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What is functional medicine? Functional medicine uses a patient-centered approach to identify the root cause of an illness. Whereas conventional medicine uses symptom based treatments based on a specific disease, functional medicine focuses on disease prevention with an emphasis on the whole body. In simpler terms functional medicine looks at how the body is functioning, and treats the altered function causing the illness. Functional medicine specialists believe each person is unique and that...

The prevalence of chronic illness has steadily increased over the past few decades, with roughly 90% of the annual healthcare cost spent on chronic illness according to the American Heart Association. Doctors and other healthcare providers are now looking at diet as a way to complement modern medicine in an effort to treat or even prevent certain chronic conditions. Chronic conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, metabolic...

What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder, characterized by a person who has recurrent seizures or someone who is at high risk for having more than one seizure. A seizure is a surge in electrical activity in the brain, and it can manifest itself in different ways occuring at any point in time. It is important to note that not everyone who has a seizure has epilepsy. Seizures can happen as a result of a separate medical problem, such as infection, low or high...