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. More Quotes by Mark Hyman, M.D. More Quotes From Mark Hyman, M.D. 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. balance health names 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. pills medicine powerful There's no such thing as junk food. There's junk and there's food. Mark Hyman, M.D. junk-food junk 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. creating keys soul 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. quality important loss 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. medicine health body 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. epidemics cancer heart The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital. Mark Hyman, M.D. clinic physicians community 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. majority information disease 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. real simple struggle 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-foods cells country 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-habits matter may 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. toxins environmental support The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working. Mark Hyman, M.D. doctors medicine practice Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out. Mark Hyman, M.D. illness disease way Seems you can't outsmart Mother Nature. Mark Hyman, M.D. mother-nature mother seems 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. vision simple thinking 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. labels advice firsts 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-day balance body 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. stress smoking heart
