In recent weeks there has been a lot in the news about the weight loss drug Ozempic (semaglutide). And recently, natural alternatives to the costly pharmaceuticals. Is Berberine, Nature’s Ozempic? I discuss this as well as the harms that surround cycles of hype around herbal supplements, in my latest (audio) blog.

Take a listen and let me know what you think.

In functional medicine, we spend a lot of time talking about inflammation - as a common factor in many disease processes. Chronic inflammation tends to generalize, to move beyond the bounds of a cell, a tissue, an organ, or an individual body to travel amongst families, groups of people, and communities.

How might we expand the work done by the Functional Medicine Model, applying its system and analysis not just to the complex stories of the antecedents, triggers, and mediators of individual disease but to the story of societal dis-ease and dysregulation? To tell a motivating story that activates and inspires action...

Even considering the sustainability of herbal medicines is a relatively new perspective for many. But sustainable how? Sustainability has many facets - cultural, ecological, and economic.