Dr. Mark Hyman
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Podcast Appearances
Like we have a different set of lenses, a different set of filters that we can sort through information and data and ask questions that traditional doctors can't. Like how do you measure a leaky gut? How do you look at the microbiome in the gut? How do you look at the digestive function in the gut? How do you actually start to treat it in a different way?
Like we have a different set of lenses, a different set of filters that we can sort through information and data and ask questions that traditional doctors can't. Like how do you measure a leaky gut? How do you look at the microbiome in the gut? How do you look at the digestive function in the gut? How do you actually start to treat it in a different way?
Like we have a different set of lenses, a different set of filters that we can sort through information and data and ask questions that traditional doctors can't. Like how do you measure a leaky gut? How do you look at the microbiome in the gut? How do you look at the digestive function in the gut? How do you actually start to treat it in a different way?
And I think your first case is just so rich with a story that is so common that I just love you to share this because I think everybody's going to resonate with this story. And by the way, I've never seen this patient as your patient. but I've literally seen the same story a hundred times or maybe 500 times or a thousand times in my bracket. It's the same freaking story.
And I think your first case is just so rich with a story that is so common that I just love you to share this because I think everybody's going to resonate with this story. And by the way, I've never seen this patient as your patient. but I've literally seen the same story a hundred times or maybe 500 times or a thousand times in my bracket. It's the same freaking story.
And I think your first case is just so rich with a story that is so common that I just love you to share this because I think everybody's going to resonate with this story. And by the way, I've never seen this patient as your patient. but I've literally seen the same story a hundred times or maybe 500 times or a thousand times in my bracket. It's the same freaking story.
So tell us about this person.
So tell us about this person.
So tell us about this person.
So we start with a history with the mother and her pregnancy and the birth and whether they breastfed and whether they took antibiotics, whether they were sick as a kid, what happened, when they were introduced to food, when they got gluten, when they got dairy. We ask all these questions. So when someone comes in with irritable bowel, the average GI guy is not asking all these questions.
So we start with a history with the mother and her pregnancy and the birth and whether they breastfed and whether they took antibiotics, whether they were sick as a kid, what happened, when they were introduced to food, when they got gluten, when they got dairy. We ask all these questions. So when someone comes in with irritable bowel, the average GI guy is not asking all these questions.
So we start with a history with the mother and her pregnancy and the birth and whether they breastfed and whether they took antibiotics, whether they were sick as a kid, what happened, when they were introduced to food, when they got gluten, when they got dairy. We ask all these questions. So when someone comes in with irritable bowel, the average GI guy is not asking all these questions.
So why do we ask all those questions?
So why do we ask all those questions?
So why do we ask all those questions?
I remember once being in the ER, Liz, and I, this, this, uh, A patient came in, and his little boy was coming back, like a toddler was coming back over and over to the ER with ear infections, and just so inflamed. And I said, how was he, like, did you breastfeed? Yeah. So when did he start getting the ear infections? Well, we started formula and dairy and milk. And I'm like, oh, okay.
I remember once being in the ER, Liz, and I, this, this, uh, A patient came in, and his little boy was coming back, like a toddler was coming back over and over to the ER with ear infections, and just so inflamed. And I said, how was he, like, did you breastfeed? Yeah. So when did he start getting the ear infections? Well, we started formula and dairy and milk. And I'm like, oh, okay.
I remember once being in the ER, Liz, and I, this, this, uh, A patient came in, and his little boy was coming back, like a toddler was coming back over and over to the ER with ear infections, and just so inflamed. And I said, how was he, like, did you breastfeed? Yeah. So when did he start getting the ear infections? Well, we started formula and dairy and milk. And I'm like, oh, okay.
And this was even before I knew about functional medicine.
And this was even before I knew about functional medicine.