Know Your Numbers: How Personalized Testing Can Optimize Your Health And Reverse Disease with Pranitha Patil

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. Doctors often order lab tests based on specific concerns, which means potential issues from hormone imbalances to nutrient deficiencies can be overlooked. Routine physicals may not capture the full picture, leaving gaps in our understanding of heart disease, cancer, and more. Standard lab tests at a doctor's office aren't comprehensive enough. However, with robust, routine lab testing and personalized insights from top medical experts, we can finally understand and manage our health. This proactive approach represents the future of your healthcare. I co-founded Function Health alongside Pranitha Patil and others. I was excited to sit down with her for this episode. Our mission is to empower people to live 100 healthy years. In our conversation, we dive deep into the importance of individualized health information, exploring topics like comprehensive cardiovascular, autoimmunity, thyroid testing, and much more. Pranitha made a bold move, leaving Harvard University's graduate school early to build Function Health. Her extensive background at Accenture saw her working closely with the largest hospital systems and health insurance providers, where she witnessed the problems with healthcare from the inside. More personally, Pranitha's own health challenges inspired her to prioritize giving people the power to own their health. Function is the first-ever membership offering access to over 100+ lab tests. It provides personalized insights from globally renowned doctors based on your results. You can join Function by securing your spot on the waitlist at functionhealth.com, to get access within a few weeks. Join Function now! This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and Super Simple Grassfed Protein. For new members of ButcherBox, you can receive New York strip steaks for a year PLUS $20 off your first order. Go to butcherbox.com/farmacy and use code FARMACY. This month only you can get a FREE bottle of Bioptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough. Go to magbreakthrough.com/hymanfree and enter coupon code hyman10. Get 10% off Super Simple Grassfed Protein at drhyman.com/protein and use code protein10. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Pranitha’s personal health journey (3:46 / 1:06) Optimizing your health with personalized data (8:30 / 5:58) Why normal biomarkers are not necessarily optimal (22:46 / 20:14) Comprehensive cardiovascular testing (32:50 / 29:38) Comprehensive thyroid testing (44:57 / 41:45) The prevalence of autoimmune disease and related testing (49:31 / 46:19) Women’s and men’s health testing at every stage of life (52:15 / 49:03) How I manage stress (59:04 / 56:29) Testing to assess immune and pancreatic function (1:01:51 / 58:39) Nutritional, liver, kidney, and other testing offered by Function Health (1:03:44 / 1:00:30) Correction: This episode mentions a book by Drs. Leroy Hood and Nathan Price. The title of that book is The Age of Scientific Wellness.

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of The Doctors' Pharmacy.
0:03.6	We're fundamentally shaking up what people think about how to manage their health.
0:09.6	Not just manage it, but get on top of it, and again, for it to be the fabric of how you live your life.
0:16.9	Hey everyone, it's Dr. Hyman here.
0:18.7	I'm always being asked how to source high quality meat and seafood.
0:21.6	So I wanted to share one of my favorite resources with you that I used to get high quality protein in my own diet.
0:26.3	Unfortunately, most meat and seafood at the grocery store is not serving our health.
0:29.9	Convention-raised animals have higher levels of inflammatory fats, not to mention antibiotics, hormones, and other harmful compounds.
0:35.6	We just shouldn't, and it's not so nice for the animals, either.
0:37.7	And that's why I love butcher-box.
0:39.1	They make it super easy to get humanly raised meat, and you can trust by delivering right to your doorstep.
0:43.5	But your box has everything you could want.
0:45.1	Like a hundred percent grass-fed and grass-finished beef.
0:47.8	And the shipping is always free.
0:49.5	But your box is committed to humanly raised animals that are never given antibiotics or added hormones.
0:54.2	And since they take out the middle man, you get the extra savings.
0:56.9	There is a major stipulation I always tell my patients about when it comes to animal protein.
1:00.4	Quality needs to be a priority.
1:02.2	And with butcher-box, you can feel good knowing you're getting the highest quality meat and seafood that will help you thrive.
1:06.8	Right now, butcher-box has a special offer.
1:08.8	New members can get New York strip steaks for a year plus $20 off your first order.
1:13.8	Just go to butcherbox.com for such pharmacy and use the code pharmacy, F-A-R-M-A-C-Y.
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