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

Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been exposed to various eclectic cuisine running the gamut from small local cafes to iconic five-star restaurants.

- Mark Hyman

Shrinking someone's stomach to the size of a walnut with surgery is one way to battle obesity and diabetes and may be lifesaving for a few, but it doesn't address the underlying causes.

- Mark Hyman

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

Just eat less and exercise more.

- Mark Hyman

Tricking your brain into thinking you are getting something sweet plays dirty tricks on your metabolism.

- Mark Hyman

When it becomes a revolutionary act to eat real food, we are in trouble.

- Mark Hyman

You cannot control the primitive urges and hormones that drive your eating behavior.

- Mark Hyman

Today there are not even enough fruits and vegetables in this country to allow all Americans to follow the government guidelines to eat five to nine servings a day.

- Mark Hyman

If you want to get healthy, you just might not want to go to a doctor. You might instead, go to church.

- Mark Hyman

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications.

- Mark Hyman

You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

- Mark Hyman

You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight.

- Mark Hyman

We need community action and policies to support healthy communities.

- Mark Hyman

There are ways to cut cravings by naturally balancing your blood sugar.

- Mark Hyman

The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working.

- Mark Hyman

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

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place.

- Mark Hyman

Recommending gastric bypass as a national solution for our diabetes epidemic is bad medicine and bad economics.

- Mark Hyman

One in four kids have either pre-diabetes or diabetes - what I like to call diabesity. How did this happen?

- Mark Hyman