Mark Hyman, M.D.

Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.

Hormonal imbalances can lead to a host of serious health problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia and more. Here’s how to get your body back in balance.

A well-functioning digestive system is the cornerstone of good health. Find out how the gut works, what makes it vulnerable — and what you can do to keep your own digestive tract in tiptop shape.

Everyone's talking about universal coverage, single-payer plans, and other well-intended solutions to America's healthcare access dilemma, but we're missing the real question: What's the point of giving more people access to a system that is likely to make them sicker?

Discover the truth about how your mind affects your body, how your body affects your brain, and what you can do to keep the whole brilliant system working to your advantage.

Mighty mitochondria — those little factories inside our cells that generate energy — play a central role in our metabolism, our vitality and our well-being. Find out how to rev your cellular engines, rid them of the gunk and damage that slows them down, and start feeling your healthy best.

A group of dedicated service members and physicians are bringing whole-person healthcare to the U.S. military to treat brain injuries, toxic exposures, gut dysbiosis, and more.

Discover the simple tools progressive practitioners use to dig beyond diagnoses and treat root causes effectively.

Many people are finding better health solutions with functional medicine, a new model for how to practice medicine and treat chronic disease.

Dr. Mark Hyman shares the seven-day program he uses to help thousands improve their health, reduce inflammation and transform their eating habits for good.

Functional-medicine expert Mark Hyman, MD, on our addiction to sugar, processed foods, and other refined carbs — and why a detox could help you lose weight and regain your health.

What you feed your body, you also feed your brain — sometimes to its detriment. Learn how to nourish your gray matter for more balanced moods, clearer thinking and a more fulfilling life.

Dr. Mark Hyman shares details about the detox outlined in his latest book.

Dr. Mark Hyman debunks 4 claims surrounding soy.

Determined to eat healthier? Wellness and weight-loss expert Mark Hyman, MD, advises us to beware the pitfalls that await us in the grocery aisles.

Functional-medicine pioneer Mark Hyman, MD, is doing his best to help you avoid the doctor altogether.

There's been a stark rise in autoimmune disorders over the past 50 years, from type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis to celiac disease and asthma. What is autoimmune disorder? The first step toward a cure is understanding and controlling the causes.

Think you know what makes for a healthy heart? Think again. New research and progressive practitioners are looking beyond cholesterol for answers.

Nutrition research is rife with limitations and problems. Here's some expert guidance for cutting through the confusion around food studies.

For years, sophisticated consumers have relied on the latest clinical trials to guide their health choices, but exactly how reliable are these studies? If you're depending solely on scientific evidence for your health solutions, your assumptions about what's right might well be wrong.

The incidence of autism is growing at an alarming rate. Experts are struggling to discover why. Slowly, a strange and complex picture is coming together. It suggests that autism’s mysterious mechanisms could ultimately reveal health truths relevant to us all.

Mark Hyman, MD, discusses why being skinny is not the same as being healthy.

One in two Americans is suffering from diabesity, and most of them don’t even know it. Why? Because most doctors are not trained to treat the single biggest chronic disease in America. The good news? Diabesity can be prevented, treated and reversed. Dr. Mark Hyman explains how.

Too many chronic ailments have been pronounced “incurable.” Here’s how some functional-medicine practitioners are resolving such conditions — and transforming their patients’ lives.

These easy home treatments can relieve headaches, colds, and other common health complaints.

Regular physical activity can help us recover more quickly, heal more easily, and get an edge over all kinds of disease and injury. In fact, exercise may just be nature’s best medicine.

Are your eating and drinking patterns giving you heartburn? Are over-the-counter medications making it worse? Here's how to find out — and fix acid reflux for good.

Your immune system works to keep you healthy 24 hours a day. Here's how to help it operate at peak efficiency.

Dr. Mark Hyman weighs in on the top-five foods to eat regularly – and the top five to avoid.

Despite decades of hype, low-fat or fat- free dairy products simply don't deliver the health benefits of full-fat varieties.

Not all fats are created equal. Follow these expert tips for making the healthiest choices.

These expert strategies can help you develop healthier eating habits.

This superhero antioxidant battles toxicity, chronic disease, and premature aging. Find out what makes it so powerful — and how you can boost your levels.

Some fats and oils are good for us – and critically important to our health. Others are just plain bad. And with some fats, it depends. Here's how to make sense of this slippery subject and make the very best choices about what you put into your body.

This essential mineral is key to bone health and much more. Learn how to keep your calcium stores strong.

Running on empty? Drop that candy bar and fuel up on healthy foods that keep you going strong.

Not only does fast food tend to be unhealthy, but some of its ingredients are downright addictive. Here’s how to kick the habit.

Research disputes cholesterol’s reputation as the primary culprit behind heart disease. Here’s the real scoop on its role in the body, the right ways to bring it down naturally, and why cholesterol-lowering drugs may not be the cure-all we’ve been led to believe.

Both Paleo and vegan diets have become popular in the last few years. But what are their pros and cons, and how might they affect your health? We assembled a roundtable of experts to make sense of the debate.

The low-fat era may be coming to an end — but there’s still a lot you need to know about what’s healthy and what’s not.

Forget what you've been told. Forget what you think you know. Start breaking the rules, and you might just start making some headway.

The craze for fasting and cleansing has produced some fantastic claims, and some decidedly mixed results. Here’s how to separate the hype from the reality — and safely enjoy the benefits of a cleaner, happier body.

Tired of trying and failing to lose weight? Don’t despair! Here’s the study guide you need to make the weight-loss honor roll once and for all.

How intermittently halting our food intake can improve health and metabolism — with zero risk of starvation.

Subsisting on low-calorie foods and skipping meals is no way to lose weight - and no way to live. Instead, we should rid our diets of toxins and inflammatory irritants. As a byproduct of cleaning up our bodies, we'll shed extra pounds.