‘WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ANTI-AGING, REGENERATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL                                                     MEDICINE?”

Anti-aging medicine can be simply defined as the detection, prevention, treatment and reversal of age related decline.  If we don’t look early enough for developing issues how can we expect to prevent them?  We are ALL developing hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, decline in brain function, and even cancer. None of us is immune even if we have a negative family history.  Too often we wait until either symptoms appear or abnormal values are noted and by then it is too late.

Functional Medicine is an integrative science-based approach that promotes wellness by focusing on the bio-chemically unique aspects of each patient.  It takes into account lifestyles, environment and genetics.  Interventions are based on finding the root cause of each problem and not simply just treating symptoms.

Regenerative Medicine asserts that the body can heal itself if given the proper nutrients and other healing factors.  Many traditional “treatments” are nothing more than chemicals that have not only a medicinal effect on the body but often have very negative side effects.  Stem cells are a great example of what the future may offer in assisting the body to treat itself.

Notice that the above definitions encompass three premises: INDIVIDUALIZATION, BALANCE and being PROACTIVE!  As none of us have the same fingerprint why would any of us have the same metabolism?  The “one dosage fits all ” mentality does not work and we need to move away from it.  We often think that more is better.  The truth of the matter is that too much of something can be as dangerous as too little and the time to start on the path to optimal wellness is NOW!!