How to Use Food to Improve Your Mood | Jolene Brighten on Health Theory

05/03/21 • 50 min

Dr. Jolene Brighten is one of the foremost practitioners of functional medicine to try to understand health holistically, recognizing the connection between mind and body, nutrition and emotion, wellness and community. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, she shares her own intense stories of dealing with autoimmune issues, chronic illness, an abusive family, bullying, and the long-term effects of using hormonal birth control. While describing her journey to genuine health, Jolene Brighten also talks about the three keys to rapid healing, explains why she doesn’t focus on what not to eat, and gives plenty of concrete suggestions on how to improve your diet. SHOW NOTES: Jolene shares her battles with chronic illness and bullying [0:50] Jolene talks about growing up in an abusive and controlling household [5:25] We can choose to re-write our narratives [7:00] One tactic Jolene always uses is to carve out time to just think [10:41] Jolene talks about how her negative experiences contributed to her chronic illness [11:43] Jolene shares a story of when she publicly called herself on her own BS [14:21] Tom talks about the connection between mind and body, nutrition and emotions [18:25] Jolene strongly advocates that food is medicine, and that food is communication [20:13] Jolene explains the benefits of turmeric [22:27] Inflammation is not always bad--you need a little bit of it [23:25] “I don’t want to focus on what NOT to eat.” [24:27] Jolene is not a fan of products that have been dramatically genetically engineered [27:29] Jolene discusses the connection between soy and estrogen [30:00] Jolene describes good ways to get proteins and fats [31:50] Jolene talks about the difficulty of making recommendations when evidence is limited [34:09] Jolene explains the real effects of the birth control pill [36:00] A woman may find a different man attractive when she’s using birth control [39:55] Jolene advocates for a more balanced view of hormonal birth control [43:00] Unapologetically love yourself fiercely, set and hold your boundaries [47:35] FOLLOW JOLENE: WEBSITE: https://drbrighten.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2RkdSpH FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2QTn3OB TWITTER: https://bit.ly/3a9yv0o

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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 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: https://drhyman.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/31IKBcR FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2tN13MP TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2vpGFS4

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Dr. Jason Fung Breaks the "Counting Calories" Weight Loss Myth and What You Should Be Doing Instead

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