The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.

In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 6 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, we discuss using food as medicine. We’ll talk about eating to prevent and beat disease, as well as all the superfoods that we recommend to enhance healthspan. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more.

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Do You Have Excess Belly Fat? Why It’s A Problem And What You Can Do About It | This episode is sponsored by Pique Tea and Thrive Market

You might be surprised to learn that not all body fat is created equal; where the fat is on your body makes a big difference when it comes to your overall health. The fat inside your belly is called “VAT” or visceral adipose tissue and this type of fat is particularly dangerous. When you begin to put on weight, especially this lethal belly fat, your biology shifts out of balance, veering into the unstable and unhealthy territory of disease—which in turn often leads to more weight gain.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to explain how belly fat contributes to other health issues. They also discuss the numerous factors that contribute to belly fat, including but not limited to diet, and how they work with patients to eliminate excess visceral fat.

Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.

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In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:

• Why visceral fat, or belly fat, is so concerning
• Learnings from liposuction and bariatric surgery
• How visceral fat drives inflammation and insulin resistance
• Tests to determine if visceral fat is an issue for you, including your waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, DEXA body composition, liver fat measurement, LDL cholesterol particle size, C-reactive protein test, oxidative stress, uric acid, glucose tolerance test, and fasting insulin level
• Symptoms of too much visceral fat including inflammation, abnormal cholesterol, high blood sugar, high insulin, high oxidative stress, and more
• Foods that drive inflammation and insulin sensitivity and belly fat
• Hidden drivers of excess visceral fat including loss of lean muscle mass, environmental toxins, imbalances in the gut microbiome
• Patients they have worked with to decrease belly fat

Additional Resources:

Dr. Hyman has written several books on this topic; learn more here

https://drhyman.com/about/#section-6

7 Ways to Permanently Banish Belly Fat

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/01/29/7-ways-permanently-banish-belly-fat/

How Out of Control Blood Sugar Can Cause Belly Fat, Brain Fog, and Chronic Disease

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/11/19/bb-ep170/

Fatty Liver is More Dangerous than You Might Realize. Here’s How to Heal It

https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/05/05/fatty-liver-is-more-dangerous-than-you-might-realize-heres-how-to-heal-it/

8 Strategies to Reverse Skinny-Fat Syndrome

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/12/11/8-strategies-to-reverse-skinny-fat-syndrome/

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Why Muscle Is Key For Longevity | This episode is brought to you by Hairprint

You may be surprised to learn that muscle is our body’s largest organ. And unfortunately, the natural loss of muscle mass and strength as we age is associated with all-cause mortality and linked to the incidence of many chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease and stroke, hypertension, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. For these reasons, it’s especially important to maintain muscle mass through exercise and eat more protein as we age. But what kinds of protein, and how much do we need?

Dr. Hyman explores these questions in his conversation with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, and they explain why muscle is key for longevity.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is an integrative physician who completed her fellowship in Nutritional Sciences & Geriatrics at Washington University, St. Louis. She is board-certified in Family Medicine and completed her undergraduate work in Human Nutrition Vitamin & Mineral Metabolism. Dr. Lyon works closely with current and retired Special Operations military operators as a part of the Task Force Dagger Foundation. In addition, her practice services professional athletes, executives, and anyone looking to level up their health. Her Manhattan-based practice focuses on combining the physical with mental optimization.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, “Are we eating too much (or not enough) protein for good health?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrGabrielleLyon

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Like most things in life, when it comes to optimizing metabolic health, a nuanced perspective can help. Rather than viewing it as a black-and-white issue, we can take into consideration the big-picture social context we’re facing that encourages ultra-processed foods, obesity, and lifelong medication as well as the micro-level of what people are experiencing as individuals and understanding how to help them when all else fails. Today I’m thrilled to sit down with Dr. Tyna Moore and Calley Means for a grounded discussion that explores both sides of the spectrum, and everything in between.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The controversial discussion of GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic, weighing the pros and cons of these new drugs in treating obesity and metabolic crises (3:34)
• Challenging the notion of treating obesity with drugs like Ozempic (10:35)
• An unsettling revelation about the push for using Ozempic in children (12:04)
• Digging deeper into GLP-1 research and some of the benefits (32:51)
• Why are children being born metabolically challenged? (41:11)
• Dr. Moore’s approach to using peptides with her patients and for her own crippling pain, and what they’ve seen (45:19)
• How our current healthcare system lacks policies and support for behavior change (1:27)

While there are always differing views, we know for sure that our food and drug policies aren’t serving the best interests of creating sustainable, empowered health for the masses. I hope you’ll tune in to hear more from this comprehensive and lively discussion.

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This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Paleovalley.

Belly fat, or visceral fat around the organs, is the number-one cause of aging. It drives inflammation, increases the risk of blood clots, changes your hormones and brain chemistry, and more. It’s a recipe for disaster in the body. Not only does belly fat surround the organs, but it’s an organ of its own that produces dangerous inflammatory cytokines that may lead to a cytokine storm. In short, we want to do everything we can to avoid belly fat.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about belly fat, or visceral adipose tissue. We discuss how this form of fat is the most dangerous and why it’s so important to take steps to reduce it.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Top foods that lead to belly fat (4:13 / 1:08)
• Why belly fat is so bad for us (7:01 / 4:06)
• The effects of liquid sugar and calories (13:03 / 9:44)
• The connection between belly fat and heart disease (15:21 / 11:57)
• How belly fat affects your brain and could lead to Alzheimer’s and dementia (18:43 / 15:16)
• Why it’s not your fault you have belly fat (20:37 / 17:16)
• Case study of a 65-year-old woman (28:01 / 24:55)
• Questions from our community, including belly fat after menopause, late-night eating, the impact of stress, and more (31:16 / 28:18)

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