Dr. Mark Hyman

And traditional medicine is maybe okay at managing some of the symptoms, but doesn't have a model for getting to the root cause and understanding the drivers of them and how to reverse those conditions.

Yeah, I mean, I learned in medical school, if you have type 2 diabetes, it's a one-way street.

If you have hypertension, it's a one-way street.

If you have cardiovascular disease and plaquing arteries, it's a one-way street.

If you have an autoimmune disease, it's a one-way street.

At this conference where we are, I had a woman come up to me who was a patient of mine 20 years ago who had rheumatoid arthritis that was very severe.

She's perfect now.

She just wanted to give me a hug, say thank you.

It's lovely.

But if you were to ask a rheumatologist, is rheumatoid arthritis 100% reversible?

They would go, no, because they don't know how to do it.

You know, if you go to an Aborigine in Australia 100 years ago and say, can you build a rocket ship?

They're going to go, no, but it doesn't mean it can't be done.

Your genes may predispose you to things, but they don't predestine you to things.

And the best example is in America, in the Native American population, the Pima Indians.

150 years ago, they were thin, they were fit.

There was no diabetes, no heart disease, no obesity.

Now 80% of them have diabetes by the time they're 30.

Their life expectancy is 46%.

the second most obese population in the world, they were adapted to a different environment.