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🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Functional medicine aims to uncover the laws of biology, treats the human body as an ecosystem, and is about creating health, not just curing illness. Mark Hyman is one of the foremost practitioners of functional medicine, one of its earliest advocates, and is certainly one of its best spokesmen. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Mark Hyman explains the rationale behind functional medicine and describes its most important features. He also gives detailed advice on improving the diet, talks about what it means to say that food is information, and discusses the connection between the body, mind, gut and brain. Get a copy of Mark's new book "Food Fix" here: https://amzn.to/38mWyY8 This episode is brought to you by: Butcher Box: For a limited time, you can get 2 pounds of salmon and 2 filet mignons for free plus $20 off your first box when you sign up at butcherbox.com/IMPACT or enter promo code IMPACT at checkout. SHOW NOTES: What does it mean to say the body is an ecosystem? [1:41] How do you find the root cause of an illness? [3:18] Functional medicine is about creating health, not curing illness [6:08] How should you deal with bacterial overgrowth in the upper gut? [10:05] Mark explains how to test your microbiome [11:33] There is lots of conflicting information on nutrition but there are some common principles [14:40] Factory vegetarian diets harm the environment, but regenerative meat diets help [19:17] Why should we eat more vegetables? [21:30] What are the laws of biology regarding diet and nutrition? [23:19] Soy traditionally was processed in a very different way than it is now [26:30] All food is information [28:00] Mark describes the dietary principles nearly everyone should follow [29:17] Which kinds of vegetables should you be eating? [34:12] Mark explains the effects of eliminating the most toxic foods from a diet [35:56] We have the most inflammatory diet in history, and it directly causes illness [38:17] Mark shares his journey towards Buddhism, wisdom and compassion [41:10] Your brain, mind, body and gut are all connected [43:26] Mark shares the one change people need to make [48:11] FOLLOW MARK: WEBSITE: drhyman.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/31IKBcR FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2tN13MP TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2vpGFS4

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Health Theory.
0:02.3	Today's guest is Dr. Mark Heimann, a giant in the health and wellness space.
0:07.0	He's not only written 11 number one New York Times bestselling books on a wide range of
0:12.3	health-related topics, but he's also the director of functional medicine at the world-renowned
0:17.0	Cleveland Clinic.
0:18.0	Additionally, he's consulted for the Surgeon General and testified before Congress on
0:22.0	the issues of healthcare reform and functional medicine and further proving that healthy living
0:27.0	apparently makes you essentially superhuman.
0:29.8	He also founded and serves as the medical director of the Ultra Wellness Center, acts as
0:34.4	a chairman of the board for the Institute for Functional Medicine, and somehow has time
0:38.9	to be the medical editor of the Huffington Post.
0:42.2	And quite honestly, all of that is just a tip of a very large iceberg of incredible accomplishments.
0:48.7	It really is crazy, dude.
0:49.9	Doing the research on you, like seeing how many things you're involved in, and it all
0:53.7	seems to revolve around a couple of core things.
0:58.3	One of them being shocking, we'll get to that one in a minute around Buddhism and
1:02.1	connection and love and all that, which I was really blown away by.
1:05.9	But the core notion of the body as ecosystem.
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:10.0	Talk to me about that.
1:11.0	What does that mean?
1:12.0	Well, you know, I went to medical school and we learned about the body as a bunch of separate
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