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The Dr. Hyman Show

What Causes Brain Inflammation And How Can We Fix It?

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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What Causes Brain Inflammation And How Can We Fix It? | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox


While inflammation is a natural part of life that serves a beneficial role to protect us and help us heal, systemic inflammation leads to disease. This type of persistent inflammation not only affects the body, it also affects the brain. In fact, neuroinflammation may be linked to everything from Alzheimer’s and dementia to ADD, ALS, depression, and even schizophrenia.


In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman speaks to Drs. Daniel Amen and Todd LePine about how the foods we eat, the toxins we’re exposed to, our stress levels, and our genetics are just some of the many aspects that can promote brain inflammation. They also discuss how they work with patients to reduce inflammation in the brain and in the body.


Dr. Daniel Amen, has been paving the way for a new type of psychiatry, looking at the actual brain and using an integrative approach to prevent disease and successfully treat it. The Washington Post called Dr. Daniel Amen the most popular psychiatrist in America and Discover Magazine listed his brain imaging research as the top neuroscience story for 2015. He is a double board-certified psychiatrist and ten-time New York Times bestselling author, with such blockbuster books as The End of Mental Illness, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Memory Rescue, Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades, and The Daniel Plan, co-authored by Pastor Rick Warren and myself. 


Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.


This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. Right now ButcherBox has a special offer for new members. If you sign up today you’ll get 2 ribeye steaks free in your first box plus $10 off by going to butcherbox.com/farmacy.


Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Daniel Amen, “How To End Mental Illness” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrDanielAmen


Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Todd LePine, “Is Brain Inflammation The Cause of Depression, Dementia, ADD, And Autism? A Functional Medicine Approach To Neuroinflammation” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/mRUGgEnr




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0:00.0

Coming up on this episode of the Doctors Pharmacy.

0:02.2

And we see that the diet we're eating is a highly inflammatory diet in this country of processed foods,

0:08.8

inflammation, um, that are driven by sugar and starch, uh, excess refined oils,

0:16.0

all the lack of things that are anti-inflammatory, the whole foods with all the phytochemicals in them

0:21.9

and the nutrient dense foods. So we're eating a diet that's super inflammatory.

0:25.3

Hi, I'm Kay. I'm one of the producers of the Doctors Pharmacy podcast.

0:28.2

Most modern diseases have one thing in common, inflammation.

0:32.4

And the more we learn about the intricate bi-directional connections between the brain and the body,

0:37.5

the more we understand that inflammation is not only driving conditions such as cardiovascular

0:41.9

disease, auto-immunity, cancer, and diabetes, it's also linked to a range of neurodegenerative

0:47.7

and mental health disorders. Dr. Hyman spoke to Dr. Daniel Aiman who is paving the way for a new type

0:53.3

of psychiatry. He looks at the actual brain and uses an integrative approach to prevent disease

0:58.9

and successfully treat it. Inflammation is a disaster for every organ in your body. It's true.

1:04.9

Including your brain. It's important to underscore this. We know from the research today that

1:10.6

depression is inflammation in the brain, that autism is inflammation in the brain, that AVD

1:16.2

and dementia are inflammation in the brain. And if that's true, then the question is, what's causing

1:23.7

the inflammation? How do you stop it? How do you fix it? So tell us about that.

1:27.8

So if you have a low mega-3 index, taking a mega-3s can be really helpful.

1:32.9

You have to get your gut right because having this thing, and I'm a psychiatrist, I didn't know one

1:38.4

thing about leaky gut until I read the Ultramine solution. And then I'm like, oh, you have to get

1:43.7

your gut right because if your gut's not right, your brain's not right. You're likely to have

1:48.7

things get inside your body that have no business in your body which causes an autoimmune or an

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