This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens.\nThere are 37 billion chemical reactions happening within your body every second. And every single one of these reactions requires vitamins and minerals to make it work. This is why what you put on your fork is the most important thing you do every day, and it\u2019s why I say food isn\u2019t like medicine\u2014food is medicine. It\u2019s information, and it\u2019s the most powerful drug on the planet. It influences your capacity to live a rich, energetic, connected, soulful life.\nIn today\u2019s episode of a new series called Health Bites, I discuss how to use food as medicine. I share the principles of eating an optimal diet, a list of the foods we should avoid, my number-one food philosophy, and more!\nThis episode is sponsored by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens.\nInsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they\u2019re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.\nAG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.\nHere are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nWhy food is the most powerful tool in your medical toolbox (3:44 / 1:38)\n\nHow food upgrades or downgrades your biological software with every bite (6:46 / 4:50)\n\nNutrigenomics and personalized nutrition (10:01 / 7:47)\n\nWhat is the optimal diet? (13:13 / 11:03)\n\nWhat should we avoid? (17:17 / 15:03)\n\nMy number-one food philosophy (18:38 / 16:26)\n\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices