It’s definitely one of the most common, true root causes of disease:  Toxicity. In today’s modern “better living through chemistry” world, we may be exposed to more toxic threats on a daily basis than early man had to deal with over a year – or even a lifetime.   Toxicity is an important functional medicine […]

Thank you for joining us! This pearl-packed video includes dozens of practical tips I have learned over a decade of practice – and supporting thousands of patients a clients of my own and of our students.  There are specific steps involved in wildly (vs. mildly) satisfying the clients and patients you serve. Check out what […]

Congratulations to SAFM student and AFMC-certified practitioner, Amina!  We are celebrating her success helping a young woman struggling with many symptoms of hyperthyroid function, likely accompanied by high stress hormones.  This is a powerful case example of what is possible when you simply don’t have the option of getting deeper or more esoteric functional lab […]

(This is a sample entry from the SAFM Q&A Treasure Chest, a tool with hundreds of entries to support students with their client needs. Students get unlimited access as part of SAFM’s functional medicine training program.) Student Question: A potential client of mine was just diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and given a depressing prognosis. Are you familiar […]

Hormone imbalance is often an upstream root cause in many of our patients’ challenges.  We know this.  Our challenge is that so much practitioner education overly simplifies hormone dynamics.  Sure, distilling information down to core pearls is a worthy goal (one I am very passionate about).  But many times, information is simplified to the point […]

As a practitioner, you already know this:  labwork data is helpful.   Sometimes, very helpful. Many of you have heard me say it a hundred times: Test; don’t Guess.  Wherever possible, I recommend we use objective lab data to help identify the root causes of our patients’ dis-ease, imbalance, and blockage. Sure, it’s only one part […]

Unlike many other light-and-fluffy, fly-by-night, or I-went-to-a-weekend-class “certifications”, our program was designed from the beginning to be highly credible, rigorous, and to truly certify that a practitioner has deep and demonstrated knowledge of functional medicine principles.  Skills that potential clients and medical practice hiring managers both value.  Our students are setting themselves apart from their […]

I had the great pleasure of a few minutes on stage – live – at the Functional Forum’s (FF) December gathering in Manhattan.  (In case you’re not familiar, the FF is the largest ongoing, online hub of functional medicine practitioners, especially physicians.)  With this audience in particular, I wanted to highlight what I know to […]

 Weight loss (especially hip, thigh, and belly fat) is a common client and patient focus area.  Sometimes they are unable to move beyond a loss plateau along their journey, or they inexplicably start to gain weight back.   Or their debilitating symptoms get worse!  Because we store many dangerous and ubiquitous toxins in our […]

Did you catch the first video in this series? Most physicians still rely on fasting glucose to indicate when a patient has a problem with blood sugar management that needs more investigation.  Most often chronically elevated blood sugar is caused by insulin resistance.  Unfortunately, fasting glucose elevated outside the typical reference range happens after insulin […]