Exploring Naturopathic Medicine: A Patient-Centered Root-Cause Approach to Whole Person Health

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· 1:45 What is Naturopathic Medicine? The Six Principles and the Therapeutic Order is what guides their treatment, including diet, lifestyle, natural therapies, supporting natural ability to heal, seeking the root cause and treating the whole person; patient-centered focus

· 6:15 What interested Dr. Simon in becoming a Naturopathic Physician

· 8:30 How the field of Naturopathic Medicine continuously evolves

· 9:30 The art of the profession – the personalization of the treatment plan, meet the patient where they are at

· 11:45 The role of nutrition and diet in therapies

· 13:45 What Dr. Simon looks for in supplement companies in order to feel comfortable using them in patient protocols

· 17:45 How Naturopathic Medicine fits into our current medical system and with other healthcare practitioners

· 23:20 Institute for Natural Medicine focuses on public education about natural medicine options

· 28:00 Food as Medicine Research – health benefits of whole foods

· 29:15 Kids Naturally Well Program – teaching 4th grade children how to understand health and identifying healthy foods

· 30:25 How to educate patients on how to read nutrition labels on food and supplements

· 32:30 Dr. Simon’s research at INM, Food as Medicine in partnership with Bastyr

· 34:45 2020 Case Study that highlights the power of the Naturopathic Medicine approach; 25-year-old male with history of anxiety, poor limited diet, low glutathione, and low B vitamins due to MTHFR gene lead to inability to handle intense viral infection; diet, lifestyle and proper supplementation helped him to fully recover

· 43:05 Naturopathic Medicine is the engineering of whole health and the ability to connect with patients on a deep level