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Mark Hyman, MD, leading Functional Medicine clinician and teacher, explains: The FDA issued a ban on all trans fats, deeming them unsafe for human consumption, and it’s about time!  For more than 20 years, the science has shown these fats to be hazardous to our health.  Trans fat is an oddly shaped fat that: Slows your metabolism Increases inflammation Lowers your good cholesterol Raises your bad cholesterol Causes diabetes, obesity, heart attacks, strokes, dementia, cancer, and inflammation So, you really...

  Mark Hyman, MD, leading Functional Medicine clinician and teacher, explains: The FDA issued a ban on all trans fats, deeming them unsafe for human consumption, and it’s about time!  For more than 20 years, the science has shown these fats to be hazardous to our health.  Trans fat is an oddly shaped fat that: •   Slows your metabolism •   Increases inflammation •   Lowers your good cholesterol •   Raises your bad cholesterol •   Causes diabetes, obesity, heart attacks, strokes, dementia,...

A robust immune system is our best defense against all illness.  More than half of our immune systems are located in the small intestine!  The proper function of this part of our immune system depends upon a healthy balance of the proper bacteria there.   Joseph Mercola, MD, explains that “Beneficial bacteria have a lifelong, powerful effect on your gut’s immune system and your systemic immune system as well. The bacteria play a crucial role in the development and operation...

Mark Hyman, MD, leading clinician and educator of Functional Medicine, addresses the issue of the vaccine: “The Cochrane Collaboration, an independent group of scientists who have no link to any industry or government agencies …states that after analyzing all of the data on the flu shot, they have concluded that it really doesn’t work well. It doesn’t even cover most of the influenza infections that people get.” But……..who should get the vaccine?  Dr. Hyman recommends “For people who are debilitated,...