Is Poor Gut Health Or Sleep Issues Driving Your Depression, ADHD, And More?
The Dr. Hyman Show
Dr. Mark Hyman
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Pique Life.
Instead of using a pharmaceutical drug, what if your doctor knew how to look deeper to find out what is causing your depression, ADHD, or anxiety? While there is a time and a place for drugs, they can have significant side effects and may not be as effective at correcting an underlying imbalance in the body. Functional Medicine practitioners look at gut health, genes, diet, hormones, and so much more to create a thorough healing plan.
In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Uma Naidoo, Dr. George Papanicolaou, and Dr. Drew Ramsey about how diet and lifestyle can be both a cause of and treatment for depression and other mental health issues.
Dr. Uma Naidoo is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist. In her role as a clinical scientist, Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based clinical service in nutritional psychiatry in the US. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Naidoo is the author of This is Your Brain on Food.
Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified in family medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. Upon graduation from his residency, he joined the Indian Health Service. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health—a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.
Dr. Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, author, farmer, and founder of the Brain Food Clinic in New York City, offering treatment and consultation for depression, anxiety, and emotional wellness concerns. He is the author of three books, most recently the award-winning cookbook Eat Complete: The 21 Nutrients That Fuel Brain Power, Boost Weight Loss, and Transform Your Health.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy. |
| 0:03.3 | If you're looking at trying a drug that has potential risky side effects, |
| 0:07.7 | the bar is a lot higher than saying, why don't you stop eating sugar and gluten, |
| 0:11.8 | you need some vegetables and fiber and fix your gut. |
| 0:15.7 | Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark. One of the most important tools I have for helping my patients |
| 0:20.0 | optimize their health is testing. And that is why I love what RUPA Health is doing. |
| 0:24.5 | Functional medicine testing can require placing orders with lots of different labs and it |
| 0:29.0 | kind of get really complicated for doctors and their patients to easily access results |
| 0:33.7 | and keep track of everything. But RUPA Health has totally streamlined that process. |
| 0:38.4 | Looking at hormones, organic acids, nutrient levels, inflammatory factors, gut bacteria, |
| 0:43.3 | and so many other internal variables can help us find the most effective path to health in healing. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm really excited about that now and I can finally take advantage of these tests |
| 0:52.8 | without the hassle of the confusion of going through so many multiple labs. |
| 0:56.5 | RUPA Health is the place for functional medicine practitioners to access more than 2000, |
| 1:01.6 | especially lab tests from over 20 labs like Dutch, vibrant America, Genova, great planes, |
| 1:06.1 | and more. It's 90% faster letting you simplify the process of getting you the functional tests |
| 1:12.6 | that you need and giving you more time to focus on your patients. This is really a much |
| 1:17.3 | needed option in the functional medicine space and it means better service for you and your patients. |
| 1:21.7 | You can check it out with a free lab demo with a Q&A or creating account at RUPA Health.com |
| 1:26.3 | that's RUPA Health.com. Your unique, which means your health and wellness plans should be unique too. |
| 1:33.4 | But it can be tough to optimize your health and nutrition programs because it's often difficult |
| 1:37.4 | to get the data you need. And even if you do get your numbers, you actually have to understand |
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