Episode 162 | Aired 10/16/2019
Listen to Learn:
How your lifestyle contributes to chronic disease
How treating symptoms will not cure chronic disease
What functional medicine is
How an elimination/reintroduction diet is used to unmask root causes of symptoms
What a health coach does
What "leaky gut" is and what symptoms it causes
Dr. Amy Beard runs a completely online Functional Medicine practice, Amy Beard MD.com. She is one of only four MD Dietician Certified Functional Medicine Practitioners in the country. Dr. Beard states: Much of my education and training focused on using pharmaceuticals and procedures to treat symptoms. While treating symptoms is necessary and much appreciated by patients, what’s more important is treating the underlying root causes that are contributing to those symptoms. Functional Medicine doctors with Dr. Beard's qualifications are normally in only the largest cities and can be very expensive. Her online model was created to make Functional Medicine accessible to the whole country, as well as some patients outside of the US. She uses video conferencing which allows her to consult with patients anywhere in the world. This allows her to achieve an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients to address the underlying causes of disease and address the specific manifestations of disease related to a patient’s genetic, biochemical and lifestyle factors.
