Here's a 19-minute
Mark Hyman TEDMED video on
Functional Medicine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkLcpJTV9M
From yee
Wiki:
Functional medicine is a form of
Western alternative medicine unrelated to the
Western biomedical approaches.
It focuses on
treating individuals who may have
bodily symptoms, imbalances and dysfunctions. Functional medicine seeks t
o identify and address the root causes of
disease, and views the
body as one integrated system, not a collection of
independent organs divided up by medical specialties.
Functional medicine practitioners provide
chronic care management with the belief that "
diet, nutrition, and exposure to environmental toxins play central roles in functional medicine because they may predispose to illness, provoke symptoms, and modulate the activity of biochemical mediators through a complex and diverse set of mechanisms."
It was developed and originated by
Dr. Helmut W. Schimmel.
