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Old Oct 31, 2014, 10:38 AM
ChangingMyMind ChangingMyMind is offline
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Originally Posted by kiwi33 View Post
I do not in the least intend this to be challenging but as far as I can see "functional medicine" is just one of the many and mutually exclusive versions of comp/alt med.

I confess that my BS detector quivers when a health practitioner uses a question-begging term like "functional medicine" to describe their approach.

A question for you to ponder:

Do you know of any health practitioners who advocate "dysfunctional medicine" or "non-functional medicine"?

Caveat emptor.
Well functional medicine is just looking at the root cause of your issues and not focusing on treating the symptoms. They still use traditional medicine if needed. They view the body as a whole system and treat it as such to get everything in balance.
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Thanks for this!
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