Week 1 - Chapters 2 and 3

Question 1

FM is… (4 Ps) -

Answer 1

Personalized, predictive, preventive, participatory

Question 2

The 6 principles of FM

Answer 2

1) Biochemical individuality
2) Patient-centered
3) Dynamic balance between internal and external factors
4) Web-like interconnectedness
5) Health as a positive vitality
6) Enhancement of organ reserve

Question 3

2 simple questions in FM

Answer 3

1) Does this person need to get rid of something?

2) Does this person have some unmet need?

Question 4

Alternative medicine suggests

Answer 4

a complete replacement of conventional medicine

–> is this justified?

Question 5

Complementary medicine fails to

Answer 5

describe where the shortcomings of conventional medicine are

Question 6

Integrative medicine combines

Answer 6

conventional and CAM (complementary alternative medicine)

Question 7

FM is different from integrative medicine because (2)

Answer 7

1) FM emphasizes underlying causes

2) FM uses timeline, matrix, and GO TO IT

Question 8

The gap between scientific research and integration in medical practice is about ___ years

Answer 8

50 years, especially in chronic diseases

Question 9

Root causes of disease (bottom of functional medicine tree) are

Answer 9

what you need to get rid of

Question 10

Root causes examples

Answer 10

toxins, allergens, microbes, stress, poor diet

Question 11

Core clinical imbalances (7)

Answer 11

Assimilation, defense and repair, energy, biotransformation and elimination, communication, transport, structural integrity - ABCDEST

Question 12

How do we apply FM?

Answer 12

GO TO IT

Question 13

GO TO IT acronym

Answer 13

G - Gather oneself and info
O - Organize on timeline and matrix
T - Tell the patient's story
O - Order priorities
I - Initiate assessment and care
T - Track progress

Question 14

Antecedents (ATMs)

Answer 14

Factors, genetic or acquired, that predispose individual to an illness or pattern

Question 15

Triggers (ATMs)

Answer 15

Factors that provoke the symptoms and signs of illness

Question 16

Mediators (ATMs)

Answer 16

Perpetuators; Factors, biochemical or psychosocial, that contribute to pathological changes and dysfunctional responses

Question 17

Most important Gather form

Answer 17

MSQ

Question 18

A red flag on MSQ is when the grand total is greater than

Answer 18

30

Question 19

ABCDs of functional nutritional evaluation

Answer 19

Anthropometrics
Biomarkers and labs
Clinical indicators
Diet and lifestyle assessment

Question 20

Order of organize

Answer 20

Get the story on the timeline, transfer key parts to the matrix

Question 21

Order of priorities (4)

Answer 21

1) Acknowledge patient goals
2) Address modifiable lifestyle factors
3) What are the insufficiences/excesses?
4) Identify clinical imbalances in the FM matrix

Question 22

Initiate order (6)

Answer 22

1) Consider chronicity and severity
2) Reduce triggers
3) Food first approach
4) Assess and address optimal function of the organs of elimination
5) Apply specific foods, nutrients
6) Consider personalized maintenance plan

Question 23

How do you track the patient?

Answer 23

Use the forms you used in GATHER - are there improvements? Where?