by functional | Feb 11, 2016 | Functional Medicine, General Health & Wellness
A 2015 article in the journal Mitochondrion begins with the sentence, “Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome with unknown etiology.”[1] It goes on to describe three findings that are commonly present in skin biopsies of patients diagnosed with this condition:...
by functional | Jan 29, 2016 | Functional Medicine, General Health & Wellness, Thoughts & Ideas
I am about to commit functional medicine blasphemy. I am about to tell you something, well, not very nice. Are you ready? Here it is: You are not an MTHFR. If you are a frequent flyer of the functional medicine blogosphere you know I am talking about...
by functional | Jan 21, 2016 | Functional Medicine
I was seeing a patient the other day in my office who had come in to review her lab results. Her concerns include fatigue, poor energy, weight gain, and diffuse muscle soreness. She owns a private consulting business. She enjoys her work, but recognizes it has been...
by functional | Oct 28, 2015 | Functional Medicine, General Health & Wellness, Thoughts & Ideas
One of the first ideas I was introduced to in my education as a functional medicine doctor was the illness-wellness continuum. To me the idea that each of us lives on a scale between perfect wellness and utter illness at any given moment in time is important not only...
