologists, and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between agricultural production methods, the nutrient density of food, and human health. His work has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Scientific Reports, the Journal of Nutrition, and the Journal of Physiology. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, BON CHARGE, and Mitopure. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. My community can go to boncharge.com/HYMAN and use coupon code HYMAN to save 20% at BON CHARGE. Mitopure is the first and only clinically tested pure form of a natural gut metabolite called urolithin A that clears damaged mitochondria away from our cells and supports the growth of new, healthy mitochondria. Get 10% off at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Plant-based meat vs grass-fed meat (7:06 / 3:55) How the diet of livestock affects the flavor and phytochemical composition of their meat and milk (22:14 / 16:23) Why the overall composition of your diet matters (29:13 / 23:57) Research looking at grass-fed vs grain-fed bison (33:23 / 27:34)  How humans can get unique plant compounds through animal consumption (42:07 / 36:22) Why not all feed-lot feed is equal (44:53 / 38:55)  Why cardiac risk from meat consumption may vary depending on the type of meat (48:14 / 42:26)  The metabolic health of pasture-raised bison vs feed-lot bison (49:09 / 43:12)  Assessing the health of lab-grown meat (57:38 / 53:20)  Honoring the wisdom of farmers and indigenous people (1:06:21 / 1:00:30)  Please visit the Show Notes section for this episode at drhyman.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker. It can be easy to fall into a food rut, eating the same things week in and week out. Consuming a variety of foods not only adds more excitement to your meals, but it’s also essential for expanding the nutritional diversity of your diet. There are thousands of phytochemicals, also called phytonutrients, found in whole foods like vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, spices, and tea, among many other things. These natural compounds create a variety of colors in our plant foods and signal various benefits. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. William Li, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, and Dhru Purohit about why having diversity in your diet and eating a range of colorful produce is the ideal way to promote optimal health.  Dr. 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.  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. A nutritional biochemist by training, Jeff began in academia as a university professor. Jeff then spent three decades working alongside other pioneers in the natural products industry. In 1991, he and his wife, Susan, founded the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2012, Jeff founded another educational nonprofit called the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute. 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, Athletic Greens, 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. 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. 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. William Li Dr. Jeffrey Bland Dhru Purohit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.  Hormetic stressors are good stressors. These are actions that, in the right dose, have the power to lower inflammation, boost tissue repair and metabolism, and support our mitochondria. It’s like the saying goes: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Things like exercise and strength training, hot and cold therapies, light therapy, ozone, and others are all mild stressors that jump-start your body into repair and rejuvenation. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I dive into how adversity and little stresses to your system (i.e., hormesis) activate longevity pathways. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. 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 when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 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): What is hormesis? (5:14 / 1:45)  Healing systems that get activated by hormetic stressors (5:49 / 2:16)  The benefits of calorie restriction (7:07 / 3:42)  The benefits of heat therapy (9:37 / 6:08)  The benefits of cold therapy (10:53 / 7:24)  The benefits of exercise (12:18 / 8:48)  Additional types of hormesis (14:30 / 9:53)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, InsideTracker, BiOptimizers. I bet most of us can relate to having negative thoughts on repeat, whether we’ve actually stopped to think about it or not. Our minds have been conditioned and can get stuck on auto-pilot, making us feel helpless, unhappy, and lost. But just like every other aspect of well-being, we need to exercise our mental patterns to show them positive patterns and avenues for growth and change. My guest on today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Yung Pueblo, is a grounded and inspiring guide for how to spend more time with your thoughts and create new patterns. Diego Perez is a meditator and New York Times bestselling author who is widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of nearly 3 million people. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. His books include Inward, Clarity & Connection, and his most recent, Lighter, which was an instant New York Times bestseller. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, InsideTracker, BiOptimizers. 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. 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. Right now InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off Magnesium Breakthrough plus a special gift with purchase, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with code hyman10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The story and inspiration behind Yung Pueblo’s new book, Lighter (6:41 / 2:50)  Yung Pueblo’s rock-bottom moment (9:20 / 6:30)  The practice that put Yung Pueblo on the path to healing and wisdom (12:52 / 9:52)  Why we suffer (16:36 / 14:08)  How our perception shapes our reality (24:15 / 21:47)  The importance of radical honesty and being honest with yourself (32:16 / 26:33)  Developing self-love, acceptance, and worth (38:23 / 32:55)  Navigating relationships and conflict (40:34 / 35:24)  Building healthy habits and Yung Pueblo’s daily practice (50:53 / 45:02)  Allowing yourself to recognize your progress (1:09:12 / 1:03:24)  Get a copy of Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker. 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. Add to that chronic stress and a heavily processed diet with foods lacking nutrition, and it’s a recipe for nutrient-deficiency disaster. In today’s episode, I talk with Chris Kresser, Dhru Purohit, and Dr. Elizabeth Boham about why so many of us are nutrient deficient and what to do about it. Chris Kresser MS, L.Ac, is the codirector of the California Center for Functional Medicine, founder of Kresser Institute, creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and has trained over 1,500 clinicians and health coaches in his unique approach. 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 Paleovalley, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker.  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. 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. 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: Chris Kresser Dhru Purohit Dr. Elizabeth Boham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.  To understand and combat rapid aging, we need to understand what causes aging, chronic diseases, and decline. We call these things the hallmarks of aging—the underlying common pathways or mechanisms of aging. Each hallmark is influenced by the others and affected by various imbalances—too much or too little of certain inputs that can negatively impact the expression and progression of the hallmark. Understanding those interactions and weblike connections is the key to solving the puzzle of aging.  In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I dive into the 10 distinct hallmarks of aging and how to address them. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. 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 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. 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. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Disrupted hormonal and nutrient signaling (8:08 / 4:40)  DNA damage and mutations (17:38 / 14:12)  Telomere shortening (19:19 / 15:52)  Damaged proteins (20:32 / 17:04)  Epigenetic damage (22:56 / 19:29)  Senescent cells (otherwise known as zombie cells) (25:11 / 21:43)  Depleted energy and mitochondrial decline (26:44 / 23:17)  The link between gut health and longevity (28:33 / 25:07)  Stem cell exhaustion (30:38 / 27:14)  Inflammaging and dysfunction in immune functioning (32:00 / 28:32) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, Paleovalley, and Mitopure. Many of us turn to food to cope with feelings, then we beat ourselves up. Personally, I’m guilty of turning to food when I’m exhausted and then feeling bad about not making great choices or eating when I wasn’t truly hungry. But what we don’t realize is that emotional eating is natural and inborn, and it’s not a matter of having too little willpower. The healing process means getting unstuck from negative patterns, reframing our inner dialogue, and acknowledging the different parts of us and what they’re each asking for. Feeling guilty and disempowered isn’t doing us any good.  Today I’m excited to sit down with a leading expert in the field of emotional eating and a good friend, Marc David. Marc David, M.A., is the bestselling author of the books, Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being and The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy, and Weight Loss, a frequent speaker and consultant, and host of the celebrated Psychology of Eating Podcast. Marc is also the Founder of The Institute for the Psychology of Eating, the world’s only health coaching program devoted to teaching the principles of Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, Paleovalley, and Mitopure. 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. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. 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. Get 10% off Mitopure at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Is emotional eating the same thing as having an eating disorder? (5:45 / 3:12) The three biggest myths about emotional eating (6:34 / 4:00)  Breaking the pattern of emotional eating (9:39 / 7:00)  Emotional eating and the rebel and child archetypes (19:05 / 16:25)  The relationship between the biology of food and psychology of eating (25:46 /  20:46) Learning how to eat vs. how not to eat (32:55 / 24:50)   The relationship between trauma and emotional eating (34:34 / 29:50)  Reframing beliefs around food and eating (42:09 / 35:10)  The importance of practicing self-compassion (45:51 / 40:50)  The Emotional Eating Breakthrough Program (58:07 / 53:05)    Learn more about The Emotional Eating Breakthrough Program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on the roles of genetics and lifestyle factors in the development of Alzheimer’s disease with Dr. Cindy Geyer.  Want to hear the full episode? Subscribe now. With your 7 day free trial to Apple Podcast, you’ll gain access to audio versions of: - Ad-Free Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast episodes - Exclusive monthly Functional Medicine Deep Dives - Monthly Ask Mark Anything Episodes  - Bonus audio content exclusive to Dr. Hyman+ Trying to decide if the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast is right for you?  Email my team at [email protected] with any questions you have.   Please note, Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast does not include access to the Dr. Hyman+ site and only includes Dr. Hyman+ in audio content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, Mitopure, and Pique. Many people are confused about how much protein they should be eating and where to get it. Adequate protein is vital in building muscle mass, an essential component of maintaining a healthy weight. It’s also a key factor in reducing the risk of chronic disease, which improves our healthspan and longevity. Research shows that higher protein intake is correlated to better body composition, insulin control, satiation, and more. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, Dr. David Heber, and Dr. Frank Lipman about why it’s necessary to get adequate protein in your diet every day and how to do that, whether you’re a meat-eater or not. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is an integrative physician who completed her fellowship in nutritional sciences and geriatrics at Washington University, St. Louis. She is board certified in family medicine and completed her undergraduate work in human nutrition vitamin and mineral metabolism. Dr. Lyon works closely with current and retired Special Operations military operators as a part of the Task Force Dagger Foundation. Dr. Heber is the founding director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, a professor of medicine and public health, and the founding chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition in UCLA’s Department of Medicine. Dr. Heber also directs the National Cancer Institute-funded clinical nutrition research unit and the National Institute of Health’s nutrition and obesity training grants at UCLA. Dr. Frank Lipman is recognized as a vocal pioneer of integrative and Functional Medicine (or what he calls “good medicine”). Dr. Lipman is the founder of Eleven Eleven Wellness Center and the Chief Medical Officer at The Well. He is a sought-after international speaker and the bestselling author of six books—How to Be Well, The New Health Rules, Young and Slim for Life, Revive, and Total Renewal—and his newest book, The New Rules of Aging Well: A Simple Program for Immune Resilience, Strength, and Vitality.⁣ This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, Mitopure, and Pique.  Right now InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Get 10% off Mitopure at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. Right now you can take advantage of Pique's limited-time special offer on your first month's supply of their Sun Goddess Matcha. Just head over to piquelife.com/farmacy for 15% off plus free shipping on your first month’s supply. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Dr. David Heber Dr. Frank Lipman Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and InsideTracker.  What to eat for health has been a historically divisive topic, but it really shouldn’t be. If you want optimal health, you need to do just one thing: eat the foods that heal you and avoid the ones that harm you. The foundation of health and longevity is diet.  In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss what to eat for longevity and how to focus on food as medicine. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and InsideTracker. 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. 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): Universal principles to guide the right diet for you (6:02 / 2:55) What plants should you eat and how many? (9:53 / 6:39) What fruits to eat (11:15 / 8:12)  What types of fat to eat (12:30 / 9:11)  What types of meat to eat (13:47 / 10:30) What kind of eggs to eat (15:47 / 12:28) What type of fish to eat (16:07 / 12:49) Are beans and grains okay to eat? (16:38 / 13:20) Is it okay to eat sugar? (18:01 / 14:40) What type of oils to eat (19:02 / 15:44) Is dairy okay to eat? (19:27 / 16:08) What not to eat (20:07 / 16:49)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market, BiOptimizers, BON CHARGE, and Sunlighten. Research has revealed that by staying aware of how we interact with our partners and embracing specific patterns we are less likely to get divorced and more likely to be in a satisfying relationship many years from now. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to two leading experts in the field of healthy relationships, Drs. Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman, cofounders of the Gottman Institute.  Dr. John Gottman previously served as executive director of the Relationship Research Institute and is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington, where he founded the Love Lab. He is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction and has conducted forty years of groundbreaking research with thousands of couples. His work has earned him numerous major awards and he was named one of the top ten most influential therapists of the past quarter century. Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman is president of the Gottman Institute and cofounder of Affective Software, Inc. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she was named Washington State Psychologist of the Year and received the 2021 Psychotherapy Networker Lifetime Achievement Award. This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market, BiOptimizers, BON CHARGE, and Sunlighten. Join Thrive Market today at thrivemarket.com/hyman to receive $80 off your first order. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off plus a special gift with purchase. Just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with code hyman10. Right now, my community can go to boncharge.com/HYMAN and use coupon code HYMAN to save 20%. You can save up to $600 on your Sunlighten purchase at sunlighten.com/mark-hyman and mention my name, Dr. Hyman, to save. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The top four relationship killers (5:18 / 3:20)  The keys to a successful relationship (6:25 / 4:00)  Love as a practice (27:09 / 22:50)  What makes for a great sex life (31:25 / 27:08)  How to have healthy conflict (35:11 / 30:52) Breaking out of reactivity and fight or flight (42:33 / 38:17)  The biggest predictor of divorce (48:32 / 44:10)  How contempt differs from criticism (50:57 / 46:42) The origins of contempt (53:13 / 48:55) Top relationship hacks (1:00:13 / 54:24)  Take the Free Gottman Relationship Quiz and download the Gottman Card Decks app. Get a copy of The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Pendulum. Of all the things we do each day, breathing is arguably the most important. While breathing’s most important job is to literally keep us alive, breathing can help in many more ways than just survival, including activating your parasympathetic nervous system, which helps slow your heart rate and lower your blood pressure. In today’s episode, I talk with James Nestor, Dr. Louis Ignarro, Wim Hof, and Dr. Jim Gordon about using breathing to support your health. 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 we can get it back. Dr. Louis Ignarro is a medical research scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his breakthrough discovery of nitric oxide and how it positively impacts health and longevity. His groundbreaking research on nitric oxide paved the way for—among other innovations—Viagra. He is an award-winning Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has his PhD in pharmacology. Wim Hof, also known as “The Iceman,” holds multiple world records for his feats of endurance and exposure to cold. He is the author of The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential. The benefits of Wim’s method, now practiced by tens of thousands, have been validated by eight university research studies. Dr. James 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. 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. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, 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. Right now InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. To receive 20% off your first Pendulum purchase, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code HYMAN. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: James Nestor Dr. Louis Ignarro Wim Hof Dr. Jim Gordon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and ButcherBox. Exciting discoveries emerging from the field of aging research are pointing to a radically new approach to how we deal with getting older. Science is getting to the root cause of why aging is often accompanied by a decline in function and decrepitude. If we understand the why—the root causes and the changes they trigger in our biology, in our interconnected web of molecules and cells and tissues—then we can transform our health and well-being and extend our lives, both our healthspan and our life span.  In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss how and why we age. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health 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. For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive 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. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The difference between chronological age and biological age (4:05 / 1:40)  The hallmarks of aging (8:59 / 6:39)  What causes biological aging? (12:48 / 8:05)  Simple lifestyle and behavior changes that can influence the hallmarks of aging (19:07 / 16:44)  The common root cause of all chronic disease (21:29 / 19:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Levels.  We’re in the midst of a psychedelic renaissance. Compounds that have long been considered recreational drugs by conventional standards are finally being recognized through science as powerful tools for overcoming hard-to-treat health issues, like PTSD, depression, addiction, and more. Mental health problems are the number one driver of indirect healthcare costs, loss of productivity, and diminished quality of life. Yet, we aren’t very successful at treating them with modern medicine. This is a pivotal moment for turning the treatment of mental health around as we explore psychedelic medicine. Today, I’m excited to talk to a leading expert and advocate in the field of psychedelic medicine, Rick Doblin. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. His professional goal is to help develop legal contexts for the beneficial uses of psychedelics and marijuana, primarily as prescription medicines but also for personal growth for otherwise healthy people, and eventually to become a legally licensed psychedelic therapist.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Levels.  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. Get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. Beekeeper’s Naturals is giving my community an exclusive offer. Just go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code “HYMAN” to get 25% off your first order. By leveraging biosensors like continuous glucose monitors, Levels provides real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Right now you can join Levels and receive an additional two free months on your annual membership when you order at levels.link/HYMAN. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Rick’s early life and introduction to psychedelics (8:36 / 3:55) The history of psychedelic research and the psychedelic renaissance (30:02 / 25:24) Is psychedelic-assisted therapy practical and scalable? (32:34 / 27:55)  Group and couples psychedelic-assisted therapy (36:53 / 30:40)  The economics of providing psychedelic-assisted therapy (38:53 / 34:15) Drug policy reform (39:55 / 35:15)  How psychedelics affect the brain (41:26 / 36:58)  Reframing the public perception of psychedelics (1:02:19 / 57:50)  Moving toward a world of net-zero trauma (1:04:10 / 59:30)  The future of drug policy reform (1:17:47 / 1:08:50)  Learn more about MAPS at maps.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, Athletic Greens, and Paleovalley.   Until recently, the most popular approach to treating Alzheimer’s has been to focus on managing the symptoms in the brain. Now brain experts and neurologists know that a better, more effective approach to helping Alzheimer’s patients requires a full-body assessment with all-encompassing, highly individualized treatment that includes improving the microbiome, a healthy diet, plenty of exercise, hormonal balance, adequate sleep, and more. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Richard Isaacson, Dhru Purohit, and Dr. Dale Bredesen about why Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of the brain, but one of the entire body. Dr. Richard Isaacson serves as Director of the Center for Brain Health and Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine. He previously served as Director of the APC at the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and associate professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine & NewYork-Presbyterian. He remains an adjunct associate professor of neurology in the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell. Prior to that, he served as associate professor of clinical neurology, Vice-Chair of Education, and Education Director of the McKnight Brain Institute in the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. 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. Dale Bredesen is internationally recognized as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and is 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. This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, Athletic Greens, and Paleovalley.  InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. 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. Richard Isaacson Dhru Purohit Dr. Dale Bredesen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and BiOptimizers. Modern medicine treats each individual disease as if it were a distinct entity separate from everything else that happens in the body. Rather than study the root causes and underlying mechanisms of aging, we look for drugs to block abnormal processes and suppress symptoms. Functional Medicine provides a new road map for healthy aging—one in which we don’t view all diseases of aging as different things.  In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss why we need to reframe our concept of aging, how and why we age the way we do, and what to do about it. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com. 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. Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off plus a special gift with purchase, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with code hyman10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): It is possible to live into our 90s, 100s, and beyond disease-free, active, and mentally sharp (5:44 / 2:02)  Identifying your reason for being (7:54 / 4:42)  The difference between healthspan and life span (11:07 / 8:46)  The economic implications of a longer-lived population (12:24 / 10:40)  Our flawed framework of aging (16:02 / 13:40)  The Functional Medicine approach to aging (16:35 / 14:26)  It’s never too late to get started (20:09 / 19:48)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, Joovv, and Mitopure. Everyone has the intention to live well and feel happy, but so many of our choices deviate us from those goals. Investing our time and energy into our relationships might be the key. Loneliness is a main measure of unhappiness, and it also happens to be a stressor and risk factor for disease. I’m so excited to talk to Dr. Rober Waldinger on today’s podcast episode, all about fostering better relationships to live a longer, happier, and healthier life.  Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. Dr. Waldinger is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. He is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, Joovv, and Mitopure. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Get an exclusive discount on Joovv’s Generation 3.0 devices (some exclusions apply) at Joovv.com/farmacy. Use the code FARMACY. Get 10% off Mitopure at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman & use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The number-one life choice you can make today for future health and happiness (5:08 / 1:43)  The connection between our relationships and our health (11:29 / 8:00)  Cultivating relationships and well-being (13:41 / 10:16)  Getting to know your partner better (23:44 / 20:20) Practices that promote happiness (36:50 / 31:29)  Letting go of grudges and healing relationships (39:47 / 34:05)  Strategies for social fitness (43:32 / 38:25)  Navigating romantic relationships ( 53:01 / 47:11) Community as medicine (56:57 / 51:25) What matters most in life (1:07:43 / 1:02:13)  Get a copy of Robert’s book, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.   Mentioned in this episode ​​Where Should We Begin - A Game of Stories The 36 Questions That Lead to Love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker.   Blood sugar is one aspect of our biology that has major implications for how well we feel and function on a daily basis. When it is out of balance and our insulin spikes, it can set us up for health problems down the road. Luckily, there are many simple, realistic hacks that can help to successfully manage blood sugar without leaving you feeling deprived.   In today’s episode, I talk with Jessie Inchauspé, Max Lugavere, and Dr. Casey Means about the best hacks to reduce insulin spikes and why managing your blood sugar is necessary if you want to be healthy.   Jessie Inchauspé holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King's College London and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Her work at a genetic analysis start-up in Silicon Valley made her realize that, as the key to good health, food habits beat genetics. In her first book, Glucose Revolution, Jessie shares her startling discovery about the essential role of blood sugar in every aspect of our lives, from cravings to fertility, and the surprising hacks to optimize it while still eating the foods we love.   Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, now published in 10 languages around the globe. His sophomore book, also a bestseller, is called The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary. Max is the host of a number-one iTunes health and wellness podcast called The Genius Life. His new cookbook is Genius Kitchen.   Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and cofounder of metabolic health company Levels, an associate editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a guest lecturer at Stanford University. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tools that can facilitate a deep understanding of our bodies and inform personalized and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, 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.   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.   Right now InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.   Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Jessie Inchauspé Max Lugavere Dr. Casey Means Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and InsideTracker. The array of frustrating symptoms that come along with autoimmune diseases leave those who are suffering constantly looking for answers. Simply put, autoimmune diseases—like rheumatoid arthritis, celiac sprue, inflammatory bowel, type 1 diabetes, Hashimoto’s, Graves’, lupus, fibromyalgia, and so many more—are conditions where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues rather than a foreign molecule like bacteria. This happens when something confuses the immune system. Today, I’m joined by Dr. Sunjya Schweig to discuss why autoimmune issues are on the rise and how we can treat them using a Functional Medicine approach. Sunjya K. Schweig, MD, is deeply committed to building a cutting-edge, data-driven ecosystem for the prevention and reversal of chronic illness. As the founder and president of the California Center for Functional Medicine, Dr. Schweig and his team provide personalized, precision medicine care to help people with chronic illness recover their health. In 2021, Dr. Schweig founded the Functional Medicine Research and Technology Center, which aims to prevent and reverse chronic illness through research, education, and innovation. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Schweig completed his MD at the University of California, Irvine, and his family medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco, Family Practice Residency Program in Santa Rosa, CA. He is board certified in family practice (ABFM) integrative and holistic medicine (ABIHM). This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and InsideTracker. 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. 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 the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Common root causes of autoimmune disease (6:32 / 4:04)   Diet and gut health (8:49 / 6:23)  What is autoimmune disease? (9:39 / 7:12)  The most common autoimmune diseases (10:39 / 8:17)   The conventional medicine approach to treating autoimmune disease (12:17 / 9:50)  Case study of a patient Dr. Schweig treated (15:31 / 12:57)  Healing the gut with diet and foods to avoid when treating autoimmune disease (25:01 / 22:15)  My personal experience with autoimmune disease (34:33 / 32:25)  Chronic infections and autoimmune disease (35:57 / 33:22)  The California Center for Functional Medicine (42:47 / 40:21)  Learn more about the California Center for Functional Medicine and the Functional Medicine Research and Technology Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, ButcherBox, and Cozy Earth. I like to call myself a pathological optimist. Our thoughts are transferred into our biology, which means generosity, service, and altruism make us healthier from the inside out, all while giving us more joy in life. Unfortunately, many of us go through life with a list of shoulds without truly knowing the why behind our actions. It can be a daunting task to seek meaning and purpose, but taking intentional steps towards this kind of clarity might be easier than you think.  Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to Simon Sinek about how to find your why to live a more authentic, fulfilled, and healthy life. A trained ethnographer, Simon may be best known for his TED Talk on the concept of why, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace—which reached 80 million views in its first week and has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times. He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including global bestseller Start with WHY and New York Times bestsellers Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, ButcherBox, and Cozy Earth. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Join Thrive Market today at thrivemarket.com/hyman to receive $80 off your first order. For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive two pounds of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription + $20 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. 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): The value and benefits of having meaning and purpose (4:55 / 2:55) Finding your purpose is not a matter of luck—it’s a right (7:02 / 5:02) How to find your “why” (8:54 / 6:42)  “Why” as a biological phenomenon (11:57 / 9:42)  How Simon and I found our “whys” (16:13 / 12:45) How service and altruism cultivate joy and pleasure (22:33 / 19:38) Our need for community and belonging (31:09 / 29:32)  How generosity promotes health (39:11 / 34:40)  Accessing empathy and replacing judgment with curiosity (44:36 / 41:25)  Learning how to listen (51:04 / 49:00)  Check out Simon’s live online classes and his on-demand library, The Optimism Library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on the Functional Medicine approach to winter immune resilience with Dr. Elisa Song.  Want to hear the full episode? Subscribe now. With your 7 day free trial to Apple Podcast, you’ll gain access to audio versions of: - Ad-Free Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast episodes - Exclusive monthly Functional Medicine Deep Dives - Monthly Ask Mark Anything Episodes  - Bonus audio content exclusive to Dr. Hyman+ Trying to decide if the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast is right for you?  Email my team at [email protected] with any questions you have.   Please note, Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast does not include access to the Dr. Hyman+ site and only includes Dr. Hyman+ in audio content.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and Paleovalley.   Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are the leading causes of death in the US. These diseases all have several risk factors in common, like smoking, physical inactivity, and poor diet, which policymakers often view simply as personal choices. Yet there are many reasons we need to begin looking at health beyond the individual.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dan Buettner, James Maskell, Tawny Jones, and Dr. Gabor Maté about how our environment shapes our health and why community is vital to healing. Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world—dubbed Blue Zones—where people live the longest, healthiest lives.   James Maskell has spent the past decade innovating at the intersection of Functional Medicine and community, where he created the Functional Forum, the world’s largest Functional Medicine conference, with record-setting participation. His organization and first book of the same name, The Evolution of Medicine, prepares health professionals for this new era of preventive medicine.   Tawny Jones has been an accomplished administrator at the Cleveland Clinic for 19 years. She leads clinical operations at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, sharing the efficacy of Functional Medicine and demonstrating its cost-effectiveness and ability to improve health. The Functioning for Life shared medical program for chronic disease management is her brainchild.    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. His latest book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, was just released. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and Paleovalley.  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. 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: Dan Buettner James Maskell and Tawny Jones Dr. Gabor Maté Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. As hunter-gatherers, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Today, we eat over 150 pounds per year per person, or half a pound per day. The average school kid eats 34 teaspoons of sugar a day. Many supermarkets and health-food stores now carry many sneaky sources of sugar disguised in unrecognizable ingredients and so-called “healthy” foods that contain as much—if not more—sugar than their regular versions. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about sugar and sweeteners. I discuss how sugar can dramatically alter your metabolism and brain chemistry, causing you to suffer intense cravings, how quitting sugar can rapidly improve your health, the different types of sugars, and what sugars we should absolutely stay away from. This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive 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 + $10 off. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. 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 the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): True or False segment: busting frequent myths about sugar (5:58 / 2:15)  The problem with sugar (13:12 / 9:32)  Sugar addiction and quitting sugar (16:23 / 12:40)  The many ways to say “sugar” (20:37 / 17:25)  Artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols (22:37 / 19:00)  Which natural sweeteners are better than others? (26:51 / 23:09)  Sugar production and the environment (29:43 / 25:56)  Which sweeteners to eat and which ones to avoid (33:33 / 28:55)   Mentioned in this episode Saturated fat is not the major issue Saturated Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes: a Fresh Look at the Evidence A systematic review of the evidence supporting a causal link between dietary factors and coronary heart disease Can dietary saturated fat be beneficial in prevention of stroke risk? A meta-analysis Fair Trade USA Ethical Consumer Guide for honey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, Rupa Health, Essentia, and Athletic Greens. Stress has somehow become a perceived right of passage for adults in the US. Many people feel that if they’re not stressed, they’re not working hard enough. And almost all of us have had stress build throughout our lives, a combination of trauma, life experiences, and our state of mind. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to Dr. Elissa Epel about the wide-ranging effects of chronic stress on our health and how to mitigate it to feel better and even slow the aging process. Elissa Epel, PhD is an internationally renowned health psychologist who focuses 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 the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Telomere Effect which is in 30 languages. Her new book is THE STRESS PRESCRIPTION: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease. This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, Rupa Health, Essentia, and Athletic Greens. Get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets at cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Right now you can get an extra $100 off your mattress purchase, on top of Essentia’s Black Friday sale, which will also take 25% OFF your mattress purchase. Go to myessentia.com/drmarkhyman to learn more. 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. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Uncertainty tolerance and finding comfort in the unknown (4:56 / 2:55) How our trauma history impacts our ability to tolerate uncertainty (7:06 / 5:00)  The difference between acute and chronic stress (14:07 / 12:00)  How our mind states impact how we experience stress (17:21 / 15:19)  The impact stress has on mitochondria (29:57 / 25:00)  Incorporating hormetic or “good” stress into our lives (31:57 / 27:00)  How meaning, purpose, and mindset impact our lives (37:00 / 34:20)  Taking a stress inventory of your life (51:29 / 46:40)  Telomere health and aging (56:47 / 52:12)  Mitigating stress at the start of your day (1:03:13 / 57:25)   Get a copy of The Stress Prescription: 7 Days to More Joy and Ease. Mentioned in this episode Sauna use as a lifestyle practice to extend healthspan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our monthly Ask Mark Anything episode. Want to hear the full episode? Subscribe now. With your 7 day free trial to Apple Podcast, you’ll gain access to audio versions of: - Ad-Free Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast episodes - Exclusive monthly Functional Medicine Deep Dives - Monthly Ask Mark Anything Episodes  - Bonus audio content exclusive to Dr. Hyman+ Trying to decide if the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast is right for you?  Email my team at [email protected] with any questions you have.   Please note, Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast does not include access to the Dr. Hyman+ site and only includes Dr. Hyman+ in audio content.  Mentioned in this episode A Harvard Psychiatrist Rethinks Mental Health As A Metabolic Disease with Dr. Christopher Palmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Essentia.   Subsidizing food has been a practice in the US government for a very long time; we’ve subsidized sugar since 1790 and wheat, corn, and soy since 1933. All four of these foods, also known as commodity crops, are mainstay ingredients found in the ultra-processed foods driving chronic disease. And we taxpayers are footing the bill. Something is wrong with this picture.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Robert Lustig, Ken Cook, and Paulette Jordan about the impact of subsidized commodity crops on food prices and our health. Dr. Robert Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist with expertise in metabolism, obesity, and nutrition. He’s the Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology and a member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. He is also one of the leaders of the current “anti-sugar” movement that is changing the food industry, in part through his game-changing books. His latest work is Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine. Ken Cook is the president and cofounder of the Environmental Working Group (EWG). He 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, the 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. Paulette Jordan was the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Idaho, becoming the first woman nominated to the position by a major party in the state and the first Native American woman nominated for governor in US history. She is recognized in Idaho and across the nation as an inspirational and audacious leader. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Essentia.  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. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Right now you can get an extra $100 off your mattress purchase, on top of Essentia’s Black Friday sale, the biggest sale of the year, which will also take 25% OFF your mattress purchase. Go to myessentia.com/drmarkhyman to learn more. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Robert Lustig Ken Cook Paulette Jordan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley and Athletic Greens. We’ve been taught to think of fats and oils as a necessary evil—the unhealthy part of anything we eat and the stuff needed to keep food from sticking to the pot. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Fat is essential for health, but it’s also confusing. There are so many different kinds of fat; some, we are told, are good, and some are bad. So, what’s actually true? In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about fats and oils—which ones you should be eating, and which ones you need to avoid for optimal health. This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley 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. 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. Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Why we should avoid refined vegetable oils (5:00 / 1:20)  Eating cholesterol-rich foods like eggs or shrimp has little to no effect on the cholesterol circulating in your bloodstream, and it is not linked to heart disease (6:45 / 3:00)  How eating the right fats burns body fat and supports health (7:55 / 4:14)  The nutritional purpose of fats and oils (9:30 / 5:40)  What to know about monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fats (10:30 / 6:47)  Why fats and veggies are the perfect pairing (18:26 / 14:50)  What to know about coconut oil (20:18 / 16:35)  Ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting (21:26 / 17:46) How fats impact the environment (22:08 / 18:25) Fats and oils to eat and avoid (24:56 / 21:46)  Mentioned in this episode Truth in Olive Oil  Fair Trade organic labels American Grassfed Association Thrive Market Eat Fat, Get Thin FOOD: What the Heck Should I Eat? The Pegan Diet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker. If you’re interested in health, you’ve heard the term inflammation quite a bit. But did you know there are different kinds of inflammation? Some of them are more alarming than others. Acute inflammation happens when you cut your finger and it gets red and a little swollen. This is helpful inflammation and usually resolves in about a week. But the inflammation that naturally happens as we age, called sterile-inflammation, sets us up for less resiliency against things like autoimmunity, cancer, and other forms of chronic disease.  Today, I’m excited to dive deep into the topic of inflammation and its role in aging with Dr. David Furman. Dr. David Furman is Associate Professor and Director of the Bioinformatics Core at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, as well as the Director of the Stanford 1000 Immunomes Project. He obtained his doctoral degree in immunology from the School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, for his work on cancer immune-surveillance. During his postdoctoral training at the Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Furman focused on the application of advanced analytics to study the aging of the immune system in humans. 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 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. Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with 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. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The origins of Dr. Furman’s unique thinking about the immune system and aging (7:21 / 3:58)  Types of inflammation (11:13 / 8:02)  How systemic chronic inflammation drives all of the hallmarks of aging (13:32 / 10:30)  Causes of inflammation (18:24 / 13:46)  The immunome and the 1000 Immunomes Project (26:31 / 21:14)  How inflammatory age can be used to predict disease (33:13 / 27:12)  Predicting frailty in individuals years before they become frail (35:54 / 30:37)  Newly discovered biomarkers that can be used for early detection of age-related disease (38:54 / 32:02)  How the iAge test will be used in the future (47:58 / 43:42)  Learnings from centenarians (59:24 / 54:12)  Learn more about the 1000 Immunomes Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and InsideTracker.   Migraines are very common and, for many people, they can be debilitating, reducing the quality of life. Some may be so severe that the only option for getting through them is to rest in a dark room. The Functional Medicine approach to treating migraines looks beyond the head to assess the health of the entire body and find the root cause.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Todd LePine to explore various ways we can use this approach to eliminate migraines. We discuss healing the gut and dietary changes, and I also speak about how low levels of magnesium have been linked to migraines. 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 to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires and is a fitness enthusiast. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and InsideTracker.  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. Thrive Market is an online membership-based grocery store that makes eating well convenient and more affordable. Join today a thrivemarket.com/hyman to receive $80 off your first 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. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Elizabeth Boham  Dr. Mark Hyman   Dr. Todd LePine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Mitopure and Athletic Greens. It is crucially important to take steps (even small ones) daily to support your immune system and inflammation levels—so you can live longer, better. Unfortunately, our modern diets and lifestyles have created an environment of chronic inflammation, or “inflammaging.” While inflammation itself is life saving and extremely important in acute situations, inflammaging can cause significant issues. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about inflammaging and how this continual, low-grade inflammation becomes the root of many, if not all, chronic conditions.  This episode is brought to you by Mitopure and Athletic Greens. Mitopure is the first and only clinically tested pure form of a natural gut metabolite called urolithin A that clears damaged mitochondria away from our cells and supports the growth of new, healthy mitochondria. Get 10% off at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. 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. Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): How an overactive immune system affects our health (3:45 / 1:09)  What is inflammaging? (4:38 / 2:00)  The main thing necessary to stay healthy and prevent aging (5:53 / 2:50) Foods you should avoid to prevent and reduce inflammaging (6:37 / 3:53)  Anti-inflammatory foods (8:54 / 4:15)  Lifestyle practices to prevent and reduce inflammaging (11:20 / 8:30)  Supplements to prevent and reduce inflammation (12:21 / 9:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, InsideTracker, and Rupa Health. Just like other parts of life, we can fall into patterns when it comes to how we love. For example, many people choose partners that reinforce the limiting beliefs that they have about themselves and their lives. I’ve discovered this about myself over the years and worked with a coach to rewrite my corrupted love software. Today, I’m excited to share a conversation with that person, Lauren Zander, who has been a strong force in my life for positive change.  Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group®, an international corporate consulting and life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The Handel Method®, is taught in over 35 universities and institutes of learning around the world, including MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, NYU, and the New York City Public School System. Lauren is also the author of Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life, a no-nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. She has spent over 20 years coaching thousands of private and corporate clients. This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, InsideTracker, and Rupa Health. Cozy Earth makes the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. 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. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): My personal journey to understand and improve my beliefs and patterns in love (6:53 / 2:00)  Creating a pathway to deal with our corrupted love software (9:38 / 6:48)  Learning from our past relationships and experiences (11:56 / 9:07)  Loving yourself for better love relationships (17:09 / 14:42)  The three voices inside us that drive our relationship choices (22:25 / 18:10) How Lauren’s personality has changed and led her to develop Inner.U Love (29:44 / 25:11)  Asking yourself what you want from love today (38:05 / 33:45)  How we manifest our inner dialogue (42:42 / 38:29)  The value of telling the truth to yourself (46:49 / 42:33) Expanding through love (51:57 / 47:37)  Learn more about Lauren’s course, Inner.U Love, here.  Learn more about La Vette, an intentional dating platform for singles, at lavette.love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Beekeepers, and InsideTracker.   Almost a quarter of the worldwide adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension, an inflammatory disease and a leading cause of heart disease. Sadly, anti-hypertensive medications are not that successful, and well over half of those who have hypertension are not treated adequately.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. George Papanicolaou, Dr. James DiNicolantonio, and Dr. Casey Means about the dangers of high blood pressure and how to lower it with diet and lifestyle.   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. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health, a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.   Dr. James DiNicolantonio is a Doctor of Pharmacy and a cardiovascular research scientist. He serves as the associate editor of the British Medical Journal’s Open Heart, a journal published in partnership with the British Cardiovascular Society, and is on the editorial advisory boards of several other medical journals. Dr. DiNicolantonio is the author or coauthor of over 250 publications in the medical literature. He also is the author of five bestselling health books: The Salt Fix, Superfuel, The Longevity Solution, The Immunity Fix, and The Mineral Fix.   Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and cofounder of metabolic health company Levels, an associate editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a guest lecturer at Stanford University. Dr. Means’ perspective has been recently featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, Forbes, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, Metabolism, Endocrine Today, and more.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Beekeeper’s, 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.   Beekeeper’s Naturals is giving my community an exclusive offer. Just go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code “HYMAN” to get 25% off your first order.   Right now InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.   Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. George Papanicolaou Dr. James DiNicolantonio Dr. Casey Means Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, InsideTracker, and Rupa Health. When we hear the phrase “Blue Zones,” most of us think of the healthy, long-living populations in places like Greece and Costa Rica. And while the large majority of these communities are indeed abroad (there is only one Blue Zone in the US), there are some hidden traditions that cooks around America have passed from generation to generation that we can embrace to create our own Blue Zone at home. It’s interesting to note that at the same time we’re seeing a huge interest in longevity, we’re seeing a drop in life expectancy for the first time in living history over the last few years. The biggest culprit is our processed food supply.  Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dan Buettner and I break down why chronic disease is so rampant in the US, what we can learn from the Blue Zones around the world, and how to bring Blue Zone principles into our own kitchens while embracing American traditions. Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world— dubbed Blue Zone hotspots, where people live the longest, healthiest lives. His articles about these places in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic are two of the most popular for both publications. This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, InsideTracker, and Rupa Health. Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/hyman with 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. 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. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Why we are seeing a drop in life expectancy (5:26 / 2:18)  Why, if you’re overweight and unhealthy in America, it’s probably not your fault (7:40 / 5:50)  How Dan discovered the Blue Zones and habits of the world’s longest-lived people (12:09 / 8:48)  Cooking and longevity (20:32 / 16:00)  Cuisine of the Gullah/Geechee people (28:05 / 23:20)  Traditional Native American diets (31:22 / 26:42)  Traditional Latin American cuisine (36:13 / 31:35)  Eating well on a budget (41:07 / 36:22)  Dan’s work to make the healthy choice the easy choice (44:50 / 39:30)  The influence of Asian cuisine in America (50:07 / 45:25)  Get a copy of Dan’s new book The Blue Zones American Kitchen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on mold exposure episode with Dr. Ann Shippy.  Want to hear the full episode? Subscribe now. With your 7 day free trial to Apple Podcast, you’ll gain access to audio versions of: - Ad-Free Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast episodes - Exclusive monthly Functional Medicine Deep Dives - Monthly Ask Mark Anything Episodes  - Bonus audio content exclusive to Dr. Hyman+ Trying to decide if the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast is right for you?  Email my team at [email protected] with any questions you have.   Please note, Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast does not include access to the Dr. Hyman+ site and only includes Dr. Hyman+ in audio content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and Essentia.   The leading cause of inflammation is a poor diet—specifically one rich in addictive starches and refined sugars that keep us eating more than we need to because they don’t fill us up. This standard American diet (SAD) of refined flour and sugar is the gateway to insulin resistance, diabetes, and other metabolic issues, which cause rapid aging and chronic disease.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dhru Purohit, Gary Taubes, and Dr. Ronesh Sinha about why we need to ditch the high-starch diet if we want to improve our metabolism and reduce chronic disease.   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.   ⁣Gary Taubes is an award-winning science and health journalist and cofounder and director of the Nutrition Science Initiative. He is the author of The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat, Good Calories, Bad Calories, and The Case for Keto. Gary is a former staff writer for Discover and a correspondent for Science. He has written three cover articles on nutrition and health for The New York Times Magazine.   Dr. Ronesh Sinha, author of The South Asian Health Solution, is an internal medicine physician who runs a lifestyle clinic in Silicon Valley focused on reversing insulin resistance in ethnically diverse patients. He is also an expert in corporate wellness and serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Silicon Valley Employer Forum, where he serves as a global adviser to shape health benefits for over 55 major Silicon Valley companies.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and Essentia.   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.   Right now you can get an extra $100 off your mattress purchase, on top of Essentia’s holiday sale, which will also take 25% OFF your mattress purchase. Go to myessentia.com/drmarkhyman to learn more.   Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dhru Purohit Gary Taubes Dr. Ronesh Sinha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. CoQ10 is a compound whose job is to help cells generate energy, so it’s no surprise there are so many wonderful benefits to getting enough of this critical coenzyme. Although you can find it in supplement form, it is also naturally produced by the body. Unfortunately, however, as you age the production of CoQ10 declines. It also declines with chronic stress, toxin exposures, and certain medications. The decreased amount of CoQ10 in your cells contributes to the gradual loss of energy that most of us experience in our thirties and beyond.  In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about coenzyme Q10, also known as CoQ10—what it is, what it can do for us, and how to ensure we are getting enough of this critical nutrient. 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 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. 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. Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What exactly is CoQ10? (3:42 / 1:32)  Statins, muscle aches and pains, and CoQ10 production (4:20 / 1:55)  How your body makes energy (5:14 / 2:40)  The scientific discovery of CoQ10 (6:05 / 3:30)  Benefits of CoQ10 (6:27 / 3:56)  CoQ10 and heart health (7:40 / 5:10)  Treating and preventing migraines with CoQ10 (8:51 / 6:18) CoQ10, insulin sensitivity, and blood sugar (10:02 / 7:29)  Slowing and reversing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease (10:34 / 8:00)  CoQ10-rich foods and supplements (11:30 / 8:58) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, InsideTracker, and Essentia. Have you ever wondered what makes some people extraordinary? Is it something special some people just have at birth? Or are we all born the same only to evolve into greater things? I’m learning that no matter what age or phase of life we are in, we have the ability to make choices that change our lives and the lives of others for the better. Finding a purpose greater than ourselves is a catalyst for that change. Today’s conversation with Lynne Twist is an inspiring one. We take a deep dive into creating a life of meaning and commitment, what that means for our identity, and the ripple effect it has throughout the world. Over the past 40 years, Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries in the arenas of fundraising with integrity, conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning, and having a healthy relationship with money. An author and speaker, she has presented for the United Nations Beijing Women’s Conference, State of the World Forum, Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Governor’s Conference on California Women, among others. A recognized global visionary, Ms. Twist has been an advisor to the Desmond Tutu Foundation, and The Nobel Women’s Initiative.  This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, InsideTracker, and Essentia. Cozy Earth makes the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community $200 off their Ultimate Plan, or 34% off any other plan, at insidetracker.com/drhyman until the end of the month. Right now you can get an extra $100 off your mattress purchase, on top of Essentia’s holiday sale, which will also take 25% off, plus receive two FREE organic pillows (a $330 value), when you visit myessentia.com/drmarkhyman. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Having a purpose larger than ourselves (6:32 / 4:27) How Lynne’s father’s death informed her inner life (9:51 / 7:40)  Lynne’s journey to becoming an activist and philanthropist (14:01 / 12:15)  Lynne’s work and learning about money and wealth from Mother Teresa (19:13 / 16:58)  The biology of altruism (34:34 / 30:35)  What makes ordinary people extraordinary? (35:40 / 31:58)  Learning from indigenous people (38:26 / 34:30)  Why living a committed life is crucial to our human future (46:55 / 43:00)  Why we can’t sacrifice ourselves for others (58:02 / 53:40)  How to find your calling (1:02:34 / 58:33)  Get a copy of Lynne’s book, Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself, here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our monthly Ask Mark Anything episode. Want to hear the full episode? Subscribe now. With your 7 day free trial to Apple Podcast, you’ll gain access to audio versions of: - Ad-Free Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast episodes - Exclusive monthly Functional Medicine Deep Dives - Monthly Ask Mark Anything Episodes  - Bonus audio content exclusive to Dr. Hyman+ Trying to decide if the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast is right for you?  Email my team at [email protected] with any questions you have.   Please note, Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast does not include access to the Dr. Hyman+ site and only includes Dr. Hyman+ in audio content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and Beekeeper’s Naturals.   Environmental toxins can wreak havoc on your body. And our bodies can only handle so much. There is a threshold, and when it’s passed, toxins can’t effectively be processed out of the body and are left lingering. When our toxic load is maxed out we start to see symptoms and dysfunctions.    In today’s episode, I speak with Dr. Casey Means, Harriet Washington, and Maggie Ward about reducing your toxic exposure, the compounded effect of toxic exposures, and more.   Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and cofounder of metabolic health company Levels, an associate editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a lecturer at Stanford University. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tools that can facilitate a deep understanding of our bodies and inform personalized and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices.    Harriet Washington has been the Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada's Black Mountain Institute, a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, and a visiting scholar at DePaul University College of Law. She is the author of Deadly Monopolies, Infectious Madness, Medical Apartheid, and A Terrible Thing to Waste, a book that looks at the devastating consequences of environmental racism—and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.   Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN, is the Nutrition Director at The UltraWellness Center. She holds a master’s degree in nutrition from Bastyr University and focuses on using whole foods for holistic nutrition therapy. In addition, she completed her requirements to become a registered dietitian at Westchester Medical Center in New York.   This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and Beekeeper’s.   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.   Right now until November 30, Beekeeper’s is offering my community 30% off. You can receive this offer sitewide by going to beekeepersnaturals.com/hyman or use code HYMAN at checkout.   Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Casey Means Harriet Washington Maggie Ward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Mitopure and Athletic Greens. Each of us is made up of an estimated 30 trillion cells, all of which work together in harmony to perform all of the functions necessary for us to survive from day to day and year to year. But sometimes cells go rogue and don’t conform to the normal cell life cycle. When that happens, we end up with cells in our body that start to cause damage. These rogue cells, called senescent or “zombie” cells, release inflammatory chemicals that contribute to all manner of health issues—osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s, to name just a few. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about zombie cells—what they are, how they develop, and how we can get rid of them. This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens. Mitopure is the first and only clinically tested pure form of a natural gut metabolite called urolithin A that clears damaged mitochondria away from our cells and supports the growth of new, healthy mitochondria. You can get 20% off right now at timelinenutrition.com/mark by using code MARK at checkout. 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. Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What are zombie cells and how do they develop? (4:00 / 1:14)  The negative effects of zombie cells (4:53 / 2:39)  How to get rid of zombie cells (7:06 / 4:08)  Causes of zombie cells (8:19 / 5:08)  Natural and pharmaceutical compounds that kill zombie cells (11:17 / 8:00)  Lifestyle practices that reduce and kill zombie cells (15:24 /12:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Rupa Health, and InsideTracker. If we want to age as well as possible, maintain function and strength, and stay independent as we age, there is a key area of our physiology that we need to pay attention to: muscle. Skeletal muscle is the currency of aging; it’s an essential lever in maintaining optimal metabolic health, reducing body fat, and supporting longevity. And a major piece of building and maintaining muscle is protein consumption—which is often a controversial topic in the nutrition space. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon about the science of muscle mass, protein sources, and healthy aging and how we can all pay attention to these things in our daily lives.  Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a Washington University fellowship-trained physician in Nutritional Science and Geriatrics and is board certified in Family Medicine. She is the founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric-Medicine™ and has a private practice that services the leaders, innovators, mavericks, and executives in their prospective fields. In addition, Dr. Lyon also works closely with Special Operations Military. Her goal is to change the paradigm of medicine from obesity-focused to muscle-centric and change the way we think about health and medicine with high scientific integrity. This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Rupa Health, and InsideTracker. Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, so just head over to bioptimizers.com/drhyman with code drhyman. ​​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. 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 muscle is key to overall health and longevity (5:25 / 2:14)  How much protein should you eat vs the government’s Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) (11:12 / 9:26)  Essential amino acids, animal vs plant sources of protein, and building muscle (18:55 / 15:10)  How much protein do you need to eat with each meal? (29:04 / 26:02) Research showing that dietary protein will reduce hunger and cravings (33:54 / 29:15) High-protein food sources (37:22 / 32:19)  Is meat bad for your health? (39:38 / 34:44)  Stimulating mTOR, our “longevity switch” (45:55 / 37:23) Muscle-centric medicine (54:50 / 50:08)  Dr. Lyon’s daily diet and exercise routine (1:05:09 / 1:00:24)  Check out Dr. Lyon’s podcast, The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, here. Get her free protocol with a food guide and subscribe to Dr. Lyon’s newsletter at drgabriellelyon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, and Essentia.   Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are the leading causes of death—and premature death at that—in the US. These diseases all have several risk factors in common, like smoking, physical inactivity, and poor diet, which policy often views simply as personal choices. We need to begin looking at disease prevention beyond individual decision-making.   In this podcast, I talk with Dr. Anand Parekh, Senator Bill Frist, and Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian on the need for government policymakers to address disease prevention.   Dr. Anand Parekh is the Bipartisan Policy Center’s chief medical advisor, providing clinical and public health expertise across the organization, particularly in the areas of aging, prevention, and global health. As a US Department of Health and Human Services deputy assistant secretary for health from 2008 to 2015, he developed and implemented national initiatives focused on prevention, wellness, and care management. He is the author of Prevention First: Policymaking for a Healthier America.   Senator Bill Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon and former US Senate majority leader. He led passage of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act and the historic PEPFAR HIV/AIDS legislation that has saved millions of lives worldwide. As the founder and director of the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center, he has performed over 150 heart and lung transplants, authored over 100 peer-reviewed medical articles, and published seven books.   Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, Dean and Jean Mayer Professor at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and professor of medicine at Tufts Medical School. He has authored more than 400 scientific publications on dietary priorities for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases and on evidence-based policy approaches to reduce these burdens in the US and globally. He has served in numerous advisory roles, including for the US and Canadian governments.⁣⁣ ⁣ This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, and Essentia.   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, when you sign up for ButcherBox, they will send you 2 pounds of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription PLUS $10 off at ButcherBox.com/farmacy.   Get an extra $100 off your mattress purchase, on top of Essentia’s Black Friday sale, which will also take 25% OFF. Plus receive 2 FREE organic pillows (a $330 value) with your mattress purchase at myessentia.com/drmarkhyman.   Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Anand Parekh Senator Bill Frist Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens. While there are many reasons that could account for occasional sleepless nights or a few days of having trouble focusing on the job, if you find yourself having persistent sleep-related issues, it could be that your circadian rhythms are out of balance. So what can you do when your body’s internal clockwork gets off? In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I delve into circadian rhythms—what they are, why they’re important, and how you can reset yours when they become unbalanced. This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community $200 off the Ultimate Plan or 34% off any purchase at insidetracker.com/drhyman until the end of the month. 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. Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What are circadian rhythms? (5:14 / 2:02)  The science behind circadian rhythms (6:29 / 3:17)  Why you should get 20 minutes of sunlight first thing in the morning (7:07 / 3:55)  What throws off your circadian rhythms? (8:04 / 4:51)  The impact of sleep medication on your circadian rhythms (9:29 / 6:20)   Ways to reset your circadian rhythms (10:20 / 7:08)  Mentioned in this episode The Circadian Prescription: Get in Step with Your Body's Natural Rhythms My Sleep Master Class Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth. Trauma isn’t just psychological; it impacts us all the way down to our genes. And those epigenetic changes don’t just stay with us—they can be passed down through several generations. That means the trauma we may be working through isn’t just our own, it’s the stress and trauma of our parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents. I know this might sound bleak, but today’s conversation on The Doctor’s Farmacy with Dr. James Gordon is about healing from all types of trauma to find greater mind-body peace.  Dr. James 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, D.C. 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. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth. ​​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. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Cozy Earth makes the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and non-toxic sheets on the market. 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): How the war in Ukraine is affecting Ukrainians’ mental health (5:24 / 2:00)  Recognizing trauma as a universal part of life (11:15 / 8:00)  Epigenetics and generational trauma (13:35 / 9:44)  Techniques Dr. Gordon uses to heal generational, cultural, and individual trauma (17:03 / 13:45)  Healing America’s divisiveness (24:53 / 21:10) Integrating unnamed and underlying cultural trauma (36:36 / 32:25)  Moving beyond the medical model when it comes to trauma (41:59 / 38:00)  Identifying and healing personal trauma (42:41 / 39:08)  Stories of transformation from Dr. Gordon’s work (55:00 / 50:52)  The importance of healing oneself first (1:00:54 / 56:40)  Learn more about Dr. Gordon at jamesgordonmd.com. To support his trauma healing work in Ukraine, visit cmbm.org and click DONATE.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices