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Okay, so I am experimenting with peppering in some excerpts from commune courses here on the podcast. We have built such an incredible library of teachers and

programs that it seems only logical to leverage this platform as a means to further spread these valuable ideas. Of course,

I will continue to feature new interviews and musings as well. So today's episode is an excerpt from

Dr. Mark Hyman's commune course called Hacking Your Healthcare. Now, you can also enjoy this program

for free for 10 days at onecommon.com

slash healthcare. In this lesson, Dr. Mark applies a functional medicine approach to our nutrition,

including a look at optimal levels for a variety of key nutrients. He also offers best practices

for supplementing when we fall outside of

the optimal range. So I hope you enjoy this lesson from Mark Hyman. My name is Jeff Krasno and welcome to

Commune.

Hi everyone. I'm Dr. Mark Hyman.

I'm a practicing functional medicine doctor.

I'm an author.

I'm the founder and director of the Ultra Wellness Center in Massachusetts, and I'm the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, which is super awesome.

I've talked to so many patients who've gone from doctor to doctor in hopes of finding an

answer to the reason they feel off or bad or have some disease.

They're often referred to specialist, their specialists, multiple specialists.

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