This episode is sponsored by Even, BiOptimizers, and Athletic GreensThere is a lot of noise around medicinal marijuana; so much so that just the thought of trying it might be overwhelming. There are actually many proven benefits when it’s used the right way, some of which I’ve experienced myself. When I was recovering from mold toxicity combined with C. diff and a slew of other factors that ruined my gut, I was so nauseous that I couldn't eat and was rapidly losing weight. None of the anti-nausea medications I tried were working, but marijuana did. Now, there are a lot of nuances to its use and much more research to be done. To understand what the data currently shows us on medicinal cannabis and where someone might start if they’re curious, I’m excited to sit down with an expert on the topic, Dr. Mikhail “Misha” Kogan. Dr. Kogan is the medical director of the George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He has recommended medical marijuana to thousands of patients and is a frequent lecturer on medical cannabis to professional audiences across the nation.This episode is brought to you by Even, BiOptimizers, and Athletic Greens.Even provides personalized nutrition for medication users and right now, you can schedule a complimentary consult with an Even expert to figure out the right nutrient companion for you. Plus, you can get 20% off your first order with the code DRMARK20 here.You can try BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough for 10% off by using the code HYMAN10 here. For a limited time, BiOptimizers is also giving away free bottles of their bestselling products P3OM and Masszymes with select purchases. Athletic Greens is offering 10 free travel packs of AG1 with your first purchase here. In this episode (audio version/Apple Subscriber version): My experience using marijuana therapeutically (6:27/2:25)Evidence-based research showing the benefits of medical marijuana (11:43/8:02)How medical marijuana works in the body (14:40/10:56)Using medical marijuana for pain, nausea, Multiple Sclerosis, and insomnia (23:06/19:26)Inconsistencies in regulation and access to cannabis (29:31/25:09)Using cannabis to treat skin issues as well as for digestive issues (34:47/28:44)Considerations for selecting the best type and administration route of cannabis products (46:01/41:04)Recommendations for treating sleep issues and insomnia (56:57/51:26)Cannabis and Covid-19 (1:01:45/56:14)Quality assurance of medical cannabis products (1:11:20/1:05:46)Get a copy of Dr. Kogan’s book, Medical Marijuana: Dr. Kogan's Evidence-Based Guide to the Health Benefits of Cannabis and CBD here. Mentioned in this episode: Leafly | Weedmaps | NORML See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Tushy.Bloating is a very common and uncomfortable condition where your belly increases in size, often occurring after eating and increasing as the day goes on. Twenty to thirty percent of the population regularly experiences bloating. If you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, that percentage jumps to 96%. Bloating is a sign of an imbalance in the gut, often caused by dysbiosis, food intolerances, bacterial overgrowth, and stress. While conventional medicine usually treats the symptoms of bloating, Functional Medicine treats the entire ecosystem of the body, including repairing and rebuilding the gut.In this episode, Dr. Hyman discusses bloating and “food babies” with Dr. Elizabeth Boham. They talk about lactose intolerance as a common cause of bloating and how this uncomfortable condition can be successfully treated. They also share a case study of a 35-year-old man and the protocol that helped him.Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Tushy.Right now, you can get a free turkey when you sign-up for ButcherBox. Just go to butcherbox.com/farmacy.Explore the entire suite of Tushy products, including the bidet attachments, new Tushy Ace, bamboo toilet paper, and more by visiting hellotushy.com/hyman.In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:The prevalence and characteristics of bloating in the general population and IBS patientsHow SIBO can be a cause of bloatingConventional medicine vs Functional Medicine treatment of bloatingWhy antibiotics can be harmful and helpful in gut healthAddressing imbalances in the gutHow foods and food intolerances may lead to bloatingNegative effects of PPIs on the gutDietary approach to treating bloatingCase study of a 35-year-old maleHow different probiotics can affect the gut See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. Our emotional health impacts our physical health, there is no way around it. Traumas and toxic beliefs are scary to unpack but when you do, you give yourself the freedom and opportunity for dynamic growth. In this episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Daniel Amen, Byron Katie, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, and Lauren Zander. They explore how focusing on your emotional health as much as your physical health will have big payoffs for your wellness and happiness throughout life. Since 2010, Dr. Joe Dispenza has partnered with scientists and universities to perform extensive research on the effects that meditation has on the brain and body. During his advanced retreats around the world, his team has gathered more than 8,000 brain scans and 4,000 heart-rate variability measurements in an attempt to correlate the effects that sustained elevated emotions and self-regulation have on heart and brain function, immune response, and overall mind-body health. The Washington Post called Dr. Daniel Amen the most popular psychiatrist in America and Discover Magazine listed his brain imaging research as the top neuroscience story for 2015. He is a double board-certified psychiatrist and ten-time New York Times bestselling author.  Byron Katie's simple yet powerful process of self-inquiry, which she calls The Work, consists of four questions and the turnaround, which is a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe. Her books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practiced for years to come. His mission is to help 100 million people around the globe live better lives. He hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, Feel Better, Live More—which regularly tops the Apple Podcast charts and is listened to by over 2 million people every single month. Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder of Handel Group®, an executive life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The Handel Method®, is taught in over 50 universities and institutes of learning around the world, including MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, NYU, and the New York City Public School System. Lauren is also the creator of Inner.U: Learn to Human BetterⓇ , the online coaching course that teaches the entirety of The Handel Method, which has been used by dozens of celebrities, CEOs, and entrepreneurs since 2004, and she is the author of Maybe It’s You, a no-nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. You can check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.  Right now, Athletic Greens is offering my listeners 10 free travel packs of AG1 when you make your first purchase. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Thrive MarketDid you know that 63% of Covid-19 hospitalizations can be linked back to at least one of four pre-existing conditions, all of which are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle choices? Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure are strongly linked to more severe Covid outcomes. These cardiometabolic diseases represented a different type of pandemic, long before Covid-19 hit. We can make incredible reductions to our risk of these health problems, and even reverse them, using the power of food. Even people with genetic predispositions can significantly reduce the risk of any of these diagnoses and the Covid consequences that can come with them. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to Dr. Ronesh Sinha, author of The South Asian Health Solution. He is an internal medicine physician who runs a lifestyle clinic in Silicon Valley focused on reversing insulin resistance in ethnically diverse patients. He is also an expert in corporate wellness and serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Silicon Valley Employer Forum, where he serves as a global adviser to shape health benefits for over 55 major Silicon Valley companies. This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Thrive Market.Right now, you can get 25% off Kettle & Fire bone broth plus free shipping by using the code HYMAN at kettleandfire.com/hyman. Get 20% off your first Beekeeper’s Naturals order by visiting beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and entering the code HYMAN at checkout.Thrive Market is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Why South Asians are at uniquely high risk of developing insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (7:19 / 3:46)The dangers of a high starch and sugar vegetarian diet (11:00 / 7:24)Designing a healthy pregnancy (13:41 / 11:00)The importance of muscle in metabolic health and aging (16:59 / 13:38)The dietary framework Dr. Sinha uses with his patients (23:12 / 15:45)Dr. Sinha’s approach to understanding cholesterol, metabolic disease, statins, and lipid panels (27:43 /  23:00)Cooking with ghee and coconut oil vs. vegetable and seed oils (36:41 / 31:35)Thinking of Covid-19 as a lifestyle disease (45:35 / 40:25)The link between body fat, diet, and Covid-19 outcomes (47:39 / 42:30)Simple lifestyle changes to reduce your risk of severe outcomes from Covid-19 (49:32 / 45:15) Learn more about Dr. Ronesh Sinha at culturalhealthsolutions.com and check out his new podcast, Meta Health Podcast. Follow Dr. Sinha on Instagram @roneshsinhamd. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Diverticulitis: A Functional Medicine Approach | This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic GreensOver 200,000 people per year are treated for diverticulitis, a painful condition in which small pouches in the colon, called diverticula, become infected. Symptoms of diverticulitis include nausea, fever, chills, loss of appetite, and constipation. While conventional medicine treatments for diverticulitis usually consist of antibiotics and surgery, Functional Medicine looks at a wide variety of things like microbiome diversity, dietary fiber consumption, gut health, inflammation, and more, to both prevent and treat this condition. In this episode, Dr. Hyman discusses diverticulitis with Dr. George Papanicolaou. They talk about how lifestyle habits, such as a low fiber diet and elevated stress, can contribute to diverticulitis. They also share certain foods and supplements that are supportive and healing to the body.George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency, he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness.” Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health—a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. You can check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering my listeners 10 free travel packs of AG1 when you make your first purchase. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Papanicolaou discuss:How overall fiber consumption has reduced over timeWhat diverticula are and how they can progress to diverticulitisThe symptoms of diverticulitisRisk factors for developing diverticulitisThe difference between conventional medicine and Functional Medicine treatments for diverticulitisUsing bone broth and clove tea to heal a flare upWhy it’s a myth that you shouldn’t eat nuts and seeds if you have diverticulitisSuggestions for how to add fiber to your dietSupplements to support the bodyCase study of a 50-year-old woman with diverticulitis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.