Functional Medicine is patient-focused, not disease-focused

Under the allopathic approach, the medical professional attempts to diagnose their patient with a specific disease so that they can begin treatment. Under the Functional Medicine approach, we want to build a comprehensive picture of our patients, their state of health.

In this way, we can help reduce the likelihood that they will become ill, reduce dysfunction and improve their quality of life.

When you approach blood chemistry from the functional perspective, you gain a tool to identify and treat dysfunction before it manifests as a disease. Rather than wait for iron deficiency to become anaemia or insulin insensitivity to become diabetes, Functional Medicine practitioners intervene early to avoid negative health outcomes.

We have all heard the adage “you are what you eat.” Now we know that blood chemistry can reflect what we eat and how our bodies handle the type and amount we eat.

Blood chemistry analysis can reflect nutrient excesses and insufficiencies.

A chronically unhealthy diet will be reflected in a blood chemistry analysis, most likely as abnormal glucose regulation markers, dyslipidemia, abnormal oxidative stress markers, altered liver function enzymes