Dr. Eric Bricker is an internal medicine physician who graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He is the former Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Compass Professional Health Services. Compass is a Healthcare Navigation service that grew to 1.8 million members across 2,000+ clients including T-Mobile, Southwest Airlines and Chili's/Maggiano's Restaurants.
He is the mastermind behind YouTube Channel; AHealthcareZ - a hub to learn about Healthcare Costs, Health Insurance, Prescription Costs, PBMs, Hospital/Physician Finance and More.
In our 'Truth About Sugar' episode, Dr. Bricker goes into more detail around his youtube episode; Robert Lustig's "Hacking of the American Mind."
As he states, "the constant stimulation of dopamine in our brains has increased obesity, metabolic syndrome, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression." This is why we have invited him to speak about sugars effect on us physiologically and psychologically.
What this tells us - we can't address health, without addressing nutrition!
