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a vast number of illnesses to stress: “Diverse conditions such as fibromy- algia, irritable bowel syndrome, heart disease, diabetes, mood and cognitive disorders, various autoimmune disor- ders, premenstrual syndrome, tem- poromandibular joint issues, chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis, chronic low back pain, chemical and food sen- sitivities, allergies, asthma and cancer all seem to share common courses of formation. The common denominator for these disturbances appears to be chronic stress.” Dr. Mark Hyman, chair of the Institute for Functional Medicine, in Lenox, Massachusetts, elaborates: “Functional medicine seeks to create balance in the body by looking at seven keys to achieving wellness: nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, de- toxification, energy metabolism and a calm mind. We work through the entire system, help people identify patterns and return the body to balance.” Hyman is a strong advocate of nu- trition as the basis for restoring balance to the body. “Food is the most powerful medicine we have, more powerful than any drug, more powerful than anything


you’ll ever find in a pill bottle,” he says. Teitelbaum notes, “Conventional medicine is basically run on econom- ics, so doctors are too often influenced by drug company marketing messages masquerading as science that encour- age expensive treatments, regardless of their toxicity.” In stark contrast, “Func- tional medicine instead looks for the lowest cost treatment that is supported by medical evidence.”


Conventional Medicine


Case in Point Fibromyalgia, for example, encom- passes a basket of symptoms, usually beginning with overall body pain with specific pain points. Other com- mon symptoms can include extreme fatigue, facial pain, irritable bowel syndrome, memory loss and brain fog, depression, numbness and tingling, palpitations, insomnia and headaches, including migraines. “Until a few years ago, conven- tional medicine decided you were crazy if you complained of these symp- toms,” advises Teitelbaum. “Then some expensive medications came out—


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promoted by $210 million a year in advertising; so now, patients are instead being told to take medications with lots of side effects.” The most common conventionally prescribed drugs for fibromyalgia target symptoms of insomnia, depression, nerve pain and inflammation. Accord- ing to Teitelbaum, the vast majority of people treating with these medications continue to experience the same symp- toms over a five-year period; only 25 to 35 percent report some improvement. It’s difficult to determine how


many Americans suffer from fibro- myalgia because many go undiag- nosed (the average time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis is five years). Cure4Fibromyalgia.com estimates that 5 million Americans, or approximately 2 percent of the population, suffer from this disease.


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“Functional medicine practitioners recognize that fibromyalgia represents an energy crisis in the body and use simple, appropriate and effective treat-


Chronic, undertreated pain affects 116 million Americans


Pain patients are frequently viewed with


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