Robert Whitfield MD explains integrative medicine as combining the best of functional and conventional approaches. He doesn't reject prescription drugs but prioritizes diet, lifestyle, stress, and toxin exposure first.
But then you also talk about the holistic side of things. And I think holistic, I actually have never really said holistic. I think it just gets a bad rap. People think you're, like, outside just eating kale all day, doing a rain dance, hoping to heal. And where I like to say, I mean, functional, integrative, however you want to say it. I like to say integrative because you're taking the best of both worlds. You're taking the best of the functional world and the best of the conventional, and you integrate them for the best possible outcome. And so, you know, when I tell people what I do, it's like, I'm not against prescription medication, but that's not going to be my first go to. And so, you know, it's looking at someone's diet, their lifestyle, their stress, their toxic exposure.
