#198 - How functional medicine focuses on personalized health | Dr. Anjali Dsouza & Mike Haney

#198 - How functional medicine focuses on personalized health | Dr. Anjali Dsouza & Mike Haney

How is functional medicine different from traditional healthcare? Functional medicine focuses on patient-facing time and individual biomarkers for forming a comprehensive, individualized plan to empower people in matters of their health and well-being. The Western medicine model often leaves much to be desired when it comes to building a long-term relationship with a patient that helps foster their ultimate health. Listen as Dr. Anjali Dsouza and Mike Haney discuss how functional medicine—with a focus on nutrition and metabolic health—helps address mechanisms and root causes, and why this is especially important for women.


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🎙 What Dr. Anjali Dsouza & Mike Haney discuss:

(7:30) — Addressing underlying mechanisms of conditions empowers patients

(8:50) — The traditional Western medical system is built on billing codes, which isn’t optimal for patients

(13:45) — Functional medicine, by it’s true nature, is rooted in science

(15:55) — Functional medicine often focuses on nutrition, which can be difficult to study

(21:20) — How do we fix a broken healthcare system?

(32:33) — Normal ranges aren’t necessarily always optimal

(38:12) — What to do when your biomarkers are out of range

(40:50) — Group support can help implement lifestyle changes

(45:30) — Women’s health still lacks research

(47:33) — The importance of women’s health and metabolic health

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/w7dH5cj3D5s

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📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Anjali Dsouza on Instagram: https://instagram.com/anjalidsouzamd

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