It's more important to understand the imbalances in your body's basic systems and restore balance, rather than name the disease and match the pill to the ill. Mark Hyman, M.D. More Quotes by Mark Hyman, M.D. More Quotes From Mark Hyman, M.D. The most powerful medicine is at the end of your fork, not at the bottom of your pill bottle. Food is more powerful than anything in your medicine cabinet! Mark Hyman, M.D. pillsmedicinepowerful There's no such thing as junk food. There's junk and there's food. Mark Hyman, M.D. junk-foodjunk The fork is your most powerful tool to change your health and the planet; food is the most powerful medicine to heal chronic illness. Mark Hyman, M.D. medicinehealthpowerful The key to creating health is figuring out the cause of the problem and then providing the right conditions for the body and soul to thrive. It isn't taking another medication. Mark Hyman, M.D. creatingkeyssoul While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes. Mark Hyman, M.D. qualityimportantloss The body is one integrated system, not a collection of organs divided up by medical specialties. The medicine of the future connects everything. Mark Hyman, M.D. medicinehealthbody The facts are in, the science is beyond question. Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic and most of the chronic disease sucking the life out of our citizens and our economy - and, increasingly, the rest of the world. You name it, it’s caused by sugar: heart disease, cancer, dementia, type 2 diabetes, depression, and even acne, infertility and impotence. Mark Hyman, M.D. epidemicscancerheart The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital. Mark Hyman, M.D. clinicphysicianscommunity It is food - we now know that food is information, not just calories, and that it can upgrade your biologic software. The majority of chronic disease is primarily a food borne illness. We ate ourselves into this problem and we have to eat ourselves out of it. Mark Hyman, M.D. majorityinformationdisease The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question about what the best diet is, is symptomatic of how far we have strayed from the natural conditions that gave rise to our species, from the simple act of eating real, whole, fresh food. Mark Hyman, M.D. realsimplestruggle We are eating hybridized and genetically modified (GMO) foods full of antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, and additives that were unknown to our immune systems just a generation or two ago. The result? Our immune system becomes unable to recognize friend or foe - to distinguish between foreign molecular invaders we truly need to protect against and the foods we eat or, in some cases, our own cells. In Third World countries where hygiene is poor and infections are common, allergy and autoimmunity are rare. Mark Hyman, M.D. gmo-foodscellscountry Your social networks may matter more than your genetic networks. But if your friends have healthy habits you are more likely to as well. So get healthy friends. Mark Hyman, M.D. healthy-habitsmattermay Our body's natural detoxification system is designed to support our health by eliminating waste products from our metabolism and from environmental toxins. Like any other hardworking system, it needs periodic rest and support to continue functioning optimally. This program will teach you how to rest and restore your body's natural detoxification abilities. Mark Hyman, M.D. toxinsenvironmentalsupport The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working. Mark Hyman, M.D. doctorsmedicinepractice Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out. Mark Hyman, M.D. illnessdiseaseway Seems you can't outsmart Mother Nature. Mark Hyman, M.D. mother-naturemotherseems I have experienced some amazing food! Yet when I think about the most luxurious and exquisite meals I have had, visions of simple food made from a few natural ingredients are what most excite me. Mark Hyman, M.D. visionsimplethinking The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place. Mark Hyman, M.D. labelsadvicefirsts The body maintains balance in only a handful of ways. At the end of the day, disease occurs when these basic systems are out of whack. Mark Hyman, M.D. the-end-of-the-daybalancebody Heart disease is not a Lipitor, Crestor or even an “anacetrapib” deficiency. It is a complex end result of multiple factors driven by our diet, fitness level, stress, and other lifestyle factors such as smoking, social connections, and, increasingly, environmental toxins. Mark Hyman, M.D. stresssmokingheart
