The Dr. Hyman Show

Can You Age Backwards? with Dave Asprey

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Getting older is inevitable, but aging is not. What society thinks of as aging—wrinkly skin, poor memory, weight gain, aches and pains—is actually...

What the World's Longest-Lived People Eat

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We all want to know what it takes to live a long, healthy, and happy life. In this mini-episode of the podcast, Dr. Hyman speaks with longevity expert...

How a Doctor Cured Her Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine with Dr. Cynthia Li

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Think about how different our medical system would be if all doctors were required to have an extreme health crisis before practicing medicine. It’s...

How Diet Influences Everything From Gut Health to Decision Making

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The health of our digestive system greatly impacts the health of our whole body. This is because our gut is designed to help us digest food, absorb nu...

Can Eating Regenerative Meat Help Reverse Climate Change? with Tom Newmark

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Soil is the most important answer to climate change, and also one of the most underappreciated. Without soil, we have no food, and I don’t think I n...

Is convenience depleting your health and your bank account?

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a society, we have been brainwashed into thinking that cooking real food costs too much, is too hard, and takes too long. Fast food manufacturers a...

Is It Possible to Truly Heal From Trauma? with Dr. Jim Gordon

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Trauma comes in many forms, and it’s something we’re all going to face at one point or another. Though it might seem in the moment that we should ...

Can Food Reactivate Your Stem Cells?

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Among the major superpowers of our stem cells is their ability to self renew. Stem cells can also sense damaged cells and tissues and send signals tha...

Death is Inevitable but Aging is Not with Dr. David Sinclair

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Age is not the definitive factor it’s made out to be when it comes to our health. We can use our age as a baseline for tracking our health and longe...

Why You Should Feel Optimistic About the Future

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

While we are in an incredibly exciting time when it comes to preventing and reversing disease, issues such as misleading scientific research, imperfec...

Bugs to Brain: How Infectious Diseases May Precipitate Neurodegeneration with Dr. Jay Lombard

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The gut and brain are strongly interconnected. That’s why in Functional Medicine we always take the gut into account, along with the rest of the bod...

Awakening to Our Authentic Selves and Families

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wellness is more than just eating right and exercising; feeling well means feeling whole, balanced, vibrant, and alive. And there are many moving piec...

Meditation, Kindness, and Compassion: The Secret To Your Life and Financial Abundance with Daniel Goleman

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You may have heard about emotional intelligence, but have you really ever paused to think about where you fall on the spectrum, and how it’s influen...

What Science Got Wrong About Weight Gain

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all heard the fiendishly simple and completely untrue colloquialism about how to lose weight: Just eat less and exercise more. The idea that a...

A Simple But Profound Solution to Food Waste with Kavita Shukla

21 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the best ideas are the most simple. In an age where technology is ever-evolving and often responsible for the latest inventions, it can be e...

How the Food System Makes Food Choices For Us

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How much personal choice do we really have when it comes to our food choices? The science is clear—our processed, sugary, starchy diet is the single...

Is Meat As Bad As We Think: Breaking Down Nutrition Myths with Chris Kresser

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to looking at studies on nutrition, we need to ask the right questions. What type of study is it? Who funded it? What kinds of variables...

How Women Are Leading the Way to a Conscious Food System

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Globally women are leading the way when it comes to caring for biodiversity, water quality and quantity, soil health, and other aspects of consciously...

Why Food Matters More Than You Think: From Plate to Planet with Mark Bittman

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Food impacts everything, which is why changing the way we eat and working towards a new food system can be so powerful and far-reaching. Cooking at ho...

Do Your Genes Determine Your Destiny?

02 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Epigenetics suggests that our behavior can influence which of our genes are turned on or off. This has been one of the biggest breakthroughs in medici...

Enhancing Your "Healthspan" to Live Well for 100+ Years with Dr. Peter Attia

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to aging well, we all have to set our own standards and goals. That might mean playing with your grandkids on the floor, carrying grocer...

The Antidote to Loneliness and Social Isolation

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lack of community and strong social connection can have a disastrous outcome on your health, which is why taking the time to strengthen existing relat...

Lucid Dreaming: How to Learn, Grow, and Heal While You Are Asleep with Charlie Morley

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I often talk about the importance of high-quality restful sleep and getting the right amount when it comes to creating great health. But what about th...

Why Wasn’t Gluten an Issue 50 Years Ago?

19 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A few decades ago, most people didn’t know anything about gluten. Today there is an unmistakable trend of people going gluten-free in the hopes of s...

Why Climate Change is Worse Than You Think with David Wallace-Wells

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change is not moving as slowly as we’d like to think. In fact, half of all the damage done through burning fossil fuels has been just over t...

Sugar, Statins and Heart Health

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For so long we were told that having low LDL cholesterol is the key to preventing heart disease, which led to doctors overprescribing statins to keep ...

How Chefs Can Be Doctors, and Doctors Can Be Chefs with David Bouley

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us are in the middle of an identity crisis when it comes to what we eat. We’re pulled one way or another about macronutrients and labels, al...

How the Food Industry Targets Children

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our children are being bombarded by powerful marketing messages from the food industry promoting unhealthy processed food-like substances. In fact, th...

Are we eating too much (or not enough) protein for good health? with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

These days, we hear a lot about carbs versus fats. But what about protein? It’s become the forgotten macronutrient. The diet-wars have been tough on...

Does Your Immune System Listen To Your Thoughts?

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emerging research is giving us a more comprehensive picture than ever before about the way our mind can impact our health. While science continues to ...

How Do Psychedelics Help You Reach Enlightenment or At Least Happiness? with Michael Pollan

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As we see the amount of information and technology we have access to growing, we also gain a stronger view of universal human tendencies that are over...

The Ground-Breaking Study You Haven’t Heard About

21 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ketogenic diets have gained significant popularity in the mainstream. However, ketogenic diets have actually been around in medicine for a long time. ...

Do You Dream Big Enough for Your Life? with Jon and Missy Butcher

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t have any control over the cards we’re dealt, but we do have control over how we play them. Part of playing those cards right is believing...

Why You Should Avoid Sweet Fat

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us were taught that eating dietary fat makes us fat and leads to heart disease. This assumption has been catastrophic for our health. In fact,...

How Do Stem Cells Heal?

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stem cells are a major player in the future of medicine. They have the potential to become many other types of tissue—they are essentially like a sm...

Reclaim Your Time By Changing Your Relationship to Technology

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are living in a stressed-out, super-busy, hyper-caffeinated world, often pushing aside what matters most to us when things get hectic. And technolo...

How One Woman Is Transforming the Food System with Danielle Nierenberg

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if we could lift 150 million people out of hunger? By empowering women farmers with education, money, and other resources we could increase crop ...

Foods That Fight Depression & Improve Sleep

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We know that a diet comprised of foods from our industrial diet—one high in processed sugar, starch, refined fat, and low in whole foods, fruits, an...

Why Big Food Should Be Afraid of You with Vishen Lakhiani

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are all human first, after all, and connection can help us create the right systemic shifts. This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was joined by ...

How Our Food System Acts as an Invisible Form of Oppression

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We know all too well the visible forms of racism in our society. Less visible, however, is how our food system acts as the deadliest weapon used again...

Why Making Food Taste Better Makes it Healthier with Dan Barber

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I’m a big believer in the farm to table movement, but with one major caveat: you can’t skim the cream! What I’m saying is that we can’t cherry...

Finding Your Purpose Through Happiness, Intention and Surrender

17 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our internal dialogue is intimately connected to our physical body, and our mitochondria are always eavesdropping on our thoughts. In fact, our mindse...

Why Your Health Depends on the Soil with Dr. Daphne Miller

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In college, I read a book called The Soil and Health by Albert Howard. Little did I know, that book would forever change the way I viewed the relation...

The State of Science for Sex, Aging and Regenerative Medicine with Dr. George Shapiro

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The goal to age well and stay on top of my health led me to my guest on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. George Shapiro. Dr. Shapiro has be...

The Science of Preventing (and Reversing) Dementia with Dr. Marwan Sabbagh

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For so long, we’ve been told that memory loss and dementia are just a normal part of aging. Though we now know it doesn’t have to be that way, and...

Why We Need a President Who Cares About Food with Rep. Tim Ryan

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our food system is completely broken. The foods that nourish us, elevate our health, and prevent chronic illness are more expensive for farmers to pro...

Why We All Lie, How It Messes Up Our Lives and How To Fix It with Lauren Zander

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Years ago, I met a woman who changed my life. A mutual friend introduced us and we went to grab a cup of coffee; but I didn’t realize how life-chang...

Are Psychedelics the New Wonder Drug for Mental Illness and the Fear of Death? with Dr. Anthony Bossis

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to medicine, many of us want immediate results. What if just one dose of medicine could dramatically shift your perception, decreasing a...

The Secret Power of Fasting for Longevity and Healing with Valter Longo

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

These days, we hear a lot about fasting. Intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating, and water fasting are just some of the many terms being thrown ...

How to Prevent Alzheimer’s with Your Fork with Dr. David Perlmutter

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every time we eat, we have a chance to boost our brain function. In medical school, we’re taught the brain is immutable, that we can’t grow new br...

Why Being Sick and Overweight Is Not a Personal Choice with Dr. Sonia Angell

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our food and healthcare systems are broken; they are not serving public health and are even putting certain communities at a disproportionate risk. We...

Eggs? Why the Headlines Got it All Wrong

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A new study published in the medical journal JAMA says, ‘Eggs are bad,’ but are they really? In this episode, we take a look at the specifics of t...

Why Food Is Better Than Medication To Treat Disease with Dr. William Li

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I never get tired of saying it: real food heals. Food has the power to prevent and reverse disease, and the more we know about it, the more power we h...

Growing a New Body Through Science and Shamanism with Alberto Villoldo

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Think about walking into a room full of people who are giving off good energy. They are smiling, kind, welcoming—you can feel what they are putting ...

From 31 Flavors of Ice Cream to a 31-Day Food Revolution with Ocean Robbins

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As my friend Ocean Robbins says, “When you eat the Standard American Diet you get the standard American diseases.” In fact, poor diet is responsib...

The Secrets to Creating a Healthy Immune System with Dr. Leonard Calabrese

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The immune system: we hear about it all the time, especially this time of year as cold and flu season is in full swing. But there’s a lot more to it...

Why Meditation is the New Medicine with Emily Fletcher

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If there was something you could do everyday to boost your focus and productivity, feel energized, reduce stress, sleep better, maintain a positive ou...

From Funny Food Addict to Happy, Healthy Helper with Lisa Lampanelli

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s never too late to turn your life around. Doing deep emotional work can not only help us find better health and happiness, it can also help us d...

How Social Media May Be Ruining Your Life with Cal Newport

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Think about how often you check one of your many social media accounts. Chances are you spend a pretty good portion of your time, productivity, and br...

The Secrets To Disrupting Your Life On Your Own Terms with Miki Agrawal

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are many health topics considered too taboo to talk about—menstruation being one of them. By ignoring this completely normal part of women’s...

Why the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Embraced Functional Medicine with Dr. Toby Cosgrove

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Obesity and type 2 diabetes create trillions of dollars in direct and indirect healthcare costs each year, due to their high prevalence and their abil...

Integrating Functional Medicine into Cleveland Clinic’s Inflammatory Bowel Program with Dr. Reguiero

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is estimated to impact more than 2 million Americans. This term encompasses different disorders relating to inflam...

Is One Minute of Meditation Enough? with Dan Harris

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How did a skeptical journalist find his way from depression and panic attacks to a more balanced, mindful life? Meditation. For a long time, meditatio...

How to Fix Your Gut Bacteria to Prevent Heart Attacks with Dr. Stanley Hazen

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a lot more happening in your gut than you might think. Sure, our digestive system moves food through the body, extracting nutrients and elim...

How to Die Young as Late as Possible with Dr. Michael Roizen

26 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Aging without feeling old—isn’t that what we all want? By embracing the right lifestyle practices, it’s possible to get a new lease on life. Eme...

Hack Your Sleep with Shawn Stevenson

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I often talk about the interconnectedness of the body. After all, Functional Medicine is all about looking at the way our systems function together, r...

Innovative Treatments for Chronic Disease Not Available in the US with Dr. Isaac Meza

12 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Many of you who have been following my journey know that last year I got pretty sick. A perfect storm of mold toxicity, babesia, and a few other insul...

Is Our Food System a Solution to Climate Change? with Paul Hawken

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The news about climate change seems bleak and hopeless, but my guest on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is here to give us hope. Paul ...

Can You Beat Depression with Food? with Dr. Drew Ramsey

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We’re often told that eating well can prevent diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, but what about the effects of diet on mental health? The correlat...

How to Choose Love Instead of Fear with Marianne Williamson

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When you meet someone who embraces their own spirit and the spirit of others in a loving way it engenders connection; it can be transformational on a ...

The Future of Food is Better Than We Thought with Walter Robb

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are in the middle of a food revolution. Right before our eyes, a new food system is growing from the ground up, and as consumers we have a large im...

The Most Important Medicine for your Health and Longevity with Radha Agrawal

07 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Having weak social ties is as harmful to our health as being an alcoholic and twice as harmful as obesity. Lack of support is one of the number one th...

How Food Marketing is Making Us Sick and Fat with Dr. Sean Lucan

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

So often doctors tell their patients, just eat less and exercise more. The patient who is overweight is often blamed and called a lazy glutton who doe...

Is Bone Broth Worth the Hype? with Marco Canora

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Food should taste good, smell good, look good, and it should be good for you. That’s what this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is all abo...

Should We Tax Junk Food? with Dr. Larry Summers

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We need to transform our food system and address one of the biggest threats to our well-being: our lack of a coordinated and comprehensive food policy...

The Awakened Family with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We can’t be perfect parents. There is always going to be some form of miscommunication, some misunderstanding, something that causes pain. The key t...

Why Cholesterol May Not Be the Cause of Heart Disease with Dr. Aseem Malhotra

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Cholesterol has become so confusing. The reality is, most of us have little understanding about the cholesterol levels in our blood and the whole topi...

Should We All Avoid Gluten? with Dr. Alessio Fasano

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Dr. Fasano discusses the effects of gluten as well as other potential triggers that aggravate the gut. What does it take to ...

Disruptive Solutions to Our Health Care Challenges with Chelsea Clinton

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea and I discuss her many initiatives, including radical solutio...

A Personal Conversation with Dr. Oz

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Creating a movement often means meeting resistance, and it also means persisting. My guest on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. Oz,...

The Power of a Ketogenic Diet to Reverse Disease with Dr. Sarah Hallberg

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sarah Hallberg is a diabetes expert, who is here to change the way we treat diabetes. Her number one weapon for reversing type 2 diabetes: a ketog...

Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian on How Poor Health is Swallowing Our Economy Whole

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, the Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts ...

Pam Koch on Why What You Eat Matters

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Pam Koch, EdD, RD. Pam teaches both Nutritional Ecology and Community Nutrition to master and do...

Terry Wahls on How She Reversed Multiple Sclerosis Using Functional Medicine

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Dr. Terry Wahls, who has one of the most incredible stories of using food to recover from an ill...

Dr. Sidney M. Baker, MD on Learning About Disease by Traveling the World

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is the unsung hero of the transformation of health care, Dr. Sidney Baker, MD. Dr. Baker started hi...

Gary Taubes on the Case Against Sugar

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Gary Taubes, one of the most accomplished health journalists in the world. In addition to being ...

David Heber MD, PhD on the Great Debate about Protein

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is David Heber MD, PhD. Dr. Heber is the founding director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, ...

Marie Forleo on Building a Life You Love

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Marie Forleo, an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and the host of MarieTV. Marie is an unshakable ...

Rev. Michael Beckwith on Finding Your Purpose

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Rev. Michael Beckwith, the Founder and Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center. Fo...

Jeffrey Bland, PhD on The Future of Medicine

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is the legendary Jeffrey Bland PhD, Founder of the Institute for Functional Medicine. Early in my m...

Dave Asprey on the Little Known Secret to Energy and Longevity

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is the amazing Dave Asprey, Founder & CEO of Bulletproof, and the leading expert on biohacking. Bio...

Dan Buettner on What Makes Blue Zones the Healthiest Places on Earth

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Buettner is a National Geographic fellow, in charge of leading expeditions - he’s essentially a real life Indiana Jones. Having him on my podcas...

Miriam Horn on Why Big Farmers are Not Always the Bad Guys

13 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week I sit down with Miriam Horn of the Environmental Defense Fund and New York Times-best selling author. What fascinated me most about our conv...

Ryland Engelhart on Why a Vegan Started a Regenerative Farm with Animals

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest on today's episode of The Doctor's Farmacy is a food icon. Not only is he the co-founder of the influential restaurant Cafe Gratitude, he's...

Hawk Newsome on Black Health Matters

30 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

My guest this week is Hawk Newsome, an extraordinary man and activist at the forefront of the new civil rights movement and president of Black Lives M...

Nina Teicholz on Butter, Meat and The Science and Politics of Nutrition

23 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In my conversation with Nina Teicholz, a leading science journalist, we explore saturated fats, modern nutrition policy, and flawed research on our wa...

Michael Moss on Salt, Sugar, Fat and The Role of the Food Industry in Creating Food Addiction

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's an honor and pleasure to have Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times best selling author Michael Moss as my first guest. His book, ...

Welcome to The Dr. Hyman Show

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is a place for deep conversations about the critical issues of our time in the space of health, wellness, food and politics.