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Special Episode: Mark Hyman on Feel Better, Live More with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee - Why We Need To Fix Our Food System

Feb 26, 2020

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Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman, a functional medicine doctor and bestselling author, joins Dr. Rangan Chatterjee to discuss urgent reforms needed in our food systems. They delve into how processed foods are designed to be addictive and how poor food choices fuel chronic diseases. Mark emphasizes the necessity of regenerative agriculture to heal our planet and improve health. The conversation also addresses systemic issues affecting nutrition access, particularly in marginalized communities, inspiring listeners with actionable solutions for healthier living.

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Unhealthy Food System

The American food system makes healthy choices difficult and unhealthy choices easy.
This contributes to the chronic disease epidemic, affecting both physical and mental health.

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Janice's Transformation

Janice, a patient with multiple chronic diseases, reversed her conditions by switching to a whole-foods diet.
This demonstrates the powerful impact of food on health.

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Food's Broad Impact

Food affects not just physical health but also mental health, education, and even violence rates.
The food system is the leading cause of climate change due to factors like deforestation and factory farming.

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Rethinking Our Food System

04:07 • 10min

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Unpacking Food Choices and Health

13:49 • 20min

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Regenerative Agriculture and Climate Impact

33:37 • 11min

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Rethinking Food Systems and Health

44:59 • 18min

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Reforming School Food Systems

01:03:01 • 12min

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Empowering Change: Actionable Steps for a Healthier Food System

01:14:50 • 3min

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Empowering Health: Personal and Planetary Connections

01:18:09 • 6min

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Food

What the Heck Should I Eat?

Mark Hyman

In this book, Dr. Mark Hyman clarifies the confusion surrounding nutrition by examining every food group and debunking common misconceptions. He provides a roadmap for achieving lifelong health through whole foods and explains how food impacts personal health, the environment, and society. The book offers practical advice and recipes to help readers make healthier choices.

How to make disease disappear

Rangan Chatterjee

How to Make Disease Disappear is Dr. Rangan Chatterjee’s guide to better health, emphasizing the importance of four critical pillars: food, relaxation, sleep, and movement. By making small, incremental changes in these areas, individuals can create and maintain good health, alleviate illness, and prevent disease. The book advocates for balance in every area of life, including daily me-time, an electronic-free Sabbath, retraining taste buds, daily micro-fasts, movement snacking, and a bedtime routine. Based on cutting-edge research and real-life case studies, this book offers practical and life-changing advice for achieving sustainable, long-term health.

Eat to Beat Disease

William Li

In 'Eat to Beat Disease,' Dr. William Li presents a groundbreaking approach to health by highlighting the role of over 200 health-boosting foods in activating the body's natural defense systems. The book explains how these foods can support the body's five health defense systems: Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity. It provides strategies for using food to transform health and prevent diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases. Unlike traditional diet books, 'Eat to Beat Disease' focuses on adding healing foods to your meals rather than avoiding certain foods, making it a practical and life-changing guide to better health.

Feel Better in Five

Rangan Chatterjee, MD

Betty Crocker Cookbook

Betty Crocker

The 13th edition of The Betty Crocker Cookbook is a fully updated and revised version, featuring more than 375 new recipes for air fryers, multi-cookers, slow cookers, and more. It includes a veggie-forward chapter, gluten-free and vegan options, and full nutritional information for all recipes. The book is designed for cooks of any level, offering basic kitchen tools, cooking guides, and creative inspirations.

The Four Pillar Plan

Rangan Chatterjee

In 'The Four Pillar Plan', Dr. Rangan Chatterjee presents a holistic approach to health by dividing his lifestyle prescription into four pillars: Relax, Eat, Move, and Sleep. Each pillar is sub-divided into five interventions designed to provide small, realistic steps towards better health. The book emphasizes the importance of balance across all four areas and is backed by science and case studies. It includes practical, non-preachy advice and features inspiring photographs and clear illustrations, making it an easy and enjoyable read. Dr. Chatterjee's approach is centered on making small, achievable changes to daily habits, rather than drastic overhauls, and is aimed at helping readers improve their overall well-being and avoid lifestyle-driven illnesses.

The Stress Solution

Rangan Chatterjee

In 'The Stress Solution', Dr. Rangan Chatterjee addresses the modern stress epidemic by offering a four-pillar plan to reset your life. The book focuses on four key areas: body, mind, relationships, and purpose. Chatterjee provides practical and achievable interventions, such as designing an effective morning routine, keeping a touch diary, and managing digital stress. He draws from his experience as a GP and includes personal accounts and patient cases to illustrate the effectiveness of his methods. The book aims to help readers lead a more fulfilled, calmer life by making small but significant changes to their daily routines.

Food Fix

Mark Hyman

In 'Food Fix', Dr. Mark Hyman delves into the systemic issues within the global food system, highlighting how corrupted food and agriculture policies driven by money and lobbying contribute to chronic diseases, climate change, poverty, violence, and educational achievement gaps. The book pairs the latest nutritional and environmental science with a critical examination of the food industry and its policies. It offers practical solutions for individuals, businesses, and policymakers to create a healthier world, society, and planet by focusing on regenerative organic agriculture, public health initiatives, and policy reforms.

In honor of Dr. Hyman’s upcoming book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), out on February 25th we are sharing a recent interview he did on Feel Better, Live More with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee.

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Why We Need To Fix Our Food System with Mark Hyman

Is it possible to create a food system that promotes health, not disease? One that regenerates ecosystems, reverses climate change and ensures no one, least of all the poorest in society, is endangered?

My guest on this week’s podcast believes it is. He is functional medicine doctor and New York Times bestselling author, Dr Mark Hyman. Mark and I talk about everything from how processed food is addictive by design, to the powerful role good nutrition, from real food, could have in hospitals, schools and prisons. We discuss why soil depletion from intensive farming is one of the biggest drivers of climate change – and why that vegan burger may not be the environmentally friendly option.

Despite the serious subject matter of this conversation, I’m sure you’ll come away feeling hopeful. Mark doesn’t simply highlight the problems we’re facing. He identifies the ‘fix’, providing practical, positive solutions. It’s a call to action that we can all do our bit to answer.

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