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Functional Medicine determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual.
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The Most Comprehensive Functional Medicine Training & Education Available
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, September 2019 (AFMCP)
Seattle, WA
2019 Annual International Conference (AIC)
San Antonio, TX
Hormone Advanced Practice Module 2019 (APM)
Denver, CO
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, September 2019 (AFMCP)
Seattle, WA
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, September 2019 (AFMCP)
Seattle, WA
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2019 Annual International Conference (AIC)
San Antonio, TX
Hormone Advanced Practice Module 2019 (APM)
Denver, CO
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, September 2019 (AFMCP)
Seattle, WA
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Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP)
New Online Dates Announced!
The premier course in Functional Medicine, Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP), provides practitioners with Functional Medicine training—and IFM has now made it available both in-person and online.
Read MoreWhat Your Patients’ Nails Reveal About Their Nutrition
Physical examination of the nails offers clinicians rapid insights into patient history and pathology, and can help focus diagnostic considerations without the use of extensive tests. Most nutrient deficiencies, autoimmune diseases, and systemic diseases will show signs on the nails before they show up in any other clinical or laboratory findings.
Read MoreDr. Will Cole’s New Book, Ketotarian, Combines Ketogenic Eating With a Plant-Based Diet
Will Cole, DC, a certified Functional Medicine practitioner, has penned a new book titled Ketotarian, which offers a twist on the popular keto diet: one that combines the fat-burning power of ketogenic eating with the benefits of a plant-based diet. READ MORE
Intestinal Permeability & Associated Diseases
Dietary changes, chronic alcohol consumption, stress, the use of antibiotics, and other environmental factors, as well as genetic factors, can lead to alterations in the gut microbiota, which in turn may induce intestinal inflammation and increase intestinal permeability. As clinicians, how can we help patients with dysbiotic microbiota? READ MORE