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Using Functional Medicine to Overcome Obesity, PCOS, Joint Pain and Sleeplessness

October 16, 2019 | 1 Comment | SAFM Team

Congratulations to SAFM student and AFMC-certified practitioner, Thom!  We are celebrating his success with a client suffering from infertility, PCOS, extreme obesity, joint pain, and debilitating GI symptoms secondary to gastric sleeve surgery.  Another veritable buffet of functional medicine interconnectedness! After excellent support from Thom, this wildly satisfied client lost nearly 150 lbs (and has […]

Can you spot Histamine Intolerance?

September 28, 2019 | 22 Comments | SAFM Team

Histamine is an inflammatory mediator.  When a release of histamine is triggered it helps the immune system respond to threats (e.g. infections, allergies (which are essentially the body’s “imagined” threats)).  Capillaries are dilated to increase circulation and become more permeable to help white blood cells get to where they are needed.  This is helpful when […]

Deep Dive on True Root Causes of Arthritis for Practitioners

September 23, 2019 | 88 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

Hi! I am so excited to share this Facebook Live and THESE POWERFUL PEARLS of functional medicine with you. At SAFM we honor that scientific knowledge is always evolving. That’s why we regularly revise our content in light of new research findings. This information is CRITICAL for ALL practitioner modalities. Are you confident in your […]

True Root Causes of Dis-Ease for Practitioners

August 28, 2019 | 105 Comments | Greg Dawson

Hi! I am so excited to share this Facebook Live and THESE POWERFUL PEARLS of functional medicine with you. At SAFM we honor that scientific knowledge is always evolving. That’s why we regularly revise our content in light of new research findings. This information is CRITICAL for ALL practitioner modalities. Are you confident in your […]

The Power of Functional Medicine Interconnectedness

August 10, 2019 | 215 Comments | SAFM Team

Hi! I am so excited to share this Facebook Live and THESE POWERFUL PEARLS of functional medicine with you.  At SAFM we teach our students to be both confident and highly skilled at “puzzle piecing” and finding the interconnectedness between pieces of each patient’s unique case. In this presentation, I’ll share a few staples but […]

Talking Turkey with Wildly Successful Practitioners

August 7, 2019 | 11 Comments | SAFM Team

Welcome! In this session, I dive into busting some myths and straight-talking some truths about business success.  I share a model I’ve personally enjoyed the past decade supporting a thousand clients of my own.  Best of all, I have four SAFM students with me sharing their own stories of successful , fulfilling practices. This is an […]

Weight Loss Pearls from Functional Medicine Science

August 1, 2019 | 19 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

When a new client or patient walks into your office or drops into your inbox with the phrase, “I am just desperate to lose weight”, do you wince?  Many practitioners who are savvy with other entrenched chronic dis-ease dynamics find requests for sustainable weight loss to be particularly daunting.  Because, as we all well know, […]

Blood-Sugar-Busting Berberine: a Diabetes Solution

July 24, 2019 | 94 Comments | SAFM Team

  Insulin resistance, the common root cause of Type 2 Diabetes, is truly epidemic in our society. Whether we realize it yet or not, I believe every one of us has a practice loaded with patients or clients with suboptimal blood sugar control and related metabolic issues. The good news is that Type 2 diabetes […]

Functional medicine is NOT enough

July 1, 2019 | 9 Comments | SAFM Team

One of our prospective students asked a question of me a few years ago that I simply have to share. A practitioner asked, “I totally get the power of functional medicine. But if someone goes to see a good FM doc, why in the world would they still need a health coach?” Well, because functional medicine […]

Deep Dive on Skin Health for Practitioners

June 10, 2019 | 6 Comments | SAFM Team

Hi! I am so excited to share this Facebook Live and THESE POWERFUL PEARLS of functional medicine with you. At SAFM we honor that scientific knowledge is always evolving. That’s why we regularly revise our content in light of new research findings. This information is CRITICAL for ALL practitioner modalities. Are you confident in your […]