by functional | Apr 6, 2016 | Functional Medicine, General Health & Wellness, Thoughts & Ideas
(This article originally appeared in April/May 2016 issue of Ozarks Living Magazine volume7, number2.) “Growing your own food is like printing your own money” says Ron Finley, the Guerilla Gardner of South Los Angeles in TED 2013. I am reminded of these words when a...
by functional | Mar 24, 2016 | Functional Medicine, General Health & Wellness, Thoughts & Ideas
Dorothy: Oh, will you help me? Can you help me? Glinda: You don’t need to be helped any longer. You’ve always had the power to go back to Kansas. Dorothy: I have? If you are an adult you’ve probably heard those famous words from Glinda, the Good Witch at...
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 | 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...
