How Functional Medicine Can Return You to Health

How Functional Medicine Can Return You to Health June 2021 Hi, I’m Dr. Marie Starling At The Healing Center, your Denver Functional Medicine specialist, we help people like you reach their full potential. I specialize in adjunctive care for internal disorders, autoimmune conditions, IBS, thyroid symptoms, diabetes, and other complex health issues. We specialize in difficult to treat cases such as chronic illness and autoimmune disease, using a functional medicine approach. We educate and empower our patients with the right tools to radically transform their lives, taking your entire system into account by deciphering the root cause of your illness. A functional medicine approach begins with looking at the whole body to get to the root of issues to then restore function, versus just looking at the symptoms. The Roots of Dysfunction There are three fundamental reasons your body fails you, and at The Health Center Denver we call these The 3 Roots of Dysfunction. The 3 Roots of Dysfunction include: 1. Something Is Missing That Is Needed Things that may be missing that our body needs for optimum health are: Nutrients Energy production Hormones Proper nervous system communication Immune function Gene SNP’s Sleep Healthy Gut Microbiome 2. Something Is Present Which Should Not Be There are things that may be present in your body that should not be and are having a negative impact on your health. These things are: Acute or Subacute Infections Chronic stress Toxicities Mold exposure Heavy metals Over-firing of nervous system 3. Vicious Loops Causing Recurrent Problems The vicious loops that are causing recurrent problems in your body are: Leaky gut Sleep issues Immune dysregulation Stress response Genetic Polymorphism Gene SNP’s...