Micronutrition
What is "functional medicine"?
My specialty is to study my patients from as physiological an angle as possible, in order to best determine their terrain. It's a specialty that's an extension of general or internal medicine, taking care of the patient as a whole.
To determine this terrain, I begin with a very precise "interrogation", which consists of reconstructing my patient's entire personal and family history, and listing his or her lifestyle (eating habits, physical activity, professional life, stress levels, sleep quality). I also rely on questionnaires that I ask patients to fill in remotely, in the comfort of their own homes. At the end of all this "anamnesis" work, I carry out an in-depth biological check-up, depending on what I've already been able to understand and identify (for example, a check-up on food allergies and microbiota in functional intestinal disorders).
All this information will enable me to propose fully individualized care solutions during the second consultation, as a sort of "action plan".
Is functional medicine compatible with the care of other specialists?
It totally is! I'd even go so far as to say that it's becoming indispensable in what's known as "multidisciplinary" care. It's about proposing perfectly complementary solutions that take full account of my patients' treatments.
What are these "solutions"?
- Diet, of course, is at the heart of my care : teaching my patients to eat according to their needs, genetic determinants, physiological imbalances, declared diseases, diseases in the process of genesis, genetic particularities - in short, their physiological needs.
- Physical exercise, of course: getting my patients to reconsider their physical exercise and sporting activities so that they are better adapted to their terrain and current problems, to derive maximum benefit from them.
- The "brain" part : being able to consider the physiological damage of stress on the body, and the damage of sleep deprivation on the body, is a decisive and highly innovative aspect of this approach.
- Prescription of dietary supplements (only when necessary), i.e. micronutrients adapted to my patient's needs (e.g. work on the microbiota through the use of pre/pro/symbiotics, short-chain fatty acids, L-glutamine and essential minerals and vitamins, prescription of natural or medicated antibiotic and antifungal agents if required, but also through work on the intestine/brain axis, the thyroid/intestine axis, etc.).
- Questioning certain treatments that have been in place for a long time, if they seem to be causing side-effects, or if working in my patient's field they no longer seem useful.
All these solutions mobilize my patient, who becomes a fully-fledged player in his or her own care.
Who are these consultations for?
For all patients who want to take charge of their own health, both curative and preventive!
- Patients with suspected or confirmedendometriosis (which is why I've been working with the IFEM Endo team for the past two years!)
- Patients with Functional Bowel Disorders,
- Patients with chronic autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases (diabetes, dyslipidemia), cancer , etc.
- Patients with hereditary genetic predispositions (cardiovascular diseases with dyslipidemia, degenerative diseases, metabolic diseases, etc.).
- Patients who want to lose weight sustainably and physiologically, and better control the factors that can accelerate their ageing process, also known as anti-ageing medicine.
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