Dr. Mark Hyman

So I think it's so powerful. And this case is so important because it really describes how a patient goes to a traditional doctor, is diagnosed with a disease, irritable bowel syndrome. By the way, anytime you hear syndrome, it means doctors know what the heck is going on. It's just a collection of symptoms that we agree we're going to put in this bucket.

And if you have those symptoms, you're going to have this disease. But it's not really a disease. And so that's what functional medicine is. It sort of looks upstream to figure out what the root causes are. and personalize the treatment for everybody. And there's common things that we do, like the 5R, but it may be different R's for each patient, right?

And if you have those symptoms, you're going to have this disease. But it's not really a disease. And so that's what functional medicine is. It sort of looks upstream to figure out what the root causes are. and personalize the treatment for everybody. And there's common things that we do, like the 5R, but it may be different R's for each patient, right?

And if you have those symptoms, you're going to have this disease. But it's not really a disease. And so that's what functional medicine is. It sort of looks upstream to figure out what the root causes are. and personalize the treatment for everybody. And there's common things that we do, like the 5R, but it may be different R's for each patient, right?

Put in the healthy bacteria.

Put in the healthy bacteria.

Put in the healthy bacteria.

Which is usually what, like?

Which is usually what, like?

Which is usually what, like?

Just to back up on that acromantia thing. So when we look at the poop, we can tell if there's like good levels of different bugs. And one of them we look at is acromantia. And it turns out that that is so important for protecting your gut. It helps you keep your biofilm or that little coating over the gut so you don't have a leaky gut.

Just to back up on that acromantia thing. So when we look at the poop, we can tell if there's like good levels of different bugs. And one of them we look at is acromantia. And it turns out that that is so important for protecting your gut. It helps you keep your biofilm or that little coating over the gut so you don't have a leaky gut.

Just to back up on that acromantia thing. So when we look at the poop, we can tell if there's like good levels of different bugs. And one of them we look at is acromantia. And it turns out that that is so important for protecting your gut. It helps you keep your biofilm or that little coating over the gut so you don't have a leaky gut.

And it's involved in so many autoimmune diseases and response to cancer therapy and metabolic issues and weight. And it's such an overlooked thing. And you can't take a probiotic of it, at least not yet. But you can feed it the good guys.

And it's involved in so many autoimmune diseases and response to cancer therapy and metabolic issues and weight. And it's such an overlooked thing. And you can't take a probiotic of it, at least not yet. But you can feed it the good guys.

And it's involved in so many autoimmune diseases and response to cancer therapy and metabolic issues and weight. And it's such an overlooked thing. And you can't take a probiotic of it, at least not yet. But you can feed it the good guys.

So broccoli, collards, kale, but not juicing it.

So broccoli, collards, kale, but not juicing it.

So broccoli, collards, kale, but not juicing it.

And being the smart doc he is, he understood from the research that if you have low akkermansia, patients don't respond to the immunotherapy, what they call the checkpoint inhibitors, which is this new form of cancer therapy that helps activate your immune system. So if your gut isn't healthy, you can't actually get the cancer cells to die with immunotherapy.