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This week, Nutritional Therapist Lorraine Nicolle was with us at The Nutri Centre Park Crescent, with her seminar "Functional Medicine: A Nutritional Practitioner's Approach".
In recent years, the growing demand for a more integrative approach to healthcare has led to the increasing adoption of the functional medicine model. Using examples from the recently published book Biochemical Imbalances in Disease, this talk gave a brief introduction to the functional model by showing how a focus on the individual's biochemical imbalances, rather than on his/her disease or symptoms, is of the utmost importance in improving the patient's health.
Click below on the video to discover more on functional medicine.
The Nutri Centre Nutritionists watched this interesting seminar and kindly shared their expert opinions for you:
"The talk on Functional Medicine was a great introduction into the subject. The lecture was held by Lorraine Nicholle a Nutritional Therapist who also lectures at Thames Valley University and carries out nutrition education with Lamberts.
The Institute of Functional Medicine describes functional medicine as; ‘A science based patient centred health care approach to assessing, preventing and treating chronic complex disease.’
Lorraine looks at important factors including ensuring good communication with other practitioners, looking at the person not the disease and being patient centred.
Functional medicine looks at the person, to treat them and their imbalances and not the disease.
Lorraine goes on to discuss how everything that happens to you throughout life has a cumulative effect on the body. So it is important to look at the life history and the person as a whole, trying to change biochemical imbalances which have resulted over a life time.
Training is available in Functional Medicine. Look at www.functionalmedicine.org or www.bant.org.uk for further information."
Biochemical Imbalances in Disease, which is available on The Nutri Centre, is written by Lorraine Nicolle and other experts in their field.
Lorraine Nicolle MSc is a nutrition practitioner with a regular clinic at a London-based natural health centre. Lorraine is also a lecturer in nutrition and nutritional therapy at Thames Valley University
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Best of health,
The Nutri Centre Team
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