Rest. Relaxation. Recreation. I like to call it vitamin R. What do you do for rest, relaxation, and recreation? Most of us have been conditioned to “do, do, do,” and we forget to “rest, rest, rest.” The “do, do, do” causes the hormone cortisol to get out of balance, and this—as you probably know by…
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Brandon Epstein talks about the simple things that busy people can start doing today to help increase our energy, improve our mental focus. Brandon Epstein is a health and performance coach, as well as the host of the Entrepreneur Fitness Podcast. His mission…
All the researchers are talking about it these days—inflammation. What is inflammation exactly? Think about if you sprained your ankle. What would you notice? Swelling, redness, pain, heat. These are the four cardinal signs of inflammation. But what does that have to do with fatigue? The more inflammation you have, the more cortisol your body…
When it comes to exercise, more is not necessarily better. If your metabolism is broken, the more exercise you do will actually further damage your metabolism, and the more fatigue you will feel. You may be this person, or you may know this person: Despite eating fewer and fewer calories and exercising like a crazy,…
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Dr. Janae Devika talks about how to use essential oils for health and wellness. Dr. Janae Devika is a Family Nurse Practitioner whose main focus is functional medicine and medical nutrition. Dr. Janae has been practicing the healing arts for over 16…
Sleep “hygiene” is a term we use to describe the necessary factors for promoting good sleep. You’ve heard of oral hygiene—the necessary factors to promote good oral health, like brushing and flossing regularly. Well, there’s sleep hygiene too. Good Night, Light! One of the easiest tools I have found to improve quality of sleep across…
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Dr. Terry Wahls talks about how she used Functional Medicine and Paleo principles to cure her MS. Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she teaches internal medicine residents, sees patients in a traumatic…
It almost goes without saying that in order to help treat fatigue, you need to make sure you’re getting a good night’s rest. There are multiple reasons why people do not sleep well. Low Blood Sugar Insomnia Sometimes the blood sugar dips down too low at night, and this triggers you to wake up. A…
Did you ever stop and think about how energy is actually made in your body? And, if there’s a flaw within that system the result would be a lack of energy, or chronic fatigue. Energy gets made by a step-by-step process whereby the foods we eat (carbs, proteins, fats) go through a series of chemical…
Rip-Off One: You’re told you need to do a battery of tests before your first visit. This is one of the biggest scams, and is NOT considered REAL Functional Medicine. When you’re told you need to do a panel of tests before your first visit…or the doctor needs you to do all kinds of tests…
