Dr. Mark Hyman

Or you're the only one who's had a heart transplant who's run a marathon.

I mean, after the surgery, you were on a walker.

But not during the marathon, you were not on a walker.

Well, this sort of speaks to the really next question I have for you, which is you went through all this, which almost killed you.

And these are serious diseases, you know, stage four breast cancer, heart failure.

They're not really lifestyle diseases.

I mean, heart failure was from chemo.

How did it change how you think about your own health and investing in your health and your own sort of regimen for creating health?

And then how did it affect, you know, you're thinking about what you're doing in the world?

I was lucky.

I think fish and chips and pie and mash actually sounds pretty healthy to me compared to what most people eat today.

You're right.

You know, what she's talking about in English is this study that the government puts on called the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Essentially, it's a big study that's been going on for decades that tracks everybody in America and

what they're eating and their health and their blood tests and their nutrition levels.

And this study has found that over 90% are deficient or insufficient in one or more nutrients at the level, not that's optimal for health, but at the level you wouldn't get a deficiency disease.

So how much vitamin C do you need to not get scurvy?

I think 10% of Americans are deficient in vitamin C at the level that would give them scurvy or deficiency.

80% are deficient, especially in vitamin D, or 93% are low in omega-3s, and 50% are low in magnesium and zinc.

It's a lot, and we're seeing this.