From time to time even I have to be reminded about how important it is after any type of treatment that the after care is just as vital as the treatments themselves. Just this week I was reminded of this by the doctor that treated me and the director of the facility that keeps me grounded. When treating a disease, Functional Medicine is an individual type of treatment, which depends upon the patient, genetics, environment and other factors. When my husband Dan and I were treated for cancer, I was told that cancer just did not happen overnight. This is much like gaining weight, does the weight come off without dieting or exercising – no. So why do we expect that cancer will leave right awa
Before we can begin, we first need to know the meaning of the word root. Its the base, foundation, basic part, basic element of anything. We all know this as a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutrients and moisture. To a human, it is our immune system. The immune system is a system of many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. We all come to the understanding that one is born into this world and also know that we leave this world. However, the key to all of this is the quality of life one enjoys during the time on earth. The big picture
A series of writings from me; Sheryl Malin, a passionate person sharing her experience with Functional Medicine. Not just the symptom, but the cause – root of a disease. ADVISE FROM A TREE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE How valuable is your health worth? When we get sick we go to the doctor to get fixed up. They ask you how you feel and go by your symptoms. They take tests on you to rule out any issues you may have to find the disease and then treat it with a pill. But do they find out the cause, the root of why you have been feeling the way you do and why the disease is there. No, not normally! For six years, I have been studying on how I might have ended up with breast cancer and why I chose Fu
Functional Medicine and its support for Cancer. Understanding the root causes to your disease will help you identify additional modalities which can boost your metabolism and significantly lengthen survival.
In going through any type of medical treatment, the most import step in keeping your body healthy is changing your lifestyle. I was told by my functional medicine doctor, that the treatments are the easiest part of recovering from a disease and the hardest is you keeping up with a lifestyle. You are what you eat!!! This is one of the most important steps to continue to create a healthy way of living. Another change would be to lower stress, this change will be by meditation and exercising. I suggest go to the park and by walking and relaxing in nature you are doing both exercising and meditation. Going out dancing or even participating in a sport you therefore are exercising. Just as im
