In this week’s episode of Hormone Zone, Jane and Sabrina have a bone to pick with functional medicine. And that’s not with anything about this care model’s actual approach - they’re both fans - but rather why they think it needs a rebrand.
The two start with discussing the different types of healthcare models that exist today including conventional medicine vs. integrative care, alternative medicine vs. functional medicine, and how “holistic” care fits into it all.
They then get into misconceptions about functional medicine, why it is often branded as an elitist concept that only wealthy folks can afford, and what systemic changes are needed to allow for that rebrand (hello, insurance coverage and physician referrals).
If you are looking to learn more about different healthcare models or curious as to why functional practitioners are so d*mn expensive, you’ll want to tune in to this episode.
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During Jane and Sabrina’s discussion about reiki and acupuncture, they touched on how to look look into the research behind different treatment modalities. If there’s something you’d like to learn more about, searching for peer-reviewed studies is a good starting point for seeing what credible, research-backed findings exist. Since not all of us have access to libraries or databases with these journal articles, you can just Google “Pubmed + [key phrase]” to see what’s out there for yourself.
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