Wisdom for the Journey
Wisdom for the Journey is a new exclusive interview series that will run quarterly in Natural Triad and our affiliate magazines.
We are excited to bring this new series to you, which will feature inspiring interviews with leaders in Complementary and Inte-
grative Medicine. Our series begins this month with Dr. Mark Hyman. We hope you enjoy it and will look forward to our next
interview with Dr. Dean Ornish, which will run in a couple of months.
An Interview With
Mark Hyman, MD by Karen M. Rider
T
here’s a revolutionary approach goes wrong in the core systems of the
to healing or dramatically improv- body has an enormous effect on the
ing brain disorders—from the se- brain. To understand how the brain
vere, like bipolar disease, Alzheimer’s “malfunctions” we have to ask, “What
and autism to mild conditions that impair is causing these symptoms?” Mounting
mental functioning, like forgetfulness, research shows it is a myriad of things
anxiety, and mood swings. Mark Hyman, happening in the rest of the body. When
M.D. teaches you how this is possible in we address the disruption (or imbalance)
his new book, the New York Times best- in the body’s biological systems, the brain
seller, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your gets better.
Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First
(Scribner, 2009). This month, we talk with Dr. Q. What do you mean by a “dynamic bi-di-
Hyman, a world-wide leader in functional rectional system?”
medicine and four-time NYT bestselling author,
about the true underlying causes for most mind Most people understand the system from
ailments. Based in 20 years of medical research the top-down: The mind affects body; unmiti-
and practice, Dr. Hyman tells us the science is gated stress leads to physical symptoms. The
irrefutable, the cure for mind disorders lies in reverse, the bottom-up, is also true: when the
other biological systems, not necessarily or only body is not Ann Smith-Palencharworking properly, it causes mental
in the brain. Dr. Hyman identifies the primary symptoms.
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ances manifest, and how changes in diet and stand is low blood sugar, which is a change in
lifestyle will heal the body, in turn healing the brain. the body that leads to moodiness and irritability. The underlying
cause is not a mental impairment but a biological change in
Q. Many people are familiar with UltraMetabolism. How is
another system in the body that affects optimal functioning.
your new work, The UltraMind Solution different?
Q. The UltraMind Solution presents a radical departure from
UltraMetabolism is an integrative, specific approach to
traditional treatments for brain disorders,
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Drugs may suppress the symptoms and enable persons to
body) affects the mind within a bi-directional system. What
function in daily living, but the symptoms [usually] return as
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