Functional & Nutritional Medicine

Functional Medicine
Mark Hyman M.D., bestselling author, is the current chairman of the board of the Institute of Functional Medicine. Through his appearances, books and his website Dr. Hyman promotes Functional Medicine for the chronic illness crisis in  our country and the world. Functional medicine can be thought of as a new “operating system” for chronic [...]

Decrease Risk of Diabetes
In this video Mark Hyman M.D. of the Institute of Functional Medicine, reviews some easy common sense steps to decrease risk of diabetes and pre-diabetes. Did you know that rye bread contains special fibers that decrease blood sugar? So rye bread can be thought of as a “medical food” to help people [...]

Some commonly prescribed medications for irritable bowel syndrome or IBS are dicyclomine (Bentyl) for muscle spasms, hyoscyamine (Levsin , Levbid) anti-spasmodic. Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, omeprazole (Zegrid),  pantoprazole (Protonix) and Aciphex all acid blockers. A wide variety of laxatives, stool softeners and constipation agents are also prescribed. These are considered standard treatments by GI and primary [...]

FirstLine Therapy Tucson
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In this short video Dr. Oz discusses five important factors that can help promote a longer and healthier life. They seem so simple you might ask why doesn’t every one follow them. Yet these simple lifestyle changes can help prevent the most [...]

Metagenics, a specialized nutraceutical company, works through doctors and health care professionals to decrease disease risk through lifestyle changes, diet and high quality medical foods and nutritional supplements. Yes many people want to lose weight but just weight loss without an understanding of how multiple disease risk factors can be reduced for the long term [...]