Functional & Nutritional Medicine

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Interested in medical weight loss without surgery? The functional medicine approach to weight loss looks at the hidden causes that make it difficult to lose weight such as inflammation in the body, toxins stored in the body, disruptions of beneficial bacteria in the gut, sleeping less than six hours a night, elevated insulin preceding diabetes, [...]

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In Help Me Lose Weight Part One, I discussed how lack of sleep can create a hormonal imbalance to slow down weight loss. In today’s blog here is a question I ask everyone who is struggling to lose weight, “How often have you taken antibiotics in your life?” I ask this question because antibiotics disrupt [...]

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Help Me Lose Weight
Frequently it is necessary to look beyond diet and exercise for the hidden obstacles that make weight loss a frustrating experience. I see some patients who limit their calories too much and exercise too much to “force” the weight off. Sometimes I hear, “If I eat over 1000 calories per day I [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]