The key component of Functional Medicine focuses on the impact of diet towards overall health and body function. Through examining our digestive, immune and detoxification systems; medical practitioners are able to connect the role of nutrition in chronic diseases.
80% of the immune system is contained in the gastrointestinal system hence issues with immunity are highly likely to be related to a faulty digestion.
Functional Medicine maintains that chronic disease is almost always preceded by a period of declining health in one or more of the body's systems. Thus, medical practitioners seek to identify early onset of symptoms that indicate underlying dysfunction, possibly leading to diseases.
A vital way of addressing declining health is through the ingestion of food and nutrients needed to restore function. This is of course, the more cost-effective and non-invasive intervention that aims to halt the progression into disease developments.
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