Foundations of Functional Medicine

Latest Episodes:

Stress and Relaxation - Foundations of Functional Medicine - Episode 004 Aug 13, 2020

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In this [long-awaited, yet very timely] podcast episode, Dr. Hartman addresses the third pillar of the foundations of Functional Medicine: Stress & Relaxation. What is stress? How does it affect our health, and is it an issue currently in our culture? What are some new scientific insights that are helping us understand the importance of stress on our health, and what can we do to utilize these new insights to optimize our health? Listen in for answers to these questions and lots of resources to help you manage stress and anxiety effectively.

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky

CDC study 2012

APA reference on stress

Blog Post on Sleep

Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman PhD

4-7-8 Technique

The Float Zone (local to us, but have great educational info about floating as well)

Muse™️

HeartMath

Alpha-Stim

BrainWave™️ Binaural beats app

Diet and Nutrition: Pros and Cons of Specific Diets - Foundations of Functional Medicine - Episode 003 Mar 12, 2020

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In this episode, Dr. Hartman continues the discussion of the first pillar of functional medicine, Diet and Nutrition. This episode continues where episode 2 left off and looks more deeply into specific diets trending today. If you’ve wondered what is the difference between Paleo, Autoimmune Protocol (AIP), Nutritional Ketosis (or Keto), Grain-free vs. Gluten-free, Vegetarian or Vegan as well as which diet may be the right one to choose to support your own health goals, this episode will be both accessible and informative.

Links Mentioned:

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living

Article on Efficacy of AIP Diet for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Whole 30

The Wahls Protocol

The End of Alzheimer's

The Autoimmune Paleo Plan

www.siboinfo.com

Anti-Candida Diet

Info about FODMAP diet

GAPS diet

All Diets from IFM on Our Website

Diet and Nutrition - Foundations of Functional Medicine - Episode 002 Jan 24, 2020

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In this episode, Dr. Hartman of Richmond Integrative and Functional Medicine begins to discuss the pillars of functional medicine. These are the foundations upon which everything else is built. The first of these is Diet and Nutrition. You can listen in as he explores these modifiable lifestyle factors and learn more deeply how they affect our health. There are as many different diets as there are people groups on the planet. So the question is this—how can diets in such different people groups, in different climates, and different places in the world have the same relative outcome, longevity and health?

Links:

Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"

“Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” Weston A Price

"The Soil and Health: A Study of Organic Agriculture" Sir Albert Howard

Phytonutrient Spectrum Food Guide

Sauerkraut recipe

What is Functional Medicine? - Foundations of Functional Medicine - Episode 001 Jan 24, 2020

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In this episode, Dr. Hartman of Richmond Integrative and Functional Medicine shares part of his, and his family’s, story that led him to pursue functional and integrative medicine training and to open his functional medical practice. He shares how adopting their children and handling the challenges of raising kids with special needs led to significant lifestyle changes and to a questioning of his own approach to practicing medicine. He also shares a glimpse at some of the dramatic changes that he and his wife observed in their children’s health and developmental progress. In the second part of the episode, he addresses the question, “What is integrative and functional medicine?” Many people have begun to hear about it, but often still have questions about what it really means and how it is different, and similar to, conventional medicine. He explains that functional and integrative medicine is a patient-centered, systems approach that seeks to stretch beyond treating and managing symptoms to discover the root causes of disease. He discusses how sleep, relaxation, exercise and movement, nutrition, stress, and relationships affect our health and how functional and integrative medicine view these factors as foundational to the pursuit of wellness and health. The ultimate goal is wellness, not maximizing medical interventions.

Links:

Cerebral Palsy Growth Chart Quell Device

Dr. Amy Yasko, MD

Academy of Integrative and Holistic Medicine Dr. Alan Gaby, MD

Dr. Joseph Pizzorno Textbook of Natural Medicine

The Institute for Functional Medicine

Zonulin Research Article for Zonulin and Leaky Gut

Tree Reference from Blog