Do you know how digestion works in your body? Here’s a simplified overview: You chew your food while your mouth secretes saliva, which contains digestive enzymes. Then, you swallow. The food travels down the esophagus to the stomach and mixes with stomach acid. At this point the body breaks down protein and separates minerals for …
I like to think of Functional Medicine as the science of “why”? In the conventional healthcare model, you wait until you get sick, the doctors diagnose you with a disease, and then treat the symptoms. Functional Medicine is different – the diagnosis doesn’t matter. Instead, a Functional Medicine Practitioner looks at dynamics affecting your whole …
