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Q.You mentioned three types, so what’s problems in the U.S., but inadequate the problem. Once we know where the
the third type of medical problems? and somewhat clumsy at addressing the root cause resides, I design a customized
Dr. Forman: The third type – 60 percent other 60 percent. And that’s why we are treatment course, which we carefully su-
of health problems – are chronic degen- seeing more and more people continuing pervise, to start the process of restoring
erative diseases like Type-2 Diabetes and to struggle with their health in spite of problem organ function.
collections of symptoms we call “syn- competent medical attention. They’re just
dromes,” such as IBS or irritable bowel not doing very well. Q. It appears you have some strong
syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, concerns about conventional health-
migraine syndrome, and more. Q. Who is your “typical” patient? care…
Dr. Forman: People who see me Dr. Forman: Well perhaps. I just want pa-
Q. So where do chronic degenerative have been suffering from pain, chron- tients to know what their real options are
health problems come from? ic symptoms, illness, and disease for a for treating and managing health prob-
Dr. Forman: They come from organ while. Conditions like high blood sugar, lems. I want them to be aware that our
function that declines over time as a elevated blood pressure, chronic asthma, medical pharmaceutical system does not
result of nutritional deficiencies and low thyroid function, insomnia, IBS, and necessarily offer them the most appropri-
environmental toxins. I am speaking of migraines. Some are not responding well ate or safest therapy for their condition.
medically related nutritional deficiencies. to medications, some want to reduce or That’s a fact.
Enzymes, minerals, vitamin complexes, eliminate the medications they are taking Part of the problem is that many
and amino acids – 11 we make, 9 we get – if possible – and others are unwilling to people still don’t know what Functional
from food sources – are the only four participate in pharmaceutical intervention. Medicine with nutritional-based therapies
substances, plus air and water, that we is all about. That’s why I am working to
have ever had to create, maintain, and fix Q: Is eating better part of your treat- change the mindset of the public –
organ function. There is nothing else on ment? including medical doctors – to
this Earth. Dr. Forman: Absolutely. We teach our boost awareness of, and access to, these
patients how to understand food prop- services. That’s because, for these spe-
Q. So why aren’t more doctors doing erly. Once the patient understands the cific types of problems, it can truly be a
this? physiological implications of their current better and more comprehensive way to
Dr. Forman: Every single patient asks me dietary intake, they are very comfortable approach it.
that very question. The answer is, medical eliminating foods that are directly making
doctors in the U.S. (and many coun- them sick. Q. Any final words you wish to share?
tries) are neither trained nor required But eating a better diet is not enough Dr. Forman: This is an exciting time, as
to. The mandate of medical doctors in to correct the problem. Because of soil we are on the cusp of a paradigm shift
this country is to apply the appropriate erosion, pesticides, and genetic modi- in medicine and healthcare. There is a
pharmaceutical intervention to diseases. fications irreversibly applied to crops, re-conditioning of public thinking, the
Of course doctors are permitted to learn even the best food does not provide the beginning of a swing toward true con-
more and explore further, but they are nutrients required to restore the long- sideration of the undeniable benefits of
simply not encouraged to do so – some- term degeneration causing symptoms nutritional-based medicine that are right
times even actively discouraged. and disease. in front of us.
Further, medical doctors cannot get
paid for it. There’s very little remunera- Q. So what does a visitation consist of?
tion for functional medical therapies built Dr. Forman: Firstly, we do a very
into our insurance system. We only have thorough history and review of medical
remuneration for pharmaceutical inter- records including current treatments. we
ventions, medical procedures, and related then perform several clinical examina-
devices. That’s it. tions to determine exactly what organ
Lastly, medical doctors also don’t systems are not functioning related to
practice Functional Medicine because
they haven’t been trained in it. Interest-
ingly, in medical school, there is extensive Total Health Restoration is
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