The principles of Functional Medicine are anchored by an unraveling of the core imbalances that underlie, or cause ill health. Rather than simply offering a treatment for the symptoms of a problem, it looks at the root causes that might come from the client’s environment, nutrition, genetic attributes, and even psychological state.
Functional Tests in Clinic
This clinical approach uses the client’s personal story as a key tool for integrating signs and symptoms, and ultimately diagnosis. Evidence of clinical imbalances are integrated into a comprehensive approach to improve both the client’s environmental inputs and their physiological function.
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TOTAL NUTRITION EVALUATION
NutrEval® provides a framework of core nutrients in 5 key areas: Antioxidants, B Vitamins, Digestive Support, Essential Fatty Acids, and Minerals.
STRESS CORTISOL TEST
The Adrenal Stress Profile is a powerful and precise noninvasive salivary assay that evaluates bioactive levels of the body’s important stress hormones, cortisol and DHEA. This profile serves as a critical tool for uncovering biochemical imbalances underlying anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, obesity, dysglycemia, and a host of other clinical condition
OPTIMUM NUTRITION EVALUATION
ONE FMV™ nutritional test helps to give an understanding of individual diet and supplementation needs, and offers a personalized functional nutrition assessment covering Antioxidants, B Vitamins, Digestive Support, and Minerals.
Nutritional deficiencies can be a factor of many complex chronic conditions, and ONE FMV™ utilises an easy first-morning urine collection (called a first morning void) to provide nutritional recommendations based on a patient’s individual nutritional test results. Clinicians commonly use such nutritional testing to determine the nutritional deficiencies that are at the root of chronic conditions.