Mark is a physician and widely acclaimed book author. He is Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine and serves on the Board of Directors of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine. He is the founder and Medical Director of The Ultra Wellness Center in Lenox, Mass. 
Why the Latest Hype Over Surgical Cure of Diabetes Is Misplaced
Two seemingly groundbreaking studies, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that type 2 diabetes, or “diabesity,” could be cured with gastric bypass surgery. The flurry of media attention and medical commentary hail this as a great advancement in the fight against diabetes. The cure was finally discovered for what was always thought to be a progressive incurable disease. But is this really a step backwards? Yes, and here’s why.
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How to Rewire Your Brain to End Food Cravings
I’m a food addict. We all are. Our brains are biologically driven to seek and devour high-calorie, fatty foods. The difference is that I have learned how to control those primitive parts of my brain. Anyone can do this if they know how. In this article, I will share three steps to help you counteract those primitive parts of your brain that have you chasing high-calorie, nutrient-poor foods. But before you can update your brain’s biological software, you’ve got to understand why it developed in the first place.
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A Conversation with Mark Hyman, MD
Correcting a blood sugar imbalance is not only the secret to losing weight but will also prevent heart disease, stroke, dementia and cancer. Blood sugar imbalance is the root of diabesity, the term I use to describe the continuum of health problems ranging from mild insulin resistance and overweight to obesity and diabetes, which is the single biggest global health epidemic of our time and is at the root of most chronic diseases.
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Overcoming Obstacles on Your Path to Health
Dealing with challenges in life is like surfing. You get on the wave, and all is great … and then the wave drops out from under you, or it grows into a huge wave and pummels you into the ground. When that happens, you paddle back out, get back up on the board, and keep surfing.
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Eat Your Medicine – Food as Pharmacology
What you put at the end of your fork is more powerful medicine than anything you will find at the bottom of a pill bottle. Food is the most powerful medicine available to heal chronic diseases, which will account for over 50 million deaths and cost the global economy $47 trillion by 2030. All you need to do is eat your medicine and think of your grocery store as your pharmacy.
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How to Raise Healthier, Smarter and Fitter Children
Schools have become hazardous zones for our kids’ health, full of empty calories, junk food, and stripped-down physical education programs that are cultivating a nation of fatter, dumber, and more aggressive kids. In the film, “The Social Network,” Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook) tells his friend that there are more geniuses in China than there are people in the United States. The Cold War gave us the missile gap, but now we have something much more threatening to our future and our children’s future – the achievement gap.
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Sweet Dreams: How to Sleep Better, Lose Weight and Live Longer
You can lose weight without changing what you eat or doing one minute of exercise! It’s a bold claim. And don’t get me wrong: Nutrition and exercise are important! But there’s another key to weight loss – and most people don’t even know about it. It’s sleep. In fact, besides eating whole foods and moving your body, getting enough sleep is the most important thing you can do for your health.
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How Diabetes and Obesity Are Ravaging America Today
Do you feel exhausted all the time? Are you overweight? Do you have too much belly fat? Do you suffer from diabetes, have serious blood sugar and insulin imbalances, monitor your blood sugar all the time, or have elevated cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglyceride levels? Do you fear for your health? If so, you may find this remarkable story of one of my patient’s very interesting.
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How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life
The slow insidious displacement of home cooked and communally shared family meals by the industrial food system has fattened our nation and weakened our family ties. In 1900, 2 percent of meals were eaten outside the home. In 2010, 50 percent were eaten away from home and one in five breakfasts is from MacDonald’s. Most family meals happen about three times a week, last less than 20 minutes and are spent watching television or texting while each family member eats a different microwaved “food.”
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Related Articles:
- A Conversation with Mark Hyman, MD
- A Conversation with Mark Hyman, MD
- Overcoming Obstacles on Your Path to Health
- Controlling Diabetes
- How to Rewire Your Brain to End Food Cravings
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