DeepSummary
This podcast episode features a conversation between Mark Hyman, a functional medicine practitioner, and Sarah Gottfried, a physician, researcher, and author who specializes in autoimmune diseases. They discuss the prevalence of autoimmune diseases and the functional medicine approach to understanding and treating the root causes. Sarah shares her personal journey with trauma, how it led to hormone imbalances and autoimmune symptoms, and her discovery of the link between childhood trauma and chronic diseases.
Sarah explains the role of the 'trauma signature' and the dysregulation it causes in the PINE system (psycho-immuno-neuro-endocrine). They delve into the importance of investigating triggers like gut health, toxins, infections, and stress, and employing a multimodal approach that includes diet, lifestyle changes, immune modulators, and healing modalities like psychedelic-assisted therapy. Sarah shares her experiences with psychedelic therapy and how it helped rewire her brain and regulate her biology.
The conversation emphasizes the shortcomings of the traditional medical model in addressing the root causes of autoimmune diseases and the need for a holistic, personalized approach that considers the mind-body connection. Sarah's book, 'The Autoimmune Cure,' provides a comprehensive program to break the vicious cycle of autoimmune disease and restore health.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Autoimmune diseases are on the rise, and traditional medicine often fails to address the root causes, instead focusing on symptom management.
- Childhood trauma and adverse experiences can have a profound impact on the body's systems (PINE) and contribute to the development of chronic diseases, including autoimmune disorders.
- Functional medicine takes a holistic approach, investigating triggers like gut health, toxins, infections, and stress, and employing a multimodal approach to address the root causes.
- Psychedelic-assisted therapy shows promise in rewiring the brain, regulating biology, and healing trauma, which can play a significant role in autoimmune diseases.
- A comprehensive program that addresses diet, lifestyle, immune modulators, and healing modalities like psychedelic therapy can help break the vicious cycle of autoimmune disease and restore health.
- The 'trauma signature' can dysregulate the PINE system (psycho-immuno-neuro-endocrine), leading to chronic inflammation and autoimmune conditions.
- Personalized, holistic approaches that consider the mind-body connection are essential for effectively treating autoimmune diseases and chronic illnesses.
- Early intervention and addressing pre-autoimmune conditions can prevent the progression to full-blown autoimmune diseases.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “When you keep that in mind, I looked at the gold standard for post traumatic stress disorder. I don't take care of a lot of patients with PTSD, but I have a lot of people with partial or subthreshold PTSD. And the gold standard at the time that I wrote the book was talk therapy, sometimes trauma informed, but mostly talk therapy. With or without selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.“ by Sarah Gottfried
- “I left his office, I went to the lab, and I ran my first hormone panel on myself. My cortisol was three times what it should have been in my blood.“ by Sarah Gottfried
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The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.
Dr. Mark Hyman
4/3/24
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Functional Medicine offers patients many things, especially hope and understanding. Autoimmune disease is a prime example: Rather than condemning patients to a lifetime of symptom management through medication, functional practitioners dig to find the “why,” to address the underlying causes with individualized, multimodal support to create lasting improvement and systemic healing. My guest today, Dr. Sara Gottfried, is a physician, researcher, author, and educator passionate about changing the way we view and treat autoimmunity.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What is a “trauma signature” and what is its role in autoimmunity? (5:55)
- Hidden autoimmunity triggers you might be surprised to learn about (21:30)
- The go-to test panel Sara runs on her patients (27:33)
- Sara’s stack for reducing cortisol and why trauma has to be considered (39:00)
- How Trauma biologically impacts you through the PINE system (41:40)
- Psychedelic therapy and other healing states of consciousness, plus Sara’s personal experience using them (48:10)
- What Sara wishes she told her 20-year-old self about life (1:15:45)
When we dig deeper, we always find out there is more going on below the surface. I know you’ll love this conversation as much as I did.
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