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'''Functional medicine''' is a a form of [[alternative medicine]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pal|first=Sanjoy|title=Complementary and alternative medicine: An overview|journal=Current Science|year=2002|url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/mar102002/518.pdf}}</ref><ref name=Ehrlich>{{cite journal|last=Ehrlich|first=Gillian|author2=Travis Callender |author3=Barak Gaster |title=Integrative Medicine at Academic Health Centers: A Survey of Clinicians’ Educational Backgrounds and Practices|journal=Family Medicine|date=May 2013|volume=45|issue=5|pages=330-334|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23681684|accessdate=8 October 2013}}</ref> which encompasses a number of unproven and disproven theories and treatments.<ref name=sampson1/><ref name=Sampson2>{{cite web|last=Sampson|first=Wallace|title=Functional Medicine (FM) What Is It?|url=http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/fuctional-medicine-fm-what-is-it/|work=Science Based Medicine|accessdate=20 May 2014|date=9 July 2009}}</ref> |
'''Functional medicine''' is a a form of [[alternative medicine]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pal|first=Sanjoy|title=Complementary and alternative medicine: An overview|journal=Current Science|year=2002|url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/mar102002/518.pdf}}</ref><ref name=Ehrlich>{{cite journal|last=Ehrlich|first=Gillian|author2=Travis Callender |author3=Barak Gaster |title=Integrative Medicine at Academic Health Centers: A Survey of Clinicians’ Educational Backgrounds and Practices|journal=Family Medicine|date=May 2013|volume=45|issue=5|pages=330-334|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23681684|accessdate=8 October 2013}}</ref> which encompasses a number of unproven and disproven theories and treatments.<ref name=sampson1/><ref name=Sampson2>{{cite web|last=Sampson|first=Wallace|title=Functional Medicine (FM) What Is It?|url=http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/fuctional-medicine-fm-what-is-it/|work=Science Based Medicine|accessdate=20 May 2014|date=9 July 2009}}</ref> |
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Functional medicine focuses on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems. Practitioners attempt to develop individual treatment plans for people they treat.<ref name=Ehrlich /> |
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Revision as of 19:24, 20 May 2014
Functional medicine is a a form of alternative medicine[1][2] which encompasses a number of unproven and disproven theories and treatments.[3][4]
Functional medicine focuses on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems. Practitioners attempt to develop individual treatment plans for people they treat.[2]
Concept
Functional medicine differs from mainstream medicine is its willingness to employ treatments and drugs which may not be well evidenced by clinical research,[3] including orthomolecular medicine [5] and detoxification of unevidenced toxins.[6]
Functional medicine typically seeks to provide chronic care management based on the assumption that "diet, nutrition, and exposure to environmental toxins play central roles in a predisposition to illness and "provoke symptoms, and modulate the activity of biochemical mediators through a complex and diverse set of mechanisms."[7]
Reception
In 1991, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charged that two corporations led by Jeffrey Bland, HealthComm and Nu-Day Enterprises, had falsely claimed that their diet program could cause weight loss by changing consumers' metabolism and cause them to lose weight without exercising so that fat would be lost as body heat instead of being stored.[8] In 1995, the FTC charged Bland and his companies with violating the 1991 consent order by making further unsubstantiated weight-loss claims for several products, including the UltraClear dietary program, which had been falsely claimed to reduce the incidence and severity of symptoms associated with gastrointestinal problems, inflammatory and immunologic problems, fatigue, food allergies, mercury exposure, kidney disorders, and rheumatoid arthritis. The second settlement agreement included a $45,000 civil penalty.[8]
The Institute for Functional Medicine
Jeffrey Bland, PhD, and Susan Bland founded the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) in 1993.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Pal, Sanjoy (2002). "Complementary and alternative medicine: An overview" (PDF). Current Science.
- ^ a b Ehrlich, Gillian; Travis Callender; Barak Gaster (May 2013). "Integrative Medicine at Academic Health Centers: A Survey of Clinicians' Educational Backgrounds and Practices". Family Medicine. 45 (5): 330–334. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ a b Sampson W (30 October 2008). "Functional Medicine – New Kid on the Block". Science-based Medicine.
- ^ Sampson, Wallace (9 July 2009). "Functional Medicine (FM) What Is It?". Science Based Medicine. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Center for Functional Medicine - Nutritional Medicine/Orthomolecular Medicine. http://www.centerforfunctionalmed.com/nutritional_medicine_orthomolecular_medicine.htm
- ^ Center for Functional Medicine - Detoxification/ Heavy Metals. http://www.centerforfunctionalmed.com/detoxification_heavy_metals.htm
- ^ Galland L (2006). "Patient-centered care: antecedents, triggers, and mediators". Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 12 (4): 62–70. PMID 16862744.
- ^ a b c Barrett S (11 September 2013). "Some Notes on Jeffrey Bland and Metagenics". Quackwatch. Retrieved April 2014.
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