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The Blood Sugar Solution Summary and Review
★★★★☆ 4.2/5 — A sweeping, functional-medicine case that obesity, pre-diabetes, and Type 2 diabetes are one condition — “diabesity” — driven by…
Read Summary →Mark Hyman, MD
"Functional-medicine physician who reframes diabetes, obesity, and heart disease as one condition: \"diabesity.\""
Mark Hyman, MD, is a family physician, functional-medicine practitioner, and founder of the UltraWellness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. A ten-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Hyman has served as a senior advisor at the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine and is a prominent voice in the movement to treat chronic disease by addressing root biochemical causes rather than isolated symptoms. His broader body of work, including The Blood Sugar Solution, argues that most chronic disease traces back to a small number of underlying imbalances \u2014 insulin resistance chief among them \u2014 and that systemic factors like food policy and the industrial food supply are as important to treating disease as individual choices.
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Books by Mark Hyman, MD
Our in-depth summaries and reviews of his work
Key Ideas & Recurring Themes
Diabesity
Hyman's umbrella term for the full spectrum from optimal blood sugar to insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and Type 2 diabetes.
The Seven Steps to Treating Diabesity
A systems-based framework covering nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and mind-body health.
Food as Information
The functional-medicine premise that food doesn't just supply calories — it sends signals that shape genes, hormones, and inflammation.
Notable Quotes
"Diabesity is a comprehensive term to describe the continuum from optimal blood sugar balance toward insulin resistance and full-blown diabetes."— The Blood Sugar Solution
"Type 2 diabetes and diabesity are diseases of too much, not too little, insulin."— The Blood Sugar Solution
Book Author Mark Hyman, MD
The Blood Sugar Solution Summary and Review
★★★★☆ 4.2/5 — A sweeping, functional-medicine case that obesity, pre-diabetes, and Type 2 diabetes are one condition — “diabesity” — driven by insulin resistance, with a structured six-week plan to address it at the root. Best for: readers who want…