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What is Functional Medicine?

It goes by many names that you might have heard: integrative, personalized, natural, orthomolecular, regenerative and many more. 

Despite the different names, the fundamental process that drives these disciplines are the same.

This process can best be summarized as that of individualized treatment and investigations aimed at identifying the cause

Sometimes the best way to understand a concept is to view it as compared to its opposite 

Conventional

Functional

Disease and pathology 

Health and prevention

Treats

the symptoms

Treats

the cause

Reactive

Proactive

Standardized protocol

Individualized protocol

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