So many Functional Medicine practitioners like myself have gone through their own healing crisis.
For me, it was a total brain and body breakdown 30 years ago due to mercury poisoning from when I lived in China. For my good friend and fellow Functional Medicine doctor Elizabeth Boham, it was triple-negative breast cancer diagnosed at the young age of 30, despite already embracing many principles of a healthy life.
Going through these experiences has led us to want to help others heal on the deepest level, which is what brought us both to the power using Functional Medicine and food and lifestyle choices to truly heal.
This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. Boham joins me to discuss what it means to get to the root cause of disease and how the principles we practice do exactly that like IV Nutrition and why high dosage supplementation can be incredibly helpful sometimes.
Dr. Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine as part of my team at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their wellness goals. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well, a topic she is passionate about as a breast cancer survivor.
Do you need testing to see what is actually depleted and what vitamins you need?
I get Vit C intravenously at my holistic dentist (UK). It binds to heavy metals, so it’s useful when having amalgam fillings removed and replaced with composite. Those toxins are in deep. I’ve never been tested, but due to the health benefits and affordability, I would get this done anytime in future, I needed an extra boost. Next stop is a complicated extraction, so am having IV vit c again but also PRGF to decrease pain, inflammation and bleeding, speeding up the healing process. I take orally their mix of essential minerals (& some vits) which includes the master antioxidant, glutathione in a powder form, mixed with water and fresh organic lemon juice. Highly recommend.