What is functional medicine?

Functional medicine is based on four principles:

Biochemical Individuality – We each have unique genetic heritage. We are unique in how we digest our food, metabolize nutrients and drugs and how we age. Even identical twins have biochemical uniqueness.

Health Is A Positive Vitality – Health is not only the absence of disease but the presence of physical, mental and social well-being. (World Health Organization Criteria – 1952)

Homeodynamics, Not Homeostasis – We maintain bodily functions such as temperature, blood pressure, fluids, electrolyte balance and myriad other physiological functions within an ever-fluctuating and dynamic range of viability unique to each individual.

Health Is A Complex Web – We are all interacting physical systems and feedback loops of mutual interdependence designed for optimal immune, hormonal, neurological and cardiovascular functioning.