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True Health or Not True Health

August 2, 2018 | 140 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

I am so excited to share this Facebook Live with you. All current practitioners – both newcomers and veterans to functional medicine science – are welcome. I bring you fresh knowledge and insight into the functional medicine interconnectedness at play with some fascinating case examples of the (often huge) difference between treating disease and reversing […]

What can You learn from Davina’s case?

July 28, 2018 | 2 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

  Good day to you! Today we are celebrating another one of our AFMC-certified practitioners – and key clinical pearls we can all take from their excellent case study assessments. You will surely walk away with a string of pearls from this series.  In this video, look for key insights about exercise, cortisol, oxidative stress […]

Surprising Interconnectedness: Functional Medicine Insights on Complex Issues

July 13, 2018 | 162 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

I am so excited to share this Facebook Live 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 feature some surprising root causes of downstream dysfunction / blockage / impairment in […]

True Root Causes of Dis-Ease

June 5, 2018 | 163 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 […]

Unintended Consequences! Oral Contraceptives and Dis-ease Beginning in the Gut

May 20, 2018 | 8 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

Hormones in the gut?  Dis-ease beginning in the gut???  Check out this clinical tip for some insight on oral hormone supplementation that might surprise you! Do you know what happens when someone uses oral contraceptives or other sex hormone supplementation orally? What effect do you think hormones likely have on the gut given our precious microbiome […]

PMS Rapid Relief Pearls

May 20, 2018 | 10 Comments | Clinical Tip Team

This is the third in a four-part series about hormones, celebrating our new-and-revised Deep Dive clinical course, Sex Hormones Demystified.  In the first video, I talk about the unexpected, negative effects of oral hormone supplementation on the body.  In the second, I answer the question as to why oral progesterone helps with sleep but why other solutions […]

Myths & Missteps Hormones Balancing

May 8, 2018 | 160 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 […]

Case Study: Weight Loss, Rosacea, and Hormones

April 18, 2018 | No Comments | Clinical Tip Team

PRACTITIONER CASE: Hi Tracy, I have a 47 yr old client that is overweight (about 40 lbs) and just starting to skip menstrual cycles here and there (clearly perimenopausal), married with 4 children, one of which has an eating disorder which is very stressful for her – and she lost her job a little while […]

The Power of Organic Acids Testing

April 11, 2018 | 2 Comments | SAFM Team

Here is a sample entry from our student Q&A Treasure Chest which features hundreds of similar topics, available as an ongoing resource for our Semester students.  Remember our student body is highly diverse!  So both foundational and more complex concepts are presented. A question from a Practitioner:  I’m hoping you can help me with this patient […]

Detox Cleanse Myths & Truths

April 3, 2018 | 185 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 […]