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Functional Medicine: What Is It And What Are The Benefits?

  • March 24, 2019
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Did you know that millions of Americans use complementary and alternative (CAM) medicine for their health concerns?

No wonder that with more people becoming aware of different medical approaches they’re looking into different options.

Functional medicine is on the rise as well because it has proven great results.

Keep reading to learn more about functional medicine and its benefits.

Functional Medicine: What Is It And What Are The Benefits?

What makes functional medicine stand out is that it focuses on treating the person as a whole vs only the symptoms they’re experiencing. Places such as Bliss Medicine views the body as a whole system not a collection of independent organs when treating a person.

Functional medicine is where physicians dig deeper to find the root cause of a problem instead of masking the symptoms. One of the goals of functional medicine is to help a patient recover from disease instead of managing it. Another goal is to restore balance to the body for the entire body to work well as a whole.

Practitioners use various techniques to help a person. These include lifestyle changes, nutrition, and herbs. There are ways to work on smoother skin through what you drink people don’t realize vs having surgery or taking traditional medicines.

Benefits

Everyone can benefit from functional medicine because of the specialized attention each person receives.

Prevention Mindset

Functional medicine takes the opposite approach of traditional medicine. In traditional medicine, a patient doesn’t feel well and goes to the doctor where the doctor reacts to the symptoms. In functional medicine, the goal is to prevent issues from starting in the first place.

You learn the art of prevention rather than fixing or masking symptoms as they arise. With a prevention mindset, you might take supplements on a daily basis, incorporate the appropriate nutrients in your diet.

Individual Care

A functional medicine doctor will take a look at your habits, your lifestyle, and your history when they are deciding how to treat you. They will come up with an individualized plan that fits you perfectly.

They take it as far as examining how stressful your life is and your sleeping habits before making decisions on how to take the best care of you.

Few Side Effects

There are not many side effects when being treated through functional medicine. Invasive procedures are also rare and only done in extreme and necessary circumstances. Doctors in functional medicine believe in balance through exercise and diet to help heal themselves and live a healthier, longer life.

Healthier You

Long term the benefits for functional medicine are great because the approach is a whole lifestyle shift. This makes for better health conscious decisions. Becoming part of the healing process instead of relying on modern medicine.

Together it makes a noticeable difference in someone’s appearance and health.

Don’t miss the latest news on health by checking out our health and fitness section.

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