How Functional Medicine addresses root causes of chronic conditions beyond conventional medicine
Have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a never-ending cycle of doctor visits, medications, and temporary fixes for your…
Have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a never-ending cycle of doctor visits, medications, and temporary fixes for your…
Life after a chronic illness diagnosis such as an autoimmune disease can feel daunting and uncertain. It can feel like…
The biggest reason that many people keep getting more and more sick is because they are waiting for symptoms to worsen enough after significant damage has occurred to get a diagnosis.
This is actually the opposite of what we should be doing.
“What if the diet plan is too rigid and too hard for me to follow?” This is one of the most common concerns that I have come across in my practice.
This extremely difficult phase in our lives taught me that healing goes beyond managing your symptoms and is not only about physical health. It’s an emotional, spiritual and physical healing that starts from deep inside of you.
Many people are not aware that “incurable” diseases can be reversed by bringing the body back into balance. For eg…
Your autoimmune disease diagnosis is NOT a life sentence.
No diagnosis is. You don’t have to be sick all time or be in constant pain. You don’t have to deal with severe exhaustion, all day, every day. Your immune system can be healed, and you can do it.
If we treat “food as medicine” we can change the way our genes are stimulated and respond, thus creating health through changes in our biological functioning.
You accept your body just as it is, right now, with all its warts, flaws and imperfections. You forgive your body for any mistakes just as you would for a good friend. More importantly, you stop being at “war” with your body.
Mitochondria is an organelle or the “little organ” that is found in each and every cell (apart from red blood cells) in our body. Any dysfunction in this organelle will lead to a dysfunctional cell and eventually a tissue. After enough damage has accumulated, the entire organ system will become dysfunctional and contribute to chronic disease progression.