How Processed Diets Lead Us To Consume More Calories Than We Should About Scott V Watkins, MD Readers who are familiar with Functional Medicine will recognize the acronym SAD — the Standard American Diet. This actually refers...

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New Research Sheds Light On Extent BMI Matters In Endometrial Cancer As a longtime cancer doctor who’s also a functional medicine practitioner, I keep on top of the latest...

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Probiotics and prebiotics and postbiotics, oh my! What a difference a decade makes. Fifteen or so years ago — long before functional and preventive medicine became...

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100 Trillion Friends You Didn’t Know You Had Trust your #gut, as the saying goes.  It’s advice that goes far beyond just using your instincts to...

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Gut health is important for the normal functioning of the body. Regular bowel movements are a key to digestive health. The colonic mucosa must be in balance and activity, and GI motility...

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Cardiovascular Health is essential for optimal heart and circulatory health. Its definition is based on seven risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and lifestyle changes that can help you achieve ideal...

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The acute care model of medicine that is largely practiced in the US operates on a more “reactive “model. A patient presents with symptoms, the history, and physical examination lead to possiblediagnoses...

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