Mark Hyman
Quotes by Mark Hyman
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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.
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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.
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In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.
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It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics?
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Tricking your brain into thinking you are getting something sweet plays dirty tricks on your metabolism.
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You cannot control the primitive urges and hormones that drive your eating behavior.
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Our typical Western diet is full of inflammatory fats - saturated fats, trans fats, too many omega-6, inflammatory, processed vegetable oils like soy and corn oils. These increase IGF-1 and stimulate pimple follicles.
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Shrinking someone's stomach to the size of a walnut with surgery is one way to battle obesity and diabetes and may be lifesaving for a few, but it doesn't address the underlying causes.
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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.
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Placing too much emphasis on a yes/no diagnosis, meaning you either have a disease or you don't, can lead even the most well-meaning physicians to miss underlying causes and early warning signs of illness.
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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.
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