Mark Adam Hyman is an American physician and New York Times best-selling author. He is the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center and was a columnist for The Huffington Post. Hyman was a regular contributor to the Katie Couric Show, which was cancelled by ABC in 2013.
Hyman is a proponent of functional medicine, a discredited set of pseudoscientific beliefs. He is the board president of clinical affairs of the Institute for Functional Medicine. He was the editor-in-chief of and is a contributing editor to Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal.
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Education
Hyman graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Ottawa and completed his training at the University of California, San Francisco's program in family medicine at the Community Hospital of Santa Rosa.
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Career
Hyman started his medical career as a family doctor in rural Idaho and later as an emergency department doctor in Massachusetts. He was the co-medical director at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts, from 1996 to 2004. He opened The UltraWellness Center in a small shopping mall in Lenox after leaving Canyon Ranch.
In 2009, Hyman testified before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on integrative medical care. Hyman also participated in a Partners In Health program to bring medical care to Haiti following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
In December 2013, The Daniel Plan, a book Hyman co-authored with Pastor Rick Warren and Daniel Amen, became number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Hyman is the author of several books on nutrition and health, such as 10 Day Detox Diet. Hyman was named the Director of the Cleveland Clinical Center for Functional Medicine in September 2014.
In April 2016, Hyman joined environmentalists and civil rights leaders in calling for federal investigations into U.S. fluoridation policy, writing that communities of color are at particular risk of adverse health impacts.
Hyman is a medical adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Quackwatch lists Hyman's 2003 book Ultraprevention: The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life as one of their non-recommended books.
Bibliography
- -- (2005). Ultraprevention: The 6-week plan that will make you healthy for life. New York: Atria Books. ISBN 978-0-7434-4883-3. OCLC 57448242.
- -- (2007). The ultrametabolism cookbook: 200 delicious recipes that will turn on your fat-burning DNA. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4165-4959-8. OCLC 156902321.
- -- (2008). The UltraMind solution: Fix your broken brain by healing your body first: the simple way to defeat depression, overcome anxiety and sharpen your mind. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4165-4971-0. OCLC 297439691.
- -- (2008). Ultrametabolism: The simple plan for automatic weight loss: Awakening the fat-burning DNA hidden in your body. New York: Atria Books. ISBN 978-0-7432-7256-8. OCLC 213354732.
- -- (2009). The ultrasimple diet: Kick-start your metabolism and safely lose up to 10 pounds in 7 days. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1-4391-7131-8. OCLC 351316362.
- -- (2012). The blood sugar solution: The ultrahealthy program for losing weight, preventing disease, and feeling great now. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co. ISBN 978-0-316-12737-0. OCLC 639167583.
- -- (2014). The blood sugar solution 10-day detox diet: Activate your body's natural ability to burn fat and lose weight fast. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-23002-5. OCLC 843858725.
- -- (2016). Eat fat, get thin: Why the fat we eat is the key to sustained weight loss and vibrant health. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-33883-7. OCLC 911070119.
References
Further reading
- Gorski, David (14 April 2014). "Bill and Hillary Clinton go woo with Dr. Mark Hyman and 'functional medicine'". Science-Based Medicine.
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