I find people are more receptive when I mention Dr. Mark Hyman has 40 years of experience and list some of his credentials.
It's interesting to me, to see someone who has no understanding of the man presenting said information defend their own beliefs and challenge excerpts from the book, themselves having no professional experience in the field- compared to their reactions once they learn a little bit more about the man presenting the information.
I remember being gifted Flivver King by Upton Sinclair only to have an observer chime in with his thoughts towards Sinclair, having never read the book I was gifted. He had negative things to say despite not knowing the contents in the book.
Similarly... I remember lending Autobiography of a Yogi only to be handed the book back via mail because ones internal beliefs and attitudes told them- "this book is not for me."
Are they wrong? No, not necessarily. But I don't think people always realize how limited our views are... And how quick we are to judge another based on our preconceived notions.
About the AuthorMark Hyman, MD, believes that we all deserve a life of vitality- and that we have the potential to create it for ourselves. That's why he is dedicated to tackling the root causes of chronic disease by harnessing the power of functional medicine to transform health care. Dr. Hyman and his team work every day to empower people, organizations, and communities to heal their bodies and minds and to improve our social and economic resilience.
Dr Hyman is a practicing family physician, an eleven-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. He is the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medicate director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, and a medical editor of the Huffington Post and was a regular medical contributor on many television shows and networks, including CBS, The View, Katie, and The Dr. Oz Show.
Dr. Hyman works with individuals and organizations, as well as policy makers and influencers. He has testified before both the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Senate Working Group on Health Care Reform on Functional Medicine. He has consulted with the surgeon general on diabetes prevention and participated in the 2009 White House Forum on Prevention and Wellness. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa nominated Dr. Hyman for the President's Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. In addition, Dr. Hyman has worked with President Billy Clinton, presenting at the Clinton Foundation's Health Matters, Achieving Wellness in Every Generation conference, and the Clinton Global Initiative, as well as with the World Economic Forum on global health issues. He is the winner of the Linus Pauling Award, the Nantucket Project Aware, and the Christian Book of the Year Award for the Daniel Plan and was inducted in the Books for Better Life Hall of Fame.
Dr. Hyman also works with fellow leaders in his field to help people and communities thrive- with Rick Warren, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Dr. Daniel Amen, he created the Daniel Plan, a faith-based initiative that helped the Saddleback Church collectively lose 250,000 pounds. He is an adviser and guest co-host on The Dr. Oz Show and is on the board of Dr. Oz's HealthCorps, which tackles the obesity epidemic by educating American students about nutrition. With Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Michael Roizen, Dr. Hyman crafted and helped introduce the Take Back Your Health Act of 2009 to the United Sates Senate to provide for reimbursement of lifestyle treatment of chronic disease. And with Tim Ryan in 2015, he helped introduce the ENRICH Act into Congress to fund nutrition in medical education. Dr. Hyman plays a substantial role in a major film produced by Laurie David and Katie Couric, released in 2014, called Fed Up, which addresses childhood obesity. Please join him in helping us all take back our health at
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