There are a lot of gems in this talk, I’ll summarize some of the key points below. PLUS I have time stamps for specific topics (see below). Please watch this video and take time to scroll through the notes below!<\/p>\n
Root cause is looking at the cause of symptoms and conditions,<\/strong>\u00a0VERSUS what mainstream medicine typically does – address symptoms with a pill. With root cause, things are so much simpler! Instead of complexity, you get “simplexity.”<\/p>\n “Functional medicine is a systems biology\u2013based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease. Each symptom or differential diagnosis may be one of many contributing to an individual\u2019s illness.”<\/p>\n The Institute for Functional Medicine<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n VS traditional conventional medicine. Conventional medicine is GRAET at working with injuries, surgeries, etc. But has a horrible track record with chronic degenerative diseases that are caused by nutrition and lifestyle factors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Poor sleeps exaggerates and exacerbates symptoms!<\/p>\n Exercise is powerful. The muscle building and metabolic benefits last from 24 to 72 hours AFTER a good workout!<\/p>\n You need a combination of cardiovascular aerobic training and resistance anaerobic training.<\/p>\n Lift weights AT LEAST 3 days per week, hitting every body part at least 2 times per week. BTW, building and maintaining muscle is the most important fitness activity to do as you age.<\/p>\n Start with things you enjoy. Group classes are great for motivation and accountability.<\/p>\n Mindfulness based physical activities are things that take you into present moment awareness because they require your attention. Even better are things that you can quantify so you can use them as a measure of how good or bad your day is going.<\/p>\n What a great LIVE chat we had with Dr. Bryan “Step.” There are a lot of gems in this talk, I’ll summarize some of the key points below. PLUS I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,97],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}So what is functional medicine?<\/h2>\n
Dr. Step came up with a great acronym to help us self-assess our health,<\/strong>\u00a0and therefore, figure out where to optimize:<\/h3>\n
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S – sleep and stress.<\/h2>\n
How do you know if you sleep well?<\/h3>\n
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E – elimination habits and hydration<\/h2>\n
What are good elimination habits?<\/h3>\n
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What about hydration?<\/h3>\n
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X – exercise<\/h2>\n
Listen in for a more in depth look at Dr. Bryan’s best health tips!<\/h3>\n
Ways to Connect with Dr. Bryan:<\/h2>\n
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