What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine addresses the whole person with a patient-centered
approach. It studies the imbalance in a patient's physiologic and biochemical
state, and identifies the possible offending agents:
Yeast Overgrowth
Pathogenic bacteria, parasites, chronic viral infections
Heavy metal toxicity
Delayed food sensitivities
Intolerance to dyes/preservatives/additives
Foreign toxic chemicals (Xenobiotics)
It prescribes the supplementation of needed vitamins, nutrients, and minerals,
and attempts to remove toxins that interfere with the balance.
Functional Medicine is not disease-oriented; it does not put the blame on
one organ as the cause of the symptoms. For instance, based on
Functional Medicine, Atopic Dermatitis can be caused by omega-3-fatty
acid deficiency, yeast overgrowth, and/or delayed food sensitivity.
Treating these causes can cure the eczema. Conventional doctors
would instead use steroids, allergy medicines which likely result in
recurrence of symptoms once the medications are stopped. Thus,
why mask the problem when you can treat the cause?
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