tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82423593464484274812024-02-07T17:51:54.120-08:00Dr. Harding's Blogkristenhardingmdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038234782555595518noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242359346448427481.post-42749595185239527722014-10-20T07:45:00.000-07:002014-10-20T07:50:08.322-07:00Why Does Exercise Make Me Feel Worse?<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px;">
<span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Have you ever exercised and exercised and found that you still can’t lose weight? </span><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Do you feel exhausted and even more run down after exercising?</span><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Why can’t you get that runner’s high?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I meet with so many patients who have convinced themselves that they just need to work harder, exercise longer, and eat less to lose weight and regain their health. The current craze to run a marathon or a half marathon just isn’t smart for most people. They are putting their bodies through significant physical stress. They continue to feel exhausted and become prone to injuries. Their body starts to feel older instead of younger. Why is this?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Many people have overworked their bodies (physically, mentally, and emotionally) so much over the years that they can no longer handle vigorous exercise without further stressing the system. I remember when I left my primary care practice almost four years ago. I thought that I would enjoy exercising every day and getting back on track since I finally had the time. I started going to classes at the YMCA and found that not only could I not keep up, I felt worn out and awful after I did exercise. It was rather disheartening.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What I learned about myself, was that before I could go out and start a new activity program, I needed to heal. I had spent years working in a very stressful field, not getting enough sleep, having my sleep interrupted by night call, and at the same time I was juggling new family commitments. What I needed when I left my job was about a year of regular sleep. Then I could finally begin a gentle exercise program of walking in my neighborhood with some yoga mixed in.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I remember feeling like I was lazy when I started getting nine hours of sleep each night. It seemed like it should be a luxury instead of a necessity. Eventually I realized that there was nothing to feel guilty about. If I was going to change the course of my career, improve my health, and alter my life trajectory, then I had to get well.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Intermittently, over the past few years, I would try to add a more intense work out routine again, but found that it still didn’t make me feel good and I couldn’t maintain it. So, I would go back to my walking. I was slowly able to add in and tolerate some resistance training for strengthening.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">During my studies I learned about adrenal fatigue and knew that I was significantly impacted by this. I had been living on a high carbohydrate diet for years trying to find enough quick energy to keep going, not realizing at the time that it wasn’t a healthy diet. I ate some vegetables, but no where near what I should have been eating. Eventually, I checked my salivary cortisol levels and confirmed that my adrenals were wearing out. My body was in an ongoing stress response and was never having a chance to get into a repair mode. The stressors kept coming and then, even when life settled down, my body wasn’t sure how to stop being on constant alert.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In order to heal, it was going to take patience. I had been living this crazy lifestyle for over a decade, so I couldn’t expect to undo the damage in a few weeks or even a few months. I think that time is the most difficult aspect of helping patients with adrenal fatigue. These are usually highly motivated people with busy lives. Many are mothers. Many also have high stress careers and very hectic family lives. We don’t live in a culture that supports slowing down.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In addition to my new and improved sleep schedule, I began eating a much healthier diet which included as many whole plant foods (vegetables and fruits) as possible. I also worked to take some time for my spirit each day, even if it was only twenty minutes before bedtime. It is a work in progress. I continue to work to control my stress levels, do belly breathing when I feel it all creeping in on me, and am constantly working to try to simplify my life. It will be an ongoing battle, but I am making progress. I also took some adaptogenic herbs for a few months to help support my adrenal glands and reset their stress thermostat. These were specifically chosen according to my salivary cortisol levels and pattern. I check cortisol levels in many of my patients in order to appropriately direct their care. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here I am nearly four years into my recovery. I continue to eat well because I know what a difference it makes in my life. I love to sleep and make it a priority, but no longer feel tired and nappy during the days. My energy level is good again. Recently I was able to add back a more rigorous exercise program to help me regain some muscle mass, endurance, and strengthen my core. So far, so good. I actually feel invigorated at the end of my workout.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I share my story because it has been a long journey that continues to take time and effort. There are no easy fixes and it certainly is not quick. Taking care of your body is an ongoing commitment that is never complete, but don’t wait to get started. There will never be a good time to begin, life will continue to throw unexpected challenges at you. Now is the time to start!</span></div>
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kristenhardingmdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038234782555595518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242359346448427481.post-88479562032443818272014-03-20T17:53:00.001-07:002014-03-20T17:53:21.580-07:00
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lessons from 007<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In his 1961
book, “Thunderball”, Ian Fleming’s first chapter is titled “Take It Easy, Mr.
Bond. “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James Bond has been living a
very unhealthy lifestyle, is run down, and just wants to treat himself with aspirin
so he can keep going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>M then replies:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“That’s just
where you’re making a big mistake, James.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Taking medicine only suppresses these symptoms of yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Medicine doesn’t get to the root of the
trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It only conceals it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result is a more highly poisoned
condition which may become chronic disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All drugs are harmful to the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are contrary to nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same applies to most of the food we eat—white bread with all the roughage
removed, refined sugar with all the goodness machined out of it, pasteurized
milk which has had most of the vitamins boiled away, everything overcooked and
denaturized…there is no way to health except the natural way.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is pretty astounding stuff, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The American health system, by and large,
still does not embrace food as medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yet, back in 1961, the author of the James Bond novels had a great grasp
of how to be healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ian Fleming was
not a physician, he was a writer of action novels, but he got it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are we so far behind?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There was an
article published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA) titled, “The Paradox of Disease Prevention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Celebrated in Principle, Resisted in
Practice.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It listed twelve obstacles to
prevention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will highlight several of
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Success is invisible:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is really no way to document that
an individual’s prevention efforts improved his or her health, because it
is rather difficult to prove that they didn’t get something based on what
they did (like eating a healthy diet, not smoking, exercising, etc.)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lack of Drama:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are no TV shows about preventative
medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there were, they would
probably not have much of a plot line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead, we love shows about the emergency department or dramatic
rescues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to stop getting
into health messes, rather than waiting for someone to save the day.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Long Delays Before
Rewards Appear:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Delayed
gratification is not a trait that is often valued in our society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our expectations typically revolve
around the quick fix, often involving medication or surgery rather than
lifestyle change.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Benefits Often Do
Not Accrue to the Payer:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Insurance companies have a difficult time wanting to pay for
programs that will not give them short term payout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, hospitals can’t make any money
if patients are healthy and no longer need to be admitted.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Changing or
Inconsistent Advice:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all
hear in the news about changing preventative guidelines, such as with the
age when mammography screening should be started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The public wants hard and fast rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a ton of research about the
benefits of good nutrition, but the food industry and government
guidelines muddy the waters.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Persistent Behavior
Change May Be Required:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
order to really benefit, people must adhere to healthy choices day after
day.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Double Standard in
Evaluation of Prevention as Compared with Treatment:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When studies compare a new medication
treatment to non-treatment, the result is judged by whether the treatment
made a difference in the outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Prevention is looked at differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prevention must be efficacious and
cost-effective, but also produce net savings in resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means that prevention is judged on
different merits than treatment.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Commercial
Conflicts of Interest:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one
seems rather obvious to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
American medical system is an industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Industries exist to make money.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The author
goes on to discuss possible strategies to overcome these obstacles including: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>paying for prevention, making prevention
cheaper than free, involving employers, trying to reengineer ways to reduce need
for individual action, using policy to make the right choices easier, and using
the media to help reeducate the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I agree with these in principle, but I currently don’t have a lot of
faith that our leaders will ever agree on enough points to make meaningful
public health policy changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, it is
likely going to come down to people (like you) making informed decisions for
their own health and wellness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
unlikely to ever be resolved from the top down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are reading this on my website then you are likely already well
on your way to thinking in a preventative manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spread the word!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share articles with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Share recipes and insight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Form health communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know that there is value in
prevention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are making good
choices, you will benefit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not
rocket science:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an author in 1961 knew
that nutrition matters, I know it and base my practice on it, and you know it
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s apply what we know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Poor nutrition drives chronic disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no reason to wait for the wonder
drug to be developed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can prevent
disease with the choices you make each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Health begins with your fork.</span></div>
kristenhardingmdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038234782555595518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242359346448427481.post-90069342969975591492013-07-11T17:42:00.001-07:002013-07-11T17:42:15.801-07:00Wonderful Kale
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under the weather for the past week with a frustrating summertime cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All that my throat wanted was warm liquids,
but it was incredibly hot and humid the first half of the week, so I refrained
from making soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, last night the
front moved through and the humidity broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today I decided to muster up the energy to make some soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on the ingredients, this would
typically be considered a winter soup, but I had a fridge full of kale waiting
for a recipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a good one from
the <u>Harvest Eating Cookbook</u> by Keith Snow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 cloves garlic, minced<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kosher salt, to taste<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Freshly ground pepper to taste<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">½ cup sliced onions<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 quart chicken broth<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 russet potatoes, peeled and diced<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6 oz chorizo, cooked<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5 cups fresh kale, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 cups water</span></span><br />
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with salt and pepper.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
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the chicken broth and potatoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cook for
25 min.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
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2 of the potatoes, then add 3 cups water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Add the cooked chorizo, diced potato and kale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cook for 15 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kale is a superfood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its dark green leaves are full of
anti-oxidants, magnesium and calcium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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</span>Enjoy it in sickness or in health!</span></span></div>
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kristenhardingmdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038234782555595518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242359346448427481.post-16597166076763126582013-06-13T08:26:00.000-07:002013-06-13T08:26:10.336-07:00What Can Functional Medicine Do For Me?
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am often
asked to explain what Functional Medicine is and why it is so different from
conventional American medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
so much I want to tell you about this amazing discipline and how it can help
transform your life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Functional Medicine is a roadmap for
health.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I only look at a patient’s current
symptoms, then it is often very difficult to know how to best help them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I do instead, is look at the whole
map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to see where they came from
and which roads they took to get to their current state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Functional Medicine is often called “upstream”
medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is critical to understand
the lifestyle, genetic, and environmental factors that contribute to someone’s
current condition. The goal is to discover the root causes of the current
symptoms. This is a place where conventional medicine falls very short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conventional medicine focuses on how to
manage or mask current symptoms, usually with pharmaceuticals, without concern
for what driving factors led to the disease in the first place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a big problem, because with this
approach the disease process is not changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Different patients can end up with similar symptoms that come from
different causes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conventional medicine
tries to apply the same protocols and drugs to all of these symptoms, rather
than individualize the approach to target the actual cause.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Functional Medicine recognizes an
often forgotten fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our bodies were
designed to be healthy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the past few decades,
Americans have gotten so used to being sick that many just accept that they don’t
feel well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had so many patients
say things like, “Well, I am forty now, so I figured it was normal to start
having problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the average life
expectancy close to 80 should people really resign half of their life to not
feeling well?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Health should be the norm,
rather than a rarity.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Functional medicine focuses on
helping the body regain balance to promote health and vitality.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By really listening to the patient’s story, I am able to piece together
a restoration plan that often involves extra attention to nutrition and
movement. The plan can also utilize integrative, preventative, lifestyle, and even
conventional treatments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Developing a
therapeutic relationship with the patient is critical in order to give them new
tools and help motivate them on their path to wellness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Practicing this way allows me to offer
patients the best of all worlds for optimal results.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Functional medicine takes time, care,
and patience.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spend between 60 and 90 minutes with all of
my new patients in order to have enough time to really listen to a patient’s
story and then begin the detective work to uncover their path back to
health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rapid pace of conventional
medicine does not allow for this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Conventional medicine is great for managing medical and surgical
emergencies, acute infections, and trauma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But the majority of illness today is due to chronic diseases such as
diabetes, autoimmune diseases, fatigue, heart disease, digestive problems,
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Functional Medicine roadmap
allows me to help patients improve, and often reverse, chronic diseases by
addressing the inter-related biological networks that are not limited to just
one organ system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Addressing the entire
person is the key to helping a patient regain health.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Functional Medicine is 21<sup>st</sup>
Century medicine</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how American healthcare can be
transformed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine the money that can
be saved, the energy that can be felt, and the life that can be enjoyed by embracing
a personalized approach to health. There is hope. Come and find out what my practice can do for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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