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Are you Pregnant or Thinking About Getting Pregnant? Is Functional Medicine Right for You?
If you’re a mom-to-be or are thinking of having children soon, you might have questions about how functional medicine can be beneficial to you in this season of life. I see many young, healthy women in my clinic who come to RIFM specifically because they want to be in peak physical health before having a…
The Cause of the Root Cause of Chronic Disease Part I
In the future, the practice of medicine will focus on our cells – their function, metabolism, and senescence. So what are these things and why should you care? We have learned so much in the past few years about chronic disease and its cause – inflammation. And now we are learning the cause of the…
Coach’s Corner: Building Resilience with the Foundations of Health
Recently on the blog, Dr. Hartman has been talking about the profound health impact of cortisol imbalances. His number one recommendation for excessive cortisol, which is so prevalent in our culture, is stress management. So, let’s talk about where you might start on your journey to building stress resilience in your life and improving your…
Coach’s Corner: What to Look for in a Health Coach
After learning about the benefits of health coaching, perhaps you’re curious about whether it would be helpful for you. How do you know if a health coach has the training and experience to be effective? What should you look for in a health coach? Health and wellness coaching is a relatively new and growing…
Is Functional Medicine Right for Me?
I routinely receive questions about functional medicine. People ask me what we do, how much it costs, and how we practice. Ultimately, what they’re asking is: Is functional medicine right for me? Is this going to be a good fit? In this post, I’d like to discuss that by answering some questions that I hear…
Introducing Health Coaching at RIFM
In working with patients over the last 20 years, I’ve realized that one of the biggest impediments to people maximizing their health and wellness is the implementation of identified changes. One of the crucial elements to overcoming these roadblocks is having a coach or guide help walk through the mission-critical elements of diet, lifestyle, stress…
The Hormone Hierarchy: An Introduction to the New Series on Hormones
This new blog series will discuss hormones and hormonal health as we step through many different hormones and discuss them individually. But first, in this post, I’d like to discuss the top-down functional medicine approach to addressing hormonal imbalances. The Hormonal Hierarchy First, what do we mean when we talk about hormones? For many…
Why Will the Flu Be Worse This Season?
Influenza is a viral, upper respiratory tract infection that typically, in any given season, affects about 25% of the population. What this means is, over a period of three to four years, pretty much everybody in any given population has been exposed at least once. This also means that as the seasons pass, there’s a…
Have Migraines?
Common Migraine Triggers to Avoid One basic concept to think about with migraines is the concept of a headache threshold. We all have a headache threshold, which is a level at which we each experience having a headache. With some people, it takes an actual injury of some sort, like a head concussion. With…
How Far Science Has Progressed (Since I Was In Medical School!)
When I first started medical school in 1996, genes were all the rage. We were expecting, with the soon-to-be completed Human Genome Project, to start curing diseases and changing the future of medicine. However, with the discovery that the human genome is simpler than that of some frogs (23,000 genes in the human genome, compared…
Thanksgiving Week is GERD Awareness Week
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD, is one of the most common reasons for someone to see a GI specialist. What I’d like to talk about during Gerd Awareness Week is – What is GERD? What causes it? How can people begin a treatment regimen at home? First and foremost, reflux, also known…
How To Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Now that you know what Alzheimer’s disease is and the different types, what are the basic things you can do now to help maintain your cognition and mental function? There are three major leverage points if you want to maintain cognitive health. The first thing is your diet. Your diet has to be clean and…
A Time to Heighten Awareness About Alzheimer’s Disease
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating neurological condition that mainly affects elderly individuals. When you look at the numbers, it’s astounding that about 5.8 million Americans are living with this disease. As you reach an age over 65, the number of people having it doubles every five years. By 2050-2060,…
