The Silent Killer: Diabesity
One of every two of you have a deadly disease that's making you sick and will kill you, and 90 percent of you don't even know you have it.
One of every two of you have a deadly disease that's making you sick and will kill you, and 90 percent of you don't even know you have it.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.10.2011
What can you do to help your child and what can we do as a nation to raise a smarter, fitter, happier generation of children? It is a two-part solution.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 10.06.2011
What if Type 2 diabetes could be completely reversed? What if it weren't an inexorable, progressive disease that has to be better "managed" by our health care system with better drugs, surgery and coordination of care?
Avital Binshtock | Posted 08.17.2011
A lot of people think ultramarathoning has long-term damaging effects on your body. That's where I feel like the diet has played a huge role. As a result of it, my body is able to withstand all the demands I put on it.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.25.2011
The decoding of the human genome at the dawn of the millennium carried the hope and promise of the beginning of the end of human suffering.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.25.2011
As we all settle into the warmth of our families and communities over Thanksgiving, my heart, my thoughts and my prayers take me back to Haiti.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Is there another way to treat the causes of autoimmune disease than powerful immune suppressive drugs that put patients at increased risk of infection and death?
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Many poor people in this country are consuming an excess of nutritionally-depleted, cheap calories. This is happening for a reason: We have made calories cheap, but real food expensive.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Patients who lowered their cholesterol with statins had higher levels of insulin. Why is that important? Because elevated insulin levels are the first step on the road to diabetes.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Medical care must include general lifestyle guidance--the mandates to eat a healthy diet and get regular exercise--individually tailored for both the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
I ask you to consider: Have you ever made poor food choices because of cost? What is the REAL cost of this cheap food--the cost in dollars, on our health, on our environment?
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
From the studies available, I can tell you that soy is neither as good as the proponents say, nor as evil as the critics claim. The key is to take all available evidence together and see what shakes out.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
I will explain what autoimmunity is, how inflammation spirals out of control, describe some of the underlying causes for these fires in the body, and provide you with nine steps to cool the fires.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Problems related to yeast are usually ignored and not linked to patient's complaints. If a subject is not taught in medical school, it is assumed not to be real. This is a dangerous assumption.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
In this week's blog, I'll explain why, but more importantly, I will outline a simple 3-step approach that will help you prevent acid reflux and heartburn by treating its underlying causes.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Pioneering research by Harvard Medical School's David Ludwig reveals the reason that low-fat diets do not work -- and identifies the true cause of obesity for most Americans.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
After all, everyone knows that you need milk to be healthy. In fact, dairy is nature's perfect food -- but only if you're a calf.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
We are too heavy, and I don't mean overweight. We're heavy with metals, not fat. Nearly 40 percent of us have toxic levels of lead in our bodies. And we don't even know it.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
In today's blog I want to explain what glutathione is, why it's important, and give you 9 tips that will help you optimize your glutathione levels and protect help yourself from chronic illness.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
"Live to 120 years old by eating as much as you want and drinking lots of red wine!" That's the intriguing finding of a recent study from Harvard researcher David Sinclair and his group.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
For over 15 years I have been successfully treating irritable bowel syndrome and other digestive conditions using a methodology that helps identify and remove the underlying causes of this condition.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
I will provide you with a clear, three-step plan to help you detoxify from mercury and other heavy metals and recover your health. I have used this plan successfully and safely with patients over the last 10 years.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
There's no doubt about it, mercury is the most alarming, disease-causing source of environmental toxicity that I see daily in my practice.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
Eighty thousand toxic chemicals have been released into our environment since the dawn of the industrial revolution, and very few have been tested for their long-term impact on human health.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011
More than 10 million Americans have migraines creating a burden of mostly unnecessary suffering. These severe, nearly disabling headaches can occur once a year to three to four times a week.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 01.15.2012