Healing Outside The Box

Functional medicine is a new theory of conducting a medical practice that was 1st put together by Jeffrey bland, PhD, then made popular by Mark Hyman, M.D. Is a theory that encompasses a preventative approach to medicine that takes into account, the whole individual – rather than someone with a set of symptoms. They encourage nutrition and exercise, adequate sleep, and have extended visits with their patients. What's not to like? Well quite a bit, according to their critics. In this episode I weigh the pros and cons of this theory of whole patient care. Dr. Jeffrey bland, PhD, the founder of functional medicine,describes functional medicine in this video. One of his disciples, Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D., talks about functional medicine in his video.  David Gorski, M.D., is a critic of functional medicine. She is article can be found here. If you have any questions or would like to suggest topics for future episodes, feel free to contact me on my website contact page.