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Why We Need To Fix Our Food System with Mark Hyman #98

Feb 19, 2020

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Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman, a functional medicine doctor and bestselling author, dives into the urgent need to revamp our food system for better health and sustainability. He exposes how processed foods can be addictive and discusses the profound impact of soil health on climate change. Mark emphasizes practical steps we can take to support healthier eating, especially in schools and low-income areas. He contrasts the environmental costs of conventional meat production with the benefits of regenerative agriculture, offering hope and actionable solutions for a healthier future.

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Diet's Impact

11 million people die yearly from poor diets, exceeding all other causes.
This preventable "epidemic" receives inadequate attention despite its global impact.

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Food Addiction

Processed foods are designed to be addictive, making healthy choices difficult.
These foods hijack brain chemistry, hindering self-control, unlike whole foods.

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Janice's Transformation

Janice, a patient with multiple chronic diseases, reversed her conditions with dietary changes.
She stopped all medications, lost weight, and dramatically improved health markers in months.

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Unpacking the Food System's Societal Impact

04:57 • 5min

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Food, Health, and Systemic Challenges

10:12 • 25min

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Climate, Food Choices, and Soil Health

35:00 • 5min

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Exploring Sustainable Food Choices and Mental Well-Being

39:57 • 4min

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Burgers and the Future of Food

43:49 • 5min

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The Human Cost of Our Food Choices

48:41 • 20min

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Nurturing Healthy Eating in Schools

01:08:44 • 10min

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Empowering Change in Our Food System: Actions for Educators and Parents

01:18:30 • 3min

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Health Meets Sustainability

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Feel Better in Five

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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.

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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