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Coach’s Corner: Is Sunlight Your New Supplement?
How much sunlight have you seen today? If you would like to improve your sleep, mood, immune function, or regulate your appetite, this post is for you. Have you…
Coach’s Corner: Kick Your Tech out of the Bedroom
If you could do one simple thing to improve your sleep, mood, metabolism, cognitive function, and potentially your most intimate relationship, would you do it? What if I told you…
Testosterone and Women’s Health
When we think of testosterone, we often think of it in relation to men’s health, but it is a crucial hormone for women’s health as well. This important hormone is…
DHEA Blog
Although DHEA is one of the most commonly overlooked hormones, it is a master hormone responsible for the creation of cortisol, testosterone, and estrogen. While cortisol, testosterone, and estrogen…
Frequently Asked Questions
Does RIFM offer concierge medicine? Expand Our model is different from traditional concierge medicine because we do not provide “on-demand” access to your doctor, but rather your doctor will work…
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…
Here’s the Root Cause of COVID-19—and It’s not What You Think!
Read about the part of the body where the SARS-CoV-2 virus does it’s dirty work
Nuts & Seeds Prevent Viral Infections
Social Media Resources Link to Social Media Post Published: October 15th, 2020 What if I told you that healthy fats could prevent infections? Fatty acids are essential for the proper…
Foundations of Functional Medicine: Episode 4
In this [long-awaited, yet very timely] podcast episode, Dr. Hartman addresses the third pillar of the foundations of Functional Medicine: Stress & Relaxation. What is stress? How does it affect our health, and is it an issue currently in our culture? What are some new scientific insights that are helping us understand the importance of stress on our health, and what can we do to utilize these new insights to optimize our health? Listen in for answers to these questions and lots of resources to help you manage stress and anxiety effectively.
Foundations of Functional Medicine: Episode 1
In this episode, Dr. Hartman of Richmond Integrative and Functional Medicine shares part of his, and his family’s, story that led him to pursue functional and integrative medicine training and to open his functional medical practice.
GI Tract Function & Health – Where It All Begins
In part one of this series on gastroenterology, Dr. Hartman outlines the basic systems at work in your GI tract during digestion of foods.
CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 3
Understanding the Biotoxin Pathway & Lab Tests for Diagnosis
In part 3 of a series on Mold-Related Biotoxin Illness (or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), Dr. Hartman unpacks the biotoxin pathway and reviews laboratory tests necessary to diagnose CIRS.
Liver Detoxification Process
In Part III, Dr Aaron Hartman, a functional medicine practitioner, explains the liver detoxification process as part of body’s natural detoxification.
Toxin Exposure & Chronic Disease
In Part II we will review the literature for toxin exposure and links to chronic disease.