Recovering from Morbid Obesity, Depression and Metabolic Syndrome Using Functional Medicine: One Woman’s Inspiring Journey to Wellness
Recovering from Morbid Obesity, Depression and Metabolic Syndrome using Functional Medicine
Episode 9: The FxMed Health Coach: A New (and Needed) Member of the FxMed Team! With Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum
Imagine: You’re a busy FxMed clinician, working overtime treating, educating and supporting your patients as they transition to a new state of health. It’s exciting, and you’re inspired to be practicing medicine in a way you never thought possible.
Episode 8: When the Immune System is Activated, the Brain Chemistry Changes: Functional Psychiatry with Bob Hedaya, MD
According to Dr. Bob Hedaya, it’s malpractice NOT to use functional medicine when practicing psychiatry. ALL of the nodes on the Functional Medicine Matrix
Take Care of My Health .. DONE!
Do you want to know how to dramatically improve your health in only 6 days? Do you want to make dietary or lifestyle changes but are afraid of big commitments?
Episode 7: From Cell to Soul: A Functional Approach to Women’s Hormone Management with Sara Gottfried, MD
Dr. Kara Fitzgerald & Sara Gottfried, MD Dr. Sara Gottfried has elegantly distilled her years of clinical experience and thousands of patient contacts into a user-friendly body of knowledge for physician and layperson alike. She’s truly a functional/systems medicine pioneer, combining the best of scientific data with the art (and heart) of medicine. An expert…
Episode 6: Enacting an Elimination Diet: Tips for Patients, Clinicians with Jennifer Fugo – Gluten Free School
One of the cornerstone tools of functional medicine is the elimination diet, be it a straightforward gluten/dairy free plan, or an involved, customized removal of many different foods.
Episode 5: Osteoporosis – Metabolic Disease of the Bone with Dr. Keith McCormick
As a former Olympian and current Iron Man triathlete, Dr. Keith McCormick was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis at 45 years old.
Episode 4: Natural Cures for Dummies with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald and Dr. Scott J. Banks
Just released April, 2015, Natural Cures for Dummies is a superb survey of all things Natural Medicine.
Comparing the Oral and Colon Microbiomes-Abstract
Commentary From Cass Nelson-Dooley (Podcast on Oral Microbiome): This a great study about the Human Microbiome Project comparing microbes through ALL points of the GI tract. It revealed some interesting things about normal, healthy subjects. For instance, they have oral bacterial pathogens, but no disease! This finding disputes the one bug-one disease paradigm (Koch’s Postulates). …
Nutrition Physical Exam: Tongue & Nails Suggest Gut Health
Two of the most useful — and often overlooked — components of the nutrition physical exam are the tongue and fingernails. Together, abnormal findings can often be sourced to gut. In this blog, I’m presenting a case where tongue and nails were extremely useful in providing clear treatment direction. Next month, I’ll give some additional…