An Introduction to Functional Medicine

One of the things that drew me to the functional medicine training I recently completed was the comprehensive science behind what is happening chemically and biochemically throughout our digestive tract. 

I got to learn about pathways that certain prescriptions interrupt, how birth control can completely alter our gut flora, tight gap junctions and their role in leaky gut, how PPI’s and SSRI’s change how our gut functions and we can recover if we stopped those medications, or support our digestive system if we’re still taking them.

One of the main things I loved about it though was the focus on what is optimal health versus a diagnosable disease.  The underlying idea being that even if your tests come back “normal” from your doctor visit, and they can’t diagnose you with anything, that doesn’t mean your health is in an optimal state. (Obviously, or you probably wouldn't have gone to the doctor in the first place).  Functional medicine, very much like Traditional Chinese medicine, looks at the whole health history, your whole picture and strives to understand where the body is struggling and what is behind it. Once we can get to the root of your symptoms, we can start to heal the root and completely get rid of the problem. Even if western medicine says that “everything looks normal”. 

My encouragement to you is this: if you’ve been told that things look normal, or they can’t find anything wrong, or you’re just going to have to learn to live with it, there is HOPE.

And I would encourage you to seek out help from someone that doesn’t just rely on test results (though we can work with test results) to determine if you are healthy or not. Someone like me, and if we’re not a good fit, I'll do my best to find you someone who can help you.

You’re not doomed to be miserable. You’re not doomed to live with pain, horrible period issues, nasty hormones, bad sleep or terrible digestion.  

If you are ready to get to the root of your issues and actually heal and transform, here are the ways we can work together:

You can start with a comprehensive bioresonance test.

You can dive in to a 3 month health transformation where we get to the root of your health issues and transform your life.