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Functional Medicine

Functional medicine is a holistic approach to working with chronic health conditions with a focus on nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental factors.

Many chronic illnesses are the result of long standing physiological imbalances within the systems of your body. This may be expressed as chronic inflammation, blood sugar imbalances, insulin resistance, liver problems, digestive disturbances, and hormonal problems to name just a few.

By addressing the body’s underlying physiological systems along with lifestyle factors and environmental issues that contribute to ill health, we create the right space for your body’s innate healing forces to resolve imbalances that may be contributing to illness.

During a consultation we will discuss your presenting concerns, your health history and any preliminary tests you may have been requested to obtain such as blood tests, stool analysis, DUTCH tests and any other tools that help us identify the critical imbalances that are at the root of all illness.

From this we can identify your health goals, establish a food as medicine approach to your diet, supplement only as required, implement sleep, stress, and movement ideas and re-evaluate as your body starts to respond and your vitality improves.

Some common complaints functional medicine may be sought are autoimmune issues, hormonal complaints, digestive dysfunction, thyroid issues, allergies, or just feeling like you could be in better health .