Functional Medicine: Science or Quackery?
I’m always surprised when I discover that some people think Functional Medicine is quackery. They may say there aren’t enough studies to back it up, that the evidence for its efficacy just isn’t there, or that it doesn’t have any sort of board certification.
Yet I beg to differ. And history has my back!
Functional Medicine and Functional Nutrition have their roots in a legacy of efforts to return to a kind of healthcare that:
honors the truth that each patient is unique
acknowledges the important role that you play in your own healing
and highlights the care in healthcare
In the late 1800s, Sir William Osler claimed that “It is more important to know what patient has the disease than to know what disease the patient has.” He insisted on teaching medicine outside of the classroom, taking it instead to the bedside. In fact, Osler wanted his epitaph to read, “He taught medical students at the