Personalized and Functional Medicine Becoming Mainstream- Do We Have Our Gut Bugs (Microbiome) To Thank?

I
just ran into an article that discussed an upcoming conventional medicine
training in rheumatology which combines the concept of using personalized
medicine, genomics, and unique protein markers in the blood (antibodies). I ran
across this update while I was shutting down for the night during my training this
week. It sounds a lot like what we are taught in functional medicine pertaining
to autoimmune diseases. I was so excited about this, I almost fell out of my
chair!

In functional medicine, it is believed that
autoimmunity requires 3 things to occur. These factors are a genetic predisposition,
intestinal permeability, and a …read more