The Key to Behavior Change

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.5 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Having a coach or community to support your health journey can be instrumental in creating and sustaining lifestyle and behavioral change. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman talks with Functional Medicine practitioner, Chris Kresser, about the challenges involved in altering behaviors that affect your health, and how external support can be the key to making lasting change. He also talks with Dr. Sean Lucan about the power of shared medical visits in overall health outcomes. Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac is the co-director of the California Center for Functional Medicine, founder of Kresser Institute, creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and has trained over 1,500 clinicians and health coaches in his unique approach. Dr. Sean Lucan is a practicing family physician in the Bronx treating children and adults. He is an award-winning NIH-funded investigator who has published numerous articles on food-related issues. Dr. Lucan has co-authored one textbook on nutrition and another on biostatistics, epidemiology, preventive medicine, and public health. You can find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Chris Kresser at https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/ChrisKresser You can find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Sean Lucan at https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/SeanLucan

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's episode of the Doctors Pharmacy.
0:02.9	Everybody knows that they shouldn't be smoking a lot, drinking a lot,
0:07.2	they should get some sleep and they should exercise.
0:09.6	So are they not doing it because they don't know? Of course not.
0:12.6	They're not doing it because they don't know how to change and they don't have the support
0:16.4	that they need to change.
0:18.0	Hi, I'm Kea Perot, one of the producers of the Doctors Pharmacy podcast.
0:22.0	Every day doctors recommend that their patients implement lifestyle changes,
0:26.1	yet this rarely results in altered behavior.
0:28.8	In this mini episode, we explore why this is and what is really needed for individuals to
0:33.5	implement change. Let's turn now to Dr. Hyman's recent conversation with Functional Medicine
0:38.3	Practitioner Chris Cresser.
0:40.8	The average visit with the doctors 10 to 12 minutes. Some say now with new residents now,
0:45.9	it's as low as 8 minutes. That's barely enough time to say hello and write a prescription.
0:50.1	It's certainly not enough time to talk about diet, lifestyle, and behavior change.
0:54.3	And the other problem is they don't let you talk like the average time before you get interrupted.
0:58.6	18 seconds.
0:59.6	18 seconds, 12 seconds, I've seen that.
1:01.8	Yeah, because it's just what's the symptom, what drug can I prescribe to suppress that symptom?
1:10.1	I realized that most healthcare is self-care. As you said, at least 80% if not 90% of healthcare
1:18.0	really happens outside of doctor's offices, even a Functional Medicine doctor's office.
1:22.2	Of course.
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