017: Chris Kresser - Healing and Preventing Chronic Disease with Functional Medicine
The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin
Dr. Anthony Gustin
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🗓️ 30 April 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
If you have a chronic disease like type II diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's, hypertension, or atopic dermatitis, it's unlikely the severity of your condition will ever diminish under traditional healthcare.
Why?
Because our health system is designed to dull external symptoms with drugs instead of fixing the root causes of chronic conditions, which are often a mix of genetics and lifestyle factors.
It's far easier to prescribe a drug than to provide tailored health strategies for each person's unique lifestyle and condition -- and the result of this is a life-long dependence to prescription drugs.
Today's guest, Chris Kresser, is striving to change this model of healthcare.
Chris is a functional and integrated medicine provider, one of the most influential people in the health space, author, and entrepreneur who's been studying, practicing, and teaching alternative medicine for more than fifteen years.
He believes diseases should be treated from the root cause, not the symptoms. This approach is called functional medicine and in this episode, Chris explains why it's the best solution we have for preventing and reversing chronic disease.
Join us to learn what functional medicine is and what you can do in your everyday life to treat and prevent chronic conditions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and thank you for listening to the Keto Answers podcast. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm your host, Dr. Anthony Guston, and this week joining me is Chris Cresser. |
| 0:13.8 | Chris is one of the leading experts in functional medicine, and he's actually my mentor in |
| 0:17.7 | the space and has taught me pretty much everything I know about functional medicine. |
| 0:21.2 | And we dig into this episode all about how he got to where he is and his new book, Uncomventional |
| 0:26.8 | Medicine, talking about why and what functional medicine is, how it can be used and why we |
| 0:31.9 | need it now more than ever to insert into that current healthcare model to change things |
| 0:38.0 | from the ground up. |
| 0:39.0 | It's a fascinating conversation. |
| 0:40.5 | I've learned a lot from Chris, and I'm sure you'll learn a lot in this episode as well, |
| 0:43.5 | so tune in and I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:45.6 | Before we get to the episode, I wanted to chat about a sponsor, Perfect Keto. |
| 0:49.0 | Perfect Keto is all about making a Keto-genetic diet healthy and accessible. |
| 0:51.8 | Whether you're reading all of our online guides or articles or enjoying Perfect Keto's |
| 0:55.1 | adjuncts, ketones, or any other Keto-friendly products, everything you need to make Keto |
| 0:59.2 | work for you is at Perfect Keto.com. |
| 1:00.7 | And know what you're thinking. |
| 1:02.2 | Hey, aren't you the founder of Perfect Keto? |
| 1:04.0 | Yep, that's right, and all of my insanely high standards have been put into making each |
| 1:07.7 | and every product. |
| 1:08.7 | My background is a functional medicine clinician, and helps me craft a cleanness and |
| 1:11.7 | healthiest possible products, and best information about the Keto-genetic diet. |
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