Functional Medicine takes a distinctly different approach to complex health conditions. As stated by the Institute for Functional Medicine:
“Functional medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms.”
Functional medicine, however, can be a challenging discipline to pursue. The process of sorting out underlying root causes can be extremely complex and take an exceedingly long time.
In functional medicine, these basic principles are followed: 
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Approach
Functional
Medicine
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“Functional medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms.”
Functional medicine, however, can be a challenging discipline to pursue. The process of sorting out underlying root causes can be extremely complex and take an exceedingly long time.
In functional medicine, these basic principles are followed:
- All symptoms and health issues have underlying causes.
- The better we understand those underlying causes, the better we can improve, reverse, cure and/or prevent those symptoms and health issues.
- The cells, tissues and systems of the body are interconnected.
- The optimal way to manage health is from a thorough understanding of these interconnected systems with a holistic frame of reference that can be in opposition to the fragmented, hyperspecialized mainstream medical world.
Approach
- Goal is to diagnose an illness
- Treats the symptoms of the illness
- Patient is treated for the chronic illness for life; treatment never ends
- Expensive, time consuming and often uncertain
Medicine
- Goal is to identify the root causes to reverse or cure the condition
- Treats the underlying root causes
- Treating the root causes can end the symptoms and treatment
- Identifying root causes and ordering tests from outside labs can be costly and inefficient
(Functional Med + Artificial Intelligence)
- Makes root cause identification efficient and more accurate
- Ensures that the most likely root causes are being treated
- Monitors patient's progress; confirms improvement in patient's overall health
- Employs technology to make the process more practical, convenient and affordable
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