What up everybody, it's episode 172 of the Genius Life, Psych to Have You Here.

What's going on everybody welcome to another episode of the Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugovier, filmmaker, health and science journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling book Genius Foods and the Genius Life.

Guys, the legend is back.

That's right, the legendary Dr. Mark Hyman is in the house to provide us with all of his expertise and wisdom on this fine Monday.

Dr. Hyman is a board certified physician, a leader in the field of functional medicine, host of the doctor's pharmacy podcast and author of several New York Times bestselling books.

His latest offering is called the Pagan Diet, 21 practical principles for reclaiming your health in a nutritionally confusing world.

I honor Mark's approach because it's unbiased and evidence-based. What more could you want?

In today's episode we chat about how Mark was able to combine two diets that are often at odds with one another, the Paleo Diet and the Vegan Diet to create the Pagan Diet.

We discuss why it's more important to focus on what you're eating rather than how much you're eating.

We also talk about why weight loss shouldn't be the focus of any diet, but rather a desirable byproduct of a healthy and sustainable diet.

Mark and I also discuss a concept called symbiotic phyto adaptation.

It's so nice, I'll say it twice.

Symbiotic phyto adaptation. I'm actually in love with this idea.

We're going to talk about how it boosts detoxification and decreases inflammation in your body.

Lastly, we share our love of healthy soil and how the diminishing quality of the soil that grows our food contributes to numerous nutritional deficiencies.

I love whenever I get to chat with Mark, we offline happen to be good friends, and again, I find Mark's ideas grounded in reality and science, which is something that I love and strive for in my own science communication.

I hope that you enjoy this chat. I definitely enjoyed having it.

Before we dive in, I just want you guys to know that this episode is sponsored by Four Sigmatic.

Four Sigmatic is an OG sponsor of the Genius Life.

I'd like to say that I'm an OG Four Sigmatic fan. I've been using their products since even before they were named Four Sigmatic.

The team at Four Sigmatic harvests the best medicinal mushrooms around, and somehow, I don't know if it's magic or what,

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