Optimal Health
Optimal Health is Not just the absence of symptoms or the absence of disease; but, it's the body and all if its cells, organs and systems functioning at their absolute best.
For most of us there are often many things to do; and, it is often difficult to choose which to do first as we strive for Optimal Health. Illness is never simply one discreet process or dysfunction, but rather a bundle of factors - genetics, early influences, environment, diet, lifestyle, habits, travel, stress, relationships, work, beliefs, and more all woven into your story, woven into our DNA and our body. Understanding the root causes, for your illness is an essential task to determine where we start first, which layer to peel away, or which knot to untangle in the web of physiologic dysfunction, symptoms and disease.
Some patients just want to treat one problem or one area only. To them we say, Great, Good Start. Let's treat that first problem and see how you like Functional Medicine. Others come to us and say they want it all. They say, "Help me to get healthy and have Optimal Health." To them we say wonderful. Let's get started.
We have identified Six Root Causes For Most Illness:
1. Toxins i.e., Mold, Fungus, Heavy Metals, Chemicals, Environmental Factors;
2. Infections i.e., Bacterial, Viruses, Parasites, Fungal, Protozoa;
3. Allergies, Antigens, and Immune Response - The Host Response;
4. Genetics, Epigenetics, and DNA;
5. Lifestyle and Stress;
6. Pathway Imbalance i.e., either too much or too little of an essential ingredient, element, vitamin, mineral, chemical, hormone, enzyme, and others.
Our task is to identify if you have any of the six root causes of illness and correct them and apply the five requirements for Wellness: Diet, Rest, Exercise, Activity and Mental State. We want you over time to implement DREAM lifestyle changes.
Not everyone starts at the same place or travels down the same path. This is not cookie-cutter medicine, this is personalized medicine. At Millar Functional Medicine we customize your health journey and treatment.