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Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy: Principles and Practices This textbook is a
practical guide to the application of the philosophy and
principles of Integrative and Functional Medical
Nutrition Therapy (IFMNT) in the practice of
medicine, and the key role nutrition plays in restoring
and maintaining wellness. The textbook provides an
overview of recent reviews and studies of physiological
and biochemical contributions to IFMNT and address
nutritional influences in human heath overall, including
poor nutrition, genomics, environmental
toxicant exposures, fractured human interactions, limited
physical movement, stress, sleep deprivation, and other
lifestyle factors. Ultimately, this textbook serves to
help practitioners, healthcare systems, and policy makers
better understand this different and novel approach to
complex chronic disorders. It provides the reader with
real world examples of applications of the underlying
principles and practices of integrative/functional
nutrition therapies and presents the most up-to-date
intervention strategies and clinical tools to help the
reader keep abreast of developments in this emerging
specialty field. Many chapters include comprehensive
coverage of the topic and clinical applications with
supplementary learning features such as case studies,
take-home messages, patient and practitioner handouts,
algorithms, and suggested readings.
Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy: Principles and Practices will serve as an invaluable guide for healthcare professionals in their clinical application of nutrition, lifestyle assessment, and intervention for each unique, individual patient. "Textbook of Clinical
Nutrition and Functional Medicine,
Volume 1: Essential Knowledge for Safe Action and
Effective Treatment" (2016) updates and extends the
previous Inflammation Mastery / Functional Inflammology,
Volume 1 (2014); this 2-volume work is also published in
the single volume of "Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition"
(2016). This work is the culmination of several thousand
research publications combined with Dr Vasquez’s many
years of clinical experience and teaching graduate-level
students and doctorate-level clinicians worldwide. With
radiographs, photos, acronyms, illustrations,
flowcharts, and detailed-yet-simplifying explanations,
Dr Vasquez makes it easier than ever for clinicians to
grasp important concepts in integrative care and
functional medicine and then to translate the basic
science research and molecular biology into treatment
plans that can be explained and used in “the real world”
of clinical practice with patients. The associated video
tutorials and recorded live conference presentations
further help students and clinicians “get it” via Dr
Vasquez’s effective teaching style which embraces
complexity while always emphasizing clinical
applicability and psychosocial context. The Inflammation
Mastery & Functional Inflammology series of books
and videos translates important concepts and
nutritional/biomedical science into easy and practical
clinical applications for the prevention and treatment
of disorders of sustained inflammation, which Dr Vasquez
describes as “patterns of metabolic disturbance and
inflammatory dysfunction” existing in three sequential
and overlapping categories: 1) metabolic inflammation,
2) allergic inflammation, 3) autoimmune inflammation.
This book includes access to video presentations which
introduce the origin and components of the Functional
Inflammology Protocol and FINDSEX® acronym.
Post-publication updates to this information and
important social and clinical contextualization are made
available in videos and online repositories (access
provided in the book), and the e-newsletter available
from ICHNFM.ORG. This textbook also provides access, via
reprints or hyperlinks, to Dr Vasquez’s published
articles—an example of which is his recent
paradigm-shifting editorial published in the journal
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (2014
January). The updated section on pain management allows
students and clinicians to understand and apply manual,
pharmacologic, nutritional and botanical medicine
treatments for musculoskeletal pain, thereby providing
better relief for patients and avoiding the hazards of
NSAIDs, coxibs, steroids, opioids, immunosuppressants
and biologics.
Functional Medicine in Primary Care: Together, We Will Get You Better Did you go into medicine
because you wanted to help people, but you’re feeling
burnt out? Are you tired of treating every ill with a
pill? Are you a patient, who just wants to tell your
story, have somebody put it all together, and
ultimately, help you get well? If you answered yes to
these questions, Dr. Herbst’s book, Functional Medicine
in Primary Care, is the answer for you!! For ALL- As you
follow her journey through her illness and recovery, the
reason Dr. Herbst is passionate about incorporating
Functional Medicine into primary care, will be obvious.
The clinical pearls she offers are relevant to chronic
illness treatment and prevention. You will learn
measures, easily put into action for many potential
diseases… (cognitive decline, diabetes, hypertension,
and many more.) The reader will also find supporting
medical literature- giving you confidence to implement functional
medicine- for the best health outcome
possible!! For clinicians- Dr. Herbst gives information,
tips and techniques on how to hear (and analyze) the
patient’s story, in a short amount of time. For
patients- To be heard, Dr Herbst provides
recommendations to optimize your office visit. Not to
mention, the chapters are full of quick and easy
lifestyle applications. Dr Aunna Herbst’s Functional
Medicine in Primary Care book shares pertinent
information about genetics, biochemistry and
pathophysiology. Learn many life changing tips on how to
diagnose and treat common ailments seen in primary care
office visits-including how to optimize thyroid
function, achieve diabetes reversal, identify key
nutrient deficiencies and genetic polymorphisms for
which modifiable lifestyle changes can decrease disease
risk, and much, much more! It is a life changing read
for patients and healthcare providers alike, who want to
truly help patients and for patients who want help
restoring their health!!
Functional Medicine: The New Standard Dr. Kevin Hoffarth
graduated from medical school in 2000, and completed his
family medicine residency at Creighton University in
2003. In his first ten years as a family physician, he
worked in every area of medicine possible; from births
to deaths and everything in between. During those years
in the trenches, he realized that how he was taught to
approach the ailments of his patients could be vastly
improved upon. It was then that he decided to embark on
a medical journey to seek out and learn the new
philosophies and ways of more effectively treating 21st
century medical issues. In his book, Dr. Hoffarth guides
us through the knowledge he has gathered across this
journey, his 7 years of experience implementing what he
learned along the way, and the appreciation he has
gained towards the ties that bind us all. He will walk
you through his application of treating the 5
“S.T.A.M.P” triggers, along with his basic principles on
tackling illness, building discipline, and learning how
to be your best self both physically and mentally. In
light of today’s pandemic, the SARS-nCoV-2019 virus’s
game plan is to hurt the most vulnerable, and spread to
as many people as possible. In traditional medical
terminology, vulnerability is determined by
"pre-existing conditions", and the bar for those is
lower than you think. In his book, Dr. Hoffarth
colorfully explains what healthy really looks like in
terms of how our body functions, and what you may
unknowingly be missing. Through following his guidance,
you'll find that your optimal self is easy to obtain,
and that fear of illness can take a back seat to living
your life. He takes the brilliant complexities of our
body and explain them in a way that is easily digestible
and effortlessly implementable. No other book brings
everything you need to know about your body into a
single read.
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