What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine is an approach to healthcare that focuses on addressing the root causes of illness and disease, rather than just treating the symptoms. It is a patient-centered, holistic approach that takes into account the unique genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence an individual's health.
Key components of functional medicine include:
Patient-centered
Based on each person’s unique needs
Helps to balance a person’s biochemistry
Focuses on improving and integrating physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional functions
Encourages an individual to take an active role
It is interested in outcomes rather than controlling the symptoms
Aims to help the body come back into dynamic alignment
Holistic rather than specialized. Instead of looking at individual symptoms or organs in isolation, functional medicine considers the interconnectedness of the body's systems.
Hi I’m Maya, functional nutritionist …
I help clients identify the missing puzzle pieces linked to their root causes in order for them to feel strength, vitality, endurance, and healing again!
I’m a passionate advocate of integrative and functional nutrition with a weight-neutral approach. I have a Masters of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health and I’m a board Certified Nutrition Specialist®, CNS® (the highest credential for a nutrition practitioner) from American Nutrition Association.
I will show you how to make manageable changes to take control of your health. We will discuss your diet, lifestyle and their effect on your gut, energy, focus, mood and sleep.