MFW 046 | Solutions of Functional Medicine vs. Standard Medicine | Dr. Nisha Chellam

Dedicated to Elevating Your Health & Family Wellness Lifestyle

There are many problems with the standard medical model.  It is amazing emergency care.  It will keep you alive in a crisis. But when chronic, insidious disease presents itself, many people fall through the gaps of the modern medical model.

Functional medicine offers several solutions.  Working with a qualified, licensed, health-care professional, who knows how to read functional lab reports can significantly improve your health, quality of life, and help reverse the onset of disease. 

Dr. Chellam is a Board certified Internist who is also board certified in Integrative and Holistic medicine.

The mission of her of her functional medicine practice is to prove that diminished health and vitality can be reclaimed by just about any proactive person at any age.

Dr. Chellam practices in Novi the“Holistic ICON” clinic, where she incorporates Nutrition, Fitness, hormone balance, and permanent weight control. 

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MFW 045 | SPECIAL EDITION | Rachel & Kyle Share Their Dating Story

Dedicated to Elevating Your Health & Family Wellness Lifestyle

Our relationships affect our health.


In a "Bachelor-Nation" culture, we need to guard our hearts, know who we are, and make healthy choices when it comes to our relationships.


For Valentine's Day 2017, I sit down with my wife, Rachel, and share our dating story.  We touch on dating elements we did, things we did not do, and we have a little fun while we're at it.

MFW 044 | Natural Ways To Elevate Your Digestion & Detoxification | Nikki Sharp

Nikki Sharp is an internationally known wellness expert, health coach, and best-selling author.

She is the creator of the #1 mobile app and best-selling book The 5-Day Real Food Detox, a revolutionary approach to cleansing your body while losing weight.

Nikki has studied at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Institute of Optimum Nutrition, and the College of Naturopathic Medicine where she gained vast knowledge in subjects ranging from sports nutrition to raw food, & nutrition for everyday living.

She has studied under Matthew Kenney, attending the plant-based culinary chef program and is a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certified instructor.

Nikki's Website

 

Family Wellness Practical Applications:

-Do A Gratitude Log

-Eat Bitter Foods

-Take Time To Breathe

-Vagus Nerve Exercises:

  • Gargle with water

  • Sing when no one is listening

  • Humming fires the Vagus nerve

  • Initiate a gag reflex.  Do not attempt this right after you've had a meal.  Slowly depress the back of your tongue with your finger or a dull object, like a spoon.  The gag reflex is a function of the Vagus Nerve.  This stimulates your parasympathetic nervous system.

-Add Chiropractic Adjustments to improve your digestion signaling, and as part of your Family Wellness Lifestyle

 

Diagram of Bitter Receptors & how Bitter foods improve digestion.  This is unique to the taste of bitterness.  Sweet, salty, savory, etc do not fire the neurologics of digestion in this way.