Nutrition in Functional Medicine

Having a genetic predisposition to any disease does not mean that the disease will occur immediately. The genetic predisposition for a disease to occur is only a causative factor. Many factors such as nutrition, lifestyle, toxic exposure, stress, sleep quality, exercise status, smoking and alcohol use are effective in the emergence of the disease. These factors cause the threshold of the disease to be exceeded and thus the disease to appear with its symptoms.

The concept of nutrition according to diseases has actually been applied for many years. However, especially autoimmune diseases (MS (multiple sclerosis), eczema, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto thyroiditis, etc.), metabolic diseases (Type 2 Diabetes, hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, hypertension, osteoporosis, etc.), neurological diseases (hyperactivity, attention deficit The importance of nutrition in diseases such as allergies, intolerances, asthma, gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatological diseases has only recently been demonstrated. Changing the diet and lifestyle in these disease groups, the cause of which is not known until now, has created the concept of Nutrition in Functional Medicine. Its mechanism of action is the inflammation it creates in the body as a result of the absorption of the food that touches us into the blood by passing through the intestinal membrane after various transformations in the body. As a result of this inflammation, any tissue in the body may be damaged. After this damage, sometimes skin lesions, rashes, psoriasis etc. are seen, sometimes an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto's thyroid, rheumatoid arthritis or a neurological disease may develop.

In the diet model due to diseases, individual nutrition is planned by eliminating unhealthy foods and foods that cause intolerance. With this treatment planning, which is applied in combination with some nutritional supplements, it is aimed to ensure that the body heals itself.