What is functional medicine (FM)?
Functional medicine is a personalised approach to healthcare, which tackles the root causes of health conditions. Rather than seeing a disease or pain as an isolated problem, it takes a more holistic view to identify the real cause or causes, and thus enables us to not just restore health but to prevent the recurrence of ill-health.
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Unlike conventional medicine, which tends to separate the functions of the body into multiple isolated specialisms – cardiology, neurology, dermatology etc etc – functional medicine looks for connecting patterns in the whole person and joins the dots to form a more comprehensive picture of your overall health. For example, a skin problem could be caused by a digestive issue, which in turn could be rooted in your neurological system. Rather than giving you remedies to manage or mask the symptoms, functional medicine traces the problem right back to the source.
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In summary, a functional medicine detox is a powerful weight loss, anti-aging and wellness solution, which helps to restore nutrient deficiencies while safely removing toxins.
How does an FM
detox work?
The detox is always integrated into a 8 or 12 week health coaching programme. It can be for 7, 14 or 21 days, depending on your needs and budget.
Meals are clean, healthy and a proven mix of micro and macro nutrients to nourish your body, help the detox process, reduce and eliminate inflammation and lose weight. It’s about resetting your metabolism. The FM detox kit contains necessary supplements to remove toxins, replenish nutrients and restore balance.
Exercise is body specific too and is tailored to your current fitness and stress levels.
What is an Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP)?
The Integrative Health Practitioner Institute, where I trained, was founded by Dr Stephen Cabral, a naturopath, ayurvedic and functional medicine practitioner. His approach integrates the best techniques and tools from Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese Medicine, naturopathy, orthomolecular and functional medicine.
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As an IHP I recognise that there is no best method for helping you to achieve optimal health, and instead focus on integrating all these tools to discover the root cause of any issues you have and guide you towards making the lifestyle changes that will help you achieve your goals.
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My IHP qualification enables me to legally recommend supplements. I work with various labs/suppliers to provide supplement protocols that, alongside dietary recommendations, enable my clients to quickly detox, restore balance, replenish depleted stocks and get their bodies working to full capacity again.
Terms of practice
My advice will be tailored to support medically diagnosed conditions and/or health concerns agreed and identified by both parties.
NB. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice and treatment.
I will ask you to sign a consent form before our first consultation.
Just wow 🤩 that really is the simplest way I can describe the past 21 days of Detox I have completed with Lucy!
Over the 3 weeks under Lucy’s expert guidance I have learnt that I pretty much had to eat a lot more food than I was used to to actually get my body back in shape after a rather horrid menopause in which I’d seen my body become almost unrecognisable to me, expanding in very unwanted directions despite not changing my diet or exercise regime. By eating the right foods, having proper mealtimes, cutting out some food types and introducing some others - all of which were rather easy - I have lost almost 5kgs in weight and a combination of 36cms from different areas of my body.
So finally after 5 years of feeling like I was loosing a constant battle with myself I feel that I am on the right track to getting my body back to where I want it and to be as healthy as I can be heading ever quicker to my late 50’s. I’m now embarking on the next 5 weeks of the program to maintain the losses I’ve made and change the way I view and eat food forever!
I really can’t recommend Lucy enough, with her help I defy anyone to come away from this program not feeling like they were getting their health, life and general well being back under control.
Caralyn, 56