“Doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of human frame, in diet, in the cause and prevention of disease.”
Source: Thomas Addison.

Functional Medicine is a new form of diagnosis and treatment that has been developing from the understanding that certain factors such as our lifestyle, diet, physical or emotional trauma, and/or chemical exposure/ accumulation can trigger a disease process.

F.A.S.T (Food Allergy & Sensitivity Test) is a comprehensive test which does not only identify allergy also sensitivity to certain foods which sometimes cause no symptoms but lead to chronic and low grade inflammation resulting in conditions like diabetes, hypertension, obesity, chronic eczema, ADHD, Thyroid, rheumatoid arthritis and many more. This test help in screening and prevention from complication of many chronic diseases if diagnosed early. 

Eating foods that you are reactive to, can make you feel worse, but also decrease thyroid activity. IgG4 reactions to foods have been shown to specifically damage the thyroid tissue. This is the only food test that looks at the exact components that are most damaging to the thyroid. Eating foods you are sensitive to, can increase antibody production, causing your body to attack your own thyroid. Eliminating foods you are sensitive to is a important first step to increasing thyroid function naturally.

Reactions to gluten could be because of allergies or sensitivities, but there are also a number of other reasons you can feel bad from gluten outside of sensitivities. Sometimes test show negative result because we exclude gluten from the diet due to fear of symptoms. Gluten can be contaminated with food additives and other chemicals which you may be sensitive to but not actually to the gluten.

Food sensitivities create inflammation in the body, which can be related to weight gain. Inflammation will cause an increase in the hormone leptin, which in turn tells adipose tissue to store more fat. Inflammatory foods create irritation that leads to weight gain. 

Yes! While the beginning of the reaction to foods start in the gut, it does not have to necessarily create gut pain, or be contained in the GI tract. The inflammatory process that starts in the gut can spread and even be more symptomatic in places outside of the gut. Many conditions such as headaches, pain and even depression have a gut-based cause but manifest in other areas of the body.