5 Steps To Get To The Root Cause Of Your Symptoms

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InsideTracker.   This myth is pervasive throughout medicine:
if you know the name of your disease, you know what’s wrong with
you. In truth, diagnoses are just names we associate with a
collection of symptoms. They tell us nothing about why someone has
those symptoms—the root causes of the “disease.” Functional
Medicine seeks to dig deeper to look for the root cause of
symptoms.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth
Boham, Dr. Todd LePine, and Dr. George Papanicolaou about how
patients miss out on true healing when the root cause of their
symptoms is not addressed.   Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a
physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The
UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and
lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals
of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of
nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training
other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.   Dr. Todd
LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is board
certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative
Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine
Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center,
he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10
years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help
his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the
natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of
interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional
gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune
disorders, and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders.
  Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified in Family
Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute
for Functional Medicine Practitioner. In 2000, he founded
Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a
philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the
whole person, not just not the disease. He calls his philosophy
“Whole Life Wellness.” Over time, as the healthcare system made it
harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care, Dr.
Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in
Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine.
In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health, a practice
dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined
The UltraWellness Center in 2017.   This episode is brought to
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Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr.
Elizabeth Boham Dr. Todd LePine Dr. George Papanicolaou