“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” -Hans Hofmann Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been [...]
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MARK HYMAN, MD is dedicated to identifying and addressing the root causes of chronic illness through a groundbreaking whole-systems medicine approach called Functional Medicine. A four-time New York Times bestselling author, through his private practice, education efforts, writing, research, and advocacy, he empowers others to stop managing symptoms and start treating the underlying causes of illness.
Recipes Galore…The Path to a Healthy Life
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on May 12th, 2012
In my work as a functional medicine doctor I often have patients ask me how they will achieve their health goals with cravings for the foods they have always loved. [...]
Sugar Babies: How to Stop the Genocide of Our Children
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on May 3rd, 2012
Never before in human history have we seen “adult onset” or type 2 diabetes in children. There has been an over 1,000% increase in type 2 diabetes in children over [...]
Can Social Networks Cure Disease? Part II
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on April 20th, 2012
Click here to read Part I of the story. Part II of my TEDMED 2012 conference… One day I found Pastor Rick Warren from Saddleback Church in Southern CA in [...]
Can Social Networks Cure Disease? Part I
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on April 20th, 2012 Last week I gave a talk at TEDMED on how social networks may be an unexpected solution to our heath care crisis. Here’s how my talk went….. I want to [...]
Diet Drinks: Helpful or Harmful to Kick the Sugar Habit?
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on April 3rd, 2012
If you saw the recent 60 Minutes segment by Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the dangers of sugar you might be scared off the sweet stuff for good. It causes heart [...]
Why the New Surgical Cure for Diabetes Will Fail!
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on March 28th, 2012
Two seemingly groundbreaking studies, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine found that type 2 diabetes, or “diabesity”, could be cured with gastric bypass surgery. The flurry [...]
Pharmageddon: Can a New Weight Loss Drug Really Save Us?
Posted by Mark Hyman, MD on March 21st, 2012
This week, in an act of desperation to turn back the tide of the obesity epidemic that now affects almost seven out of every ten Americans and over 80% of [...]
Cure for Diabetes Discovered
Posted by Dr Mark Hyman on March 1st, 2012
Recently, I attended a convention of the American Diabetes Association in New York City where the main booth heralded a breakthrough “cure” for diabetes. Excited to think I might learn [...]
Should You Fire Your Specialist?
Posted by Dr Mark Hyman on March 1st, 2012
The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn’t working. Medical students are trained to see the body as a collection of isolated parts instead of one whole system. The [...]
