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The Revolution Happening in the Evolution of Medicine

[fa icon="calendar'] Feb 21, 2020 1:30:00 PM / by Isadora Guggenheim

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Functional medicine is a coined term that describes a medical lens to look through to identify the root causes of disease.  Identifying the cause of any condition is beneficial for both practitioner and patient because an intelligent treatment protocol is more likely to work, reduce the time to heal and make the patient feel better and confident about the treatment in less time.
Naturopathic medicine is primary care today and medicine for the future.  

Functional medicine has become the new banner of alternative medicine.

MD's take a week long seminar to become certified in functional medicine. ND's are required to take functional medicine in medical school and put the theory into practice during thousands of supervised clinical hours.

This is in addition to botanical medicine, homeopathy, manipulation, nutrition (over 2000 hours), hydrotherapy, acupuncture, I.V. therapies, imaging and diagnostics, labs, pharmacology, lifestyle counseling, physical therapy, exercise physiology and several other courses.  ND's are functional gut experts trained with the message of "Treat the Gut" first imprinted from day one in medical school.

I believe ND's are the only trained and licensed doctors in lifestyle counseling. This is where you sit down with a patient and make realistic lifestyle changes. You walk the patient through their transformation. 

I have compassion for MD's who are brainwashed, rewarded and punished within their system. I did not have free lunches or pens in medical school and I'm glad that I had a relatively untainted experience with no compromise to my critical thought. When MD medical students at Harvard questioned the use of statins in a cardio class they were censored and suspended. I guess you don't question big Pharma.  

Listening to the speakers, there are many MD's and general population who might think that progressive MD's invented functional medicine which ND's have been practicing for years. Finding the root cause of disease and doctor as teacher are part of the 9 tenets of naturopathic medicine. It is part of an ND's oath.  

Naturopathic medicine is the primary care of today and the future. ND's have been unacknowledged in medicine and co-opted by other groups who claim the tenets of Naturopathic Medicine as their own.  

I see myself on the medicine wheel where I stand in equal importance with chefs, other nutritionists, health coaches, doctors, nurses, homeopaths, acupuncturists, herbalists, colonic therapists and exercise experts. 

We need a revolution within the evolution of medicine.  We need to confront uncomfortable topics like: money, race and gender.  I am hoping that people of color will become future ND's and holistic health coaches so that communities of color will be better served.  We have to break the barriers.

You can have a free phone consult with me and you'll receive an individualized treatment protocol for 3 months. Take advantage of my revolution within the evolution of Medicine.  Get Healthy Today! 

Topics: Healthy Living

Isadora Guggenheim

Written by Isadora Guggenheim

Isadora Guggenheim, ND, FNP, RN, MS, CNS, LMT, owner of Second Nature Naturopathic Care, LLC
For all appointments: Tel: 845 358-8385 Fax: 845 358-2963 drguggenheim@msn.com