Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mark Hyman Read Quote
While pimples are not as simple as too much milk or sugar in your diet, both have a significant impact. Nutritional deficiencies as well as excesses can worsen acne. Mark Hyman Read Quote
We have to pay close attention to what we see, and be ready to work with the unexpected according to the basic principles of systems biology and medicine. Mark Hyman Read Quote
Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications. Mark Hyman Read Quote
The body maintains balance in only a handful of ways. At the end of the day, disease occurs when these basic systems are out of whack. Mark Hyman Read Quote
Nutrients are not drugs and they can’t be studied as drugs. They are part of a biological system where all nutrients work as a team to support your biochemical processes. Mark Hyman Read Quote
Our typical Western diet is full of inflammatory fats – saturated fats, trans fats, too many omega-6, inflammatory, processed vegetable oils like soy and corn oils. These increase IGF-1 and stimulate pimple follicles. Mark Hyman Read Quote
