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In honor of Dr. Hyman\u2019s newly released book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), we are sharing a recent interview he did on The Drive with Peter Attia MD.\n***\nMark Hyman, M.D.: The impact of the food system on our health and the environment\nIn this episode, Mark Hyman, M.D., director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and the author of Food Fix, discusses that if we can fix the food system, we can solve many big problems\u2014namely the chronic disease/obesity epidemic, the rising costs of healthcare, as well as the big problems facing the environment. Mark first briefly lays out the health consequences of processed food with a focus on the gut microbiome. From there, Mark discusses the environmental consequences of industrial farming and lays out how we can affect change on the individual level, through policy and regulations, and perhaps most importantly through regenerative agriculture. Additionally, Mark talks about the potential health risks of consuming GMO foods, herbicides, and other chemicals used in industrial farming as well as the environmental consequences, such as the loss of soil, caused by those same fertilizers and methods of farming.\nWe discuss:\nThe negative consequences of the existing food environment [3:46];\nWhat makes processed food so unhealthy? [9:21];\nThe gut microbiome: Inflammation from gut permeability and how to measure gut health [18:51];\nSteps to fixing a bad gut\u2014The Five R\u2019s [24:51];\nSome staggering health statistics, and which races might be more genetically susceptible [27:36];\nAn argument for government regulations and policies to fight back against a massive food industry with unlimited resources (and what we can learn from the tobacco story) [29:21];\nIndustrial farming and climate change: The degradation of soil and use of fertilizer [42:06];\nRegenerative agriculture: Could it be the answer to food waste, our health problems, and the environment? [52:06];\nComparing the Impossible Burger to regeneratively raised beef [1:06:21];\nGMO and Roundup\u2014The potential health risks of consuming GMO foods sprayed with Roundup (glyphosate) and other herbicides and pesticides [1:08:36];\nHow the livelihood of farmers are being affected by big ag companies and the current industrial farming system [1:16:51];\nThe loss of biodiversity in our food, and what \u201corganic\u201d really means [1:19:21];\nWhat can people do on the individual level to protect themselves as well as affect change to the toxic food system? [1:25:21];\nWhat role does the USDA play in this \u201ctoxic\u201d food environment and how do we fix it? [1:30:36];\nThe top 3 changes Mark would make if he was \u201cfood czar\u201d [1:35:36];\nMark\u2019s rebuttal against the argument that it\u2019s best for the environment if we stop farming animals and move to a fully plant-based diet (and his argument for \u201cagriculture 2.0") [1:36:51];\nWhat is Mark\u2019s overall mission with the work that he\u2019s doing? [1:40:51];\nBread in the US vs. Europe: Why does bread (and wheat products) taste different and potentially cause less health problems in Europe versus the US? [1:42:21]; and\nMore.\nLearn more:\xa0https://peterattiamd.com/\nShow notes page for this episode: https://peterattiamd.com/markhyman\nSubscribe to receive exclusive subscriber-only content:\xa0https://peterattiamd.com/subscribe/\nSign up to receive Peter's email newsletter:\xa0https://peterattiamd.com/newsletter/\nConnect with Peter on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices