Matritouch collabrates with iTHRIVE to bring reversal in chronic and lifestyle diseases using tenets of Functional Medicine. Functional‌ ‌medicine‌ ‌and‌ ‌functional‌ ‌nutrition,‌ ‌terms‌ ‌often‌ ‌used‌ ‌interchangeably,‌ are‌ ‌becoming‌ ‌highly‌ ‌recognized‌ ‌as‌ ‌an‌ ‌effective‌ ‌approach‌ ‌for‌ ‌healing‌ ‌a‌ ‌variety‌ ‌of‌ ‌health‌ ‌issues.‌ ‌

The most important aspect of Functional Nutrition though is that it fills a very specific gap in healthcare that you and your health may be suffering from. What’s this gap? It’s a gap between doctors and you. Most doctors know and speak in medical terms. You, on the other hand, know how you feel, what you are going through, and where you’d rather be (with your health goals).

Your language and the doctor’s language often don’t match up. This creates misunderstandings, feelings of not being seen or heard, and trouble uncovering the true root causes of your signs and symptoms so that you can finally find some relief.

Functional Nutrition fills this gap with a deep understanding of food, physiology, and humanity/ human mind. It’s a logical, systematic way of uncovering what ails you while at the same time paying heed to your unique life circumstances, and recognizing that you are not a disease or a diagnosis. You are not the label you’ve been given. You are a person. And you deserve to be treated with respect, reverence and awe.

 Functional Nutrition is the future of healthcare, not because it’s new or fancy, but because it brings us back to the foundation of what healthcare should be about — the needs of the patient aka your needs. 

 
How does Functional Nutrition Work

The approach involves a series of steps to determine the most customized approach for each child. 

It includes, but is not limited to:

A detailed evaluation of past health/ medical history

A review of organ systems

Medication and supplement history

Evaluation of eating patterns, lifestyle and exercise habits

Analysis of blood tests

At this point, after analysing all of the above information we create a customized recovery plan for the patient