Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman

Founder and Medical Director, The UltraWellness Center

Dr. Mark Hyman has laid out his vision for the future of medicine in a new book called The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now! "Instead of treating disease," he argues, "we need to create health." This approach, that he calls "functional medicine," is designed to empower people to stop simply managing symptoms and to start treating the underlying causes of illnesses.

 

We should just be eating real food.  If it’s raw or cooked, I’m happy if people just eat real food. 
We are at a point when we’re completely rethinking disease. 
I think you don't need vitamins only under certain conditions. 
I think people just have to sort of basically realize that they’re going to face some difficulties in the first few days. 
We have to take it upon ourselves, as a society, and not wait for somebody else to solve this for us.  
Some people may have influences from allergens or toxins or gut bacteria or may have nutritional deficiencies. 
Health is not going to come from the health care system.  Health is going to come from each one of us where we live, eat, work, play and pray focusing on how to do the right thing.