1. Patient and practitioner are partners in the healing process.
2. All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration, including mind, spirit, and community, as well as the body.
3. Appropriate use of both conventional and alternative methods facilitates the body's innate healing response.
4. Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be used whenever possible.
5. Integrative medicine neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically.
6. Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry-driven and open to new paradigms.
7. Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.
8. Practitioners of integrative medicine should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.

• Leaky Gut – Commonly diagnosed as IBS or irritable bowl syndrome.    Inflammatory bowel disease and Celiac. Common causes. Food sensitivities. 
  • https://microbiomelabs.com/home/education/ 
  • https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/leaky-gut-what-is-it-and-what-does-it-mean-for-you-2017092212451 
• Nutrient Deficiencies – Can result from chronic stress, poor diet, nutrient-depleted soils from mass–produced foods and malabsorption from leaky gut.  
  • https://www.traceelements.com/
• Mood disorders, insomnia, addictions, chronic pain
  • https://www.juliarosscures.com/mood-cure/
  • https://knowthefactsmmj.com 

• Chronic Fatigue -  I follow Dr. Jacob Teitlebaum’s approach and my mentor, Dr. Fred Hui’s approach.
  • https://secure.endfatigue.com/
  • https://drhui.com/
• Chronic Infection – Lyme, EBV, Mycoplasma, CMV, Mold/Mycotoxins,   Yeast Overgrowth
  • https://www.jillcarnahan.com/  
• Chronic Toxicity – Heavy Metals, Environmental chemicals, pesticides, mycotoxins can lead to chronic illness with cardiometabolic conditions including CAD, allergies, asthma, neurodegenerative conditions. 
• Autoimmune Disease – Can result from any and all of the above and can be reduced in severity or reversed with proper treatment of the above conditions to allow for healthy immune function.  
  • http://www.drtrindade.com/
  • http://www.Drhui.com/

Hormonal Deficiencies and Imbalances

• Adrenal or HPA Dysfunction – Often known as “Chronic Fatigue” but there are often varying levels of dysfunction before full-blown CFS is evident.  There are a variety of causes and we provide interventions to help prevent and treat the more debilitating symptoms.  - https://secure.endfatigue.com/ https://drhui.com
• Hypothyroidism/Hashimotos – Very common autoimmune disorder that responds to dietary improvements and leaky gut repair.  Can often proceed other autoimmune illness, besides being a common cause of hypothyroidism, so is important to properly identify and treat early. 
• Menopause – The period during which a female stops menstruating due a natural decline of hormones produced by the ovaries, resulting in a variety of uncomfortable symptoms affecting quality of life, accelerating aging and increasing the risk for developing age-related chronic disease.  Our goal is to improve hormonal balance and provide personalized and optimized hormone replacement with natural bioidentical hormones to improve quality of life, slow the aging process, and effectively prevent many chronic illnesses if ideally started at the time of the initial menopausal transition. https://www.a4m.com/ 
• Andropause – The period during which some males becomes hormone deficient resulting in a variety of symptoms that can affect quality of life, accelerates aging and increase the risk of chronic disease.  Our goal is to offer a personalized approach to improve levels in order to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life and longevity.  https://worldlinkmedical.com/
• PMS/PMDD – Common disorder occurring due to imbalance of hormones and brain neurotransmitter’s in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle resulting in many uncomfortable and sometimes debilitating symptoms for some young women.  We have many natural ways to improve these symptoms without birth control pills or anti-depressants.  
• PCOS – Hormone imbalance in some women resulting in irregular cycles due to anovulation, reduced fertility and increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and estrogen-driven disorders, including female cancers, later in life.  www.Worldlinkmedical.com
• Insulin Resistance – Very common hormonal problem in many overweight and obese men and women that increases the risk for developing diabetes, heart disease, PCOS, resulting from a combination of poor diet, lack of exercise and genetic disposition.