Dr. Kyrin Dunston: Looking Through The Functional Medicine Lens
Episode description
I realized no one’s really getting better and no one’s really becoming healthy again…”
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine uses tests to help discover and understand different things going on with your body instead of just giving you a “band aid.”
“When you get a diagnosis, it stops”….
But in reality, with a diagnosis, there is always a “WHY.”
Why is this happening? Why are you experiencing this? etc.
In this episode, host Laurie Seely speaks with Dr. Kyrin Dunston and they discuss….
• Dr. Kyrin Dunston shares her inspiring story and how it led her to functional medicine
• We look at our current health crisis from a functional medicine lens
• Ways to cope with this health crisis
Tune into this 40-minute episode + I speak with Dr. Kyrin Dunston + she shares about our current health crisis from a functional medicine lens.
Key Points:
• Functional medicine uses test to help determine things going on with your body.
• Normal in medicine is defined by what 95% of the population has.
• Medicine in our country has turned into nothing about wellness but all about disease management.
• The way to avoid the current health crisis happening, is to make sure our health is resilient so our body can handle it.
• Functional medicine is very important to understanding chronic pain in women.
• In order to maintain your weight as a woman, you need to have hormonal balance.
• You’ve got a live wire of toxins in your body and your body wraps it in fat to protect you from it.
• Make sure you aren’t having a nutritional deficiency that can affect your chances of getting this worldwide virus.
• Eating healthy is essential to ensuring you have the proper nutrition to fight off these toxins.
• You can access points of energy in your body through acupuncture etc.
• Adding exercise to your routine can help you maintain your healthiness through this health crisis.
• Supplements and food build your immunity.
• Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Vitamin A and others are all a very big part of nourishing your gut.
• By doing detoxing every now and then, you will build your immune system.
• Your gut is the center of your immune system function.
• We must help others heal their body instead of just masking the systems.
• Some diagnosis’ are just a list of symptoms. For example, irritable bowel syndrome etc.
• “When you give a diagnosis, it stops.”
• With every diagnosis, you need to figure out the “why.”
• Your lifestyle is affecting your health. You need to figure out the cause and how to live a better holistic life.
• Your health should be your biggest investment, without it you have nothing.
• Stay healthy!
Links to get in touch with Dr. Kyrin Dunston:
Book: Cracking the Bikini Code: 6 Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss Success https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Bikini-Code-Secrets-Permanent-ebook/dp/B01AU5Q2KG
Website: https://www.kyrindunstonmd.com
Instagram: @kyrindunstonmd
Twitter: @KyrinDunstonMD
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