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Supplements: Useful Or Useless? | This episode is brought to you by Audible\nEven with a perfect diet, the combination of many things\u2014including our depleted soils, the storage and transportation of our food, genetic alterations of traditional heirloom species, and the increased stress and nutritional demands resulting from a toxic environment\u2014make it impossible for us to get all the vitamins and minerals we need solely from the foods we eat. And large-scale deficiencies of nutrients in our population\u2014including omega-3 fats, vitamin D, folate, zinc, magnesium, and iron\u2014have been well documented. So what do we need to know when it comes to combating these deficiencies with supplementation?\nIn this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss common nutrient deficiencies and what you need to know about determining what supplements are best for you.\nElizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.\nFor more information, please visit drhyman.com/uwc\nThis episode is brought\xa0to you by Audible.com. Audible.com has a special offer for The Doctor\u2019s Farmacy listeners: you get two free credits for books when you sign up for your free 30 day trial. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/DRHYMAN\nIn this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:\n\nPersonalizing supplement use\n\nWhy nutrient deficiencies are so prevalent\xa0\n\nCommon nutrient deficiencies including magnesium, zinc, vitamin D, and folate\xa0\xa0\n\nUnderstanding research on the effectiveness of of vitamins and supplements\n\nPhysical signs of nutrient deficiencies\n\nFunctional Medicine testing for nutrient deficiencies\n\nWhy the quality of supplements matter\n\nSymptoms of magnesium deficiency and things that deplete magnesium\n\nThe various forms of magnesium\n\nAdditional resources:\nOptimizing\xa0Nutrition Through IV Therapy\nhttps://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/06/03/optimizing-nutrition-through-iv-therapy/\nSupplement Safety Demystified\nhttps://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/12/11/supplement-safety-demystified/\nMagical Magnesium\nhttps://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/03/11/magic-magnesium/\nDo You Need Supplements?\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2015/04/02/do-you-need-supplements/\nDigesting Fat, Optimizing Your Health, and My Daily Supplements\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2017/04/28/digesting-fat-optimizing-health-daily-supplements/\nMagnesium: Meet the Most Powerful Relaxation Mineral Available\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/magnesium-the-most-powerful-relaxation-mineral-available/\nVitamin D \u2013 Why You are Probably NOT Getting Enough\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2010/08/24/vitamin-d-why-you-are-probably-not-getting-enough/\nWhy You Should Not Stop Taking Your Vitamins\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2013/06/11/why-you-should-not-stop-taking-your-vitamins-2/\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices