Presently, only about 2% of medical doctors are pursuing an integrative and functional approach. We need at least 13% to 15% to begin market transformation. What unites us is our common goal of putting the patient at the centre and our desire to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients.

I am committed to understanding how the world around us impacts human reproductive health and development. My motivation is always one of understanding and giving, equally in my pursuit of science as in humanity.

It is possible that raising children in an overly hygienic environment could have a long-lasting detrimental impact on the development of their immune systems.

The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.

You can’t be in constant states of stress and improve your health at the same time.

We all think about food in relation to blood sugar, but there are actually I would say four main pillars that go into our blood sugar response.

The real problem is not in losing the weight but in keeping it off for any meaningful length of time. Numerous sources show that almost every lifestyle intervention works for the first three to six months. But then the weight comes rolling back.

What I want people to understand is that understanding the concept of caloric availability is a good way of trying to improve the quality of the diet we're eating. I think if we have a better look at how calorically available a given food, it also is a good proxy for the quality of the food that you're actually eating. And I think that is the more important point.

We must leave aside the belief that all health problems are hereditary and that genetic information is like a curse that repeats from generation to generation. The real enemy is our lifestyle. The blame is not on the genes.

The more diverse our gut bacteria, the healthier we are.

Sleep is the Swiss army knife of health. When sleep is deficient, there is sickness and disease. And when sleep is abundant, there is vitality and health.

Don't believe everything you hear--even in your own mind. At 18 you worry about what everyone thinks of you. At 40 you don't care. At 60 you realize no one was thinking about you anyway!

You cannot create a new version of yourself while dragging your old habits and behaviours with you.

If you don't challenge the immune system, it will weaken. So by actually challenging the body, we strengthen the body. By stressing the body, we strengthen the body.

People get sick for two reasons and two reasons only: your body is missing something that it needs, or it’s exposed to something it doesn’t need.