Name: Long COVID & the Functional Medicine Approach to Care by Pathways to Well-Being
Duration: 44 min 44 s
Description: In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, functional medicine expert Dr. Elroy Vojdani discusses long COVID and how personalized care that addresses root causes may help.

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Toxins and environmental chemicals pervade our everyday lives, and the human body has adapted over the years to withstand the increasing volume and complexities of these exposures. However, chronic exposure to known carcinogenic substances present in the environment, our indoor spaces, and even in the products we use, may contribute to significant health risks. When should clinicians begin to suspect toxicity as a contributing factor to disease and cancer? In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being Dr. Robert Rountree, discusses the connections between toxicant exposure and cancer risk, highlighting the critical role of the body’s detoxification pathways and offering key preventive strategies.


Click to view full transcript: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/environmental-toxicants-cancer-exposure-risks-and-the-path-forward/

Environmental Toxins & Cancer: Exposure, Risks, and the Path Forward

Metabolic dysfunction is common in many communities and contributes to many of the most debilitating chronic diseases across the globe. The spectrum of metabolic function includes several points for intervention both before and after the diagnosis of conditions such as type 2 diabetes. The functional medicine approach to assessing and treating metabolic dysfunction involves a personalized approach to each patient, including understanding the root causes of each patient’s issues and developing individualized treatment plans to address those specific causes. Researchers recently proposed a system for subtyping type 2 diabetes cases that may aid clinicians with pattern recognition and lead to therapeutic plans that are more tailored to each diabetes patient. On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, we welcome Dr. Yousef Elyaman to discuss the functional medicine approach to metabolic health and how subtyping of diabetes might help clinicians identify and treat patients with metabolic dysfunction.

Click to view episodes transcript: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/diabetes-subtypes-and-individualized-approaches-to-metabolic-health/.

Diabetes Subtypes and Individualized Approaches to Metabolic Health

Whole Health and the Whole Health approach received a lot of attention in 2023. The move toward a cultural transformation in care delivery to include both prevention and treatment with conventional and complementary approaches that embed each patient in a “circle of health” was noted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as a potential model for higher-value care nationally. Prioritizing a person-centered, integrated approach to health care that focuses on health creation and well-being by incorporating patients’ goals into their health care changes the focus from “What’s the matter with you?” to “What matters to you?” If that sounds a lot like functional medicine, it should; these two models of care are aligned in many ways. Today, we welcome IFM CEO Amy R. Mack, along with IFM Directors of Medical Education Drs. Robert Luby and Dan Lukaczer, for a conversation through the lens of Whole Health, with a look back on the important themes that emerged in 2023 and a look ahead to what is to come for the Whole Health approach and functional medicine.

View episodes full transcript: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/whole-health-and-functional-medicine-2023-and-beyond/

Whole Health and Functional Medicine in 2023 and Beyond

Intermittent fasting may be an appropriate therapeutic approach for some patients and has been associated with improved health across a range of areas.1-4 Research suggests that the potential benefits of fasting work through multiple pathways from reducing oxidative stress to triggering autophagy. What are potential benefits when intermittent fasting therapies are used in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease? And how can the latest research help inform clinical interventions? In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, intermittent fasting expert Dr. Jason Fung joins us to discuss the fasting-heart health connection and how personalized intermittent fasting treatments may help improve patient outcomes.

Click to view episodes transcript: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/intermittent-fasting-and-heart-health/.

Intermittent Fasting and Heart Health

The oral and gut microbiomes have a complex relationship influenced by several factors, including the micronutrients, macronutrients, and phytochemicals that we consume. Research suggests that the intestinal microbiome can be influenced by diet, and that these dietary interventions, while they may not result in the same responsiveness in all patients, may improve the symptoms and outcomes of a broad spectrum of diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, colorectal cancer, cardiovascular disease, and more. Today on Pathways to Well-Being we are talking with Megan Barnett, functional medicine nutritionist, about the oral-systemic connection and the role of personalized nutrition on these microbiota. We will be discussing how the oral microbiome influences inflammatory pathways via the gut creating dysbiosis, and how personalized nutrition may help bring the body back into balance.

The Oral-Systemic Connection & Personalized Nutrition Interventions

In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, functional medicine expert Dr. Elroy Vojdani discusses long COVID and how personalized care that addresses root causes may help.

Long COVID & the Functional Medicine Approach to Care

In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, Dr. Kate Kresge from Rupa Health discusses nutrition, exercise, and functional lab testing in the context of ADHD management.

Click to view episodes transcript: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/podcast-march-2024-adhd-management/

ADHD Management: The Benefits of Lifestyle-Based Interventions & Functional Lab Testing

In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, we welcome Dr. Liz Lipski to discuss the importance of micronutrients and how emphasizing these components in personalized therapeutic food plans may benefit a patient’s health.

Read episode transcript here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/podcast-april-2024-micronutrient-deficiencies-processed-foods/

Micronutrient Deficiencies, Ultra-Processed Foods, & Personalized Food Plans

In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, we welcome 2024 AIC speaker Dr. Michael Ash to discuss what we know about the phytobiome and its potential implications for planetary and human health

View episode transcript: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/podcast-april-2024-phytobiome-planteray-health/

The Phytobiome, Planetary Health, and Human Disease

In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, we welcome 2024 AIC speaker Dr. Deanna Minich to discuss the
intricate relationship between the changing seasons, circadian rhythms, the foods we eat, and our health

How the Changing Seasons Impact Nutrition, Health, & the Body’s Internal Clock

Functional medicine uses the latest advances in the areas of genomics, epigenetics, nutrition, and lifestyle to find personalized solutions that lead to improved patient outcomes. Now, more than ever, the functional medicine approach is critical to address the rising tide of chronic disease and increase resilience among the most vulnerable populations in the time of a pandemic. Everyone deserves to find their own pathway to optimal health, which requires expanding access to high quality medical care for all individuals. Pathways to Well-being is a clinician-focused podcast that will feature leading practitioners and researchers from around the world engaged in conversations about the foundations of health, the latest medical advances from the front lines of health care, and the ways in which we can all help increase access to quality functional medicine care for everyone.

Long COVID & the Functional Medicine Approach to Care

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