#8: Functional Medicine: Return to the basics, personalize care and enhance your practice
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Dr. Yousef Elyaman from the Institute of Functional Medicine schools us on how the biochemistry and pathophysiology we’ve forgotten from medical school can be used to cure illness. FODMAP diet and Antibiotics to cure restless legs syndrome? Melatonin to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease? This is just a little taste of the knowledge food served up on this introduction to Functional Medicine.
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| 0:00.0 | Actually a couple of studies that show that just eating a handful of nuts a day can decrease your chance of cardiovascular disease |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to the curbsiders internal medicine podcast. I'm Dr. Matthew Wato here with my co-host Dr. Tony Siddari and Dr. Stuart Brigham |
| 0:18.4 | Hi guys. Hey Matt |
| 0:21.9 | The curbsiders is the internal medicine podcast that uses expert interviews to bring you clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge |
| 0:29.2 | Today the topic will be functional medicine now. This is an emerging trend in the field of medicine |
| 0:34.2 | It's beginning a lot of press lately and something that I've been interested in in the past few years |
| 0:40.3 | If you're like me and you've been intrigued by functional medicine |
| 0:43.2 | I think you're really going to like our conversation with Dr. Yusef |
| 0:47.3 | Elieman on this episode will be talking about functional medicine and how it can be applied in your everyday practice |
| 0:54.9 | Dr. Elieman is a physician entrepreneur and author board certified in internal medicine and with a cross specialization in pediatrics |
| 1:02.9 | He was one of the first instituted functional medicine certified functional medicine practitioners in the world |
| 1:08.8 | As the founder and medical director of absolute health a primary care practice located in O'Cala, Florida |
| 1:14.8 | He has successfully integrated an insurance-based functional medicine clinic into his practice |
| 1:19.9 | In addition, he has developed and introduced a pharmaceutical grade line of supplements which thanks to its success and high demand |
| 1:26.5 | Is now available to the consumer both in his office and online his education and practical |
| 1:32.0 | Experience make him one of the most one of the foremost experts in primary care functional medicine |
| 1:38.0 | So |
| 1:46.0 | Okay, so let's uh, let's start again, and I'm going to try to get the name right this time |
| 1:51.5 | Elieman or Elieman |
| 1:53.5 | Elieman Elieman |
| 1:55.6 | Elieman |
| 1:56.8 | Dr. Elieman all right, I think it took me 10 times. I got a I got to work on that. Okay. Hi Dr |
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