People use the word “depression” too often to describe short-term periods of feeling down or blue. The reality is that major depression differs from the “down” feelings that everyone has at one time or another. While the everyday blues often pass quickly without treatment, major depression is a life-altering mental health issue that is persistent…
Working at home has its advantages. There’s no commute, and you don’t have to invest in expensive office clothing. You can also decide what hours to work, and even labor late into the night if you’re a night owl. Working at home has a few disadvantages too. It’s not getting up any time you want,…
It’s normal to feel frightened or anxious if something is threatening you. For example, if a bear is chasing you through the woods, you’ll experience the classic signs of anxiety – a rapid heart rate, fast breathing rate, a sensation of impending doom, sweating, trembling, and mental distress. However, some people suffer from anxiety in…
Everyone has flaws, even the guys and gals who seem to live such perfect lives on social media gazing at their perfect homes, high-end clothing, and youthful good looks may make you feel as if you fall short. However, things aren’t always as they seem. Those beautiful bodies and faces who seem to have it…
A delightful light tasty dish, that can be served as a main course or as a side dish to compliment any meal. One of our great outdoors salads.
The practice of Functional Medicine involves four essential components: eliciting the patient’s complete story during the Functional Medicine intake; identifying and addressing the challenges of the patient’s modifiable lifestyle factors and environmental exposures; organizing the patient’s clinical imbalances by underlying causes of disease in a systems biology matrix framework; and establishing a mutually empowering partnership…
Functional Medicine asks how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual. It is an approach to health care that conceptualizes health and illness as part of a continuum in which all components of the human biological system interact dynamically with the environment, producing patterns and…
Functional medicine is a proactive, collaborative, science-based model of medicine that seeks to identify the root cause of symptoms. Functional Medicine is a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease. Each symptom or differential diagnosis may be one of many contributing to an individual’s illness. As the graphic illustrates, a diagnosis…
Total healthcare costs in the United States, more than 86% is due to chronic conditions. In 2015, health care spending reached $3.2 trillion, accounting for 17.8% of GDP. This exceeded the combined federal expenditures for national defense, homeland security, education, and welfare. By 2023, if we don’t change how we confront this challenge, annual healthcare…
Sweet Potato Curry with Chickpeas is such a great vegetarian dish, you won’t miss having meat at all!