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Functional Medicine: A Primer

While we are increasingly hearing more about inflammation, few of us understand the good purposes inflammation plays in our body or when those good purposes move to dysfunction.

Working with a Functional Medicine Practitioner

Functional Medicine practitioners promote wellness by focusing on the fundamental underlying factors that influence every patient’s experience of health and disease.

What Is Functional Medicine?

Functional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 2

Cortisol

The King of All Hormones

The monarch of our hormonal hierarchy, cortisol, is an unsung hero when it’s in balance, but when it’s out of whack? It can turn your body into a realm of chaos.

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Your Hormones in Harmony

Your Hormones After 40: The Changes No One Talks About (But Should)

Navigating Perimenopause & Menopause

Understand the hidden hormonal shifts affecting your brain, metabolism, and energy—plus science-backed solutions to help you thrive through this natural transition.

Beyond Weight Loss With GLP-1s

A Doctor’s Guide to Benefits, Risks, & Natural Alternatives

Discover why GLP-1 medications work when other approaches fail, their surprising health benefits beyond the scale, and science-backed strategies to minimize side effects.

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 7

Low Testosterone Symptoms in Women

Causes & Natural Solutions

Discover the hidden signs of low testosterone in women, and science-backed natural solutions to restore balance and reclaim your vitality.

Your Hormones in Harmony

High Testosterone in Women

Symptoms, Causes, & Natural Solutions

Elevated testosterone, such as in PCOS, can cause mood problems, acne, weight gain, anxiety, infertility, and various other health issues in women.  

PCOS in Young Women

Understanding the Problem & Finding Solutions

Discover why PCOS cases have increased by 67% in young women and the functional medicine approach that goes beyond birth control pills to restore true hormonal balance.

Meet Veronica Porterfield

From Global Justice to Personal Healing

Meet Veronica Porterfield (MS, LN, MPAS, PA-C)

Meet RIFM’s newest provider: Veronica Porterfield, whose remarkable journey from global justice advocate to functional medicine expert brings hope to patients seeking root-cause solutions for complex chronic conditions.

Spring Without Suffering

How Quercetin Blocks 96% of Histamines BEFORE Your First Sneeze (While Big Pharma Buries It)

If you’re sick of being held hostage by spring allergies while medications leave you a zombie, this discovery will make you furious.

Insulin Resistance: Our Sticky Problem

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 3

Insulin Resistance: Our Sticky Problem

...and surprisingly simple solutions

Insulin resistance affects 80% of Americans, raising heart-disease risk by 40%. Discover the nutrient shown to be 4× more effective than the top diabetes drug, plus easy, proven steps to regain metabolic health.

Made for Health

What Really Causes Cardiovascular Disease

& How You Can Beat the Odds...

Discover how advanced screening, smart nutrition, and lifestyle tweaks can safeguard your heart.

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Made for Health

CIRS vs. Hypothyroid

Stop the Guesswork & Reclaim Your Energy

Confused by overlapping symptoms of CIRS & low thyroid? Discover how to spot the difference, test properly, and reclaim your energy.