Health & Wellness
Nutrition, Wellness, & Functional Medicine. Whether you’ve been introduced to functional medicine before or are just learning about it for the first time, health and nutrition play a larger role in functional medicine than you likely realize. In fact, an abundance of integrative medicine treatment comes down to nutrition and wellness. Functional medicine is a medical practice that looks at diseases from a holistic standpoint.
The goal is always to determine and prevent the root causes which enabled the disease in the first place. Nutrition and lifestyle choices are often two of the most common places to start.
Nutrition
When we look at a plethora of chronic illnesses, improper nutrition is a root cause we see time and time again. While this makes sense for some chronic diseases such as Type II Diabetes and obesity, nutrition plays a vital role in the prevention of other diseases.
Take Alzheimer’s disease, for example. Studies have shown links between cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, meaning the same things that cause many cardiovascular conditions — i.e. improper diet and lack of exercise — can be connected to Alzheimer’s development as well.
By identifying improper nutrition as a potential root cause of Alzheimer’s, we can help you create a heart-healthy diet and eating plan.
Wellness.
Health & Wellness can mean many different things to different people. Here at Apostol IFM, we include mental wellness and take stress as a major factor in underlying symptoms. Stress can contribute to a number of chronic diseases and it is important to address these issues to prevent the onset of illness.
We know we live in a stressful world and these factors look different for every patient – it could be work, finances, family life, or a myriad of other things. When left unmanaged, these stresses begin to take over many parts of your health and wellness, potentially leading to illnesses you may not have thought of, including Type II Diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and depression. We work to help you manage your stress throughout the entirety of your treatment.
Nutritional Guidance & Functional Medicine
We know by now that nutrition is a crucial part of functional medicine; now let’s look at some of the specifics we offer at Apostol IFM. Remember, no two treatment plans are identical when it comes to functional medicine.
Every patient has different factors affecting their disease, so it only makes sense that our treatment plans are curated for everyone individually.