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Patrick Krupka, DC, CFMP talks about why Vitamin D is included in the Functional Medicine Foundational 5 supplements, how to test your vitamin D levels, and how to dose your vitamin D supplements.

Drkrupka explains the first of 5 tips to help autoimmune patients control flare ups from their autoimmune disease. This video explains how to test vitamin D levels and how to know from a functional medicine perspective when you need a vitamin D supplement. Functional medicine approaches to autoimmune issues

www.DrKrupka.com Dr. Krupka explains why the current HbA1c standards for a type II diabetic are inadequate and encourage disease persistence. From a Functional Medicine perspective, using nutrition and lifestyle interventions, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetics should be able to meet a better standard.

https://www.DrKrupka.com Answering a question about having cyclical migraines even though she is now in menopause. Is it hormones? Functional medicine principles at play here.

Dr. Krupka explains his list of 5 supplements everyone should be taking on the daily. This is video #1 in the Foundational 5 series and this video explains the foundational list as well as the 3 classes of multivitamins and which one is right for you. Functional Medicine funtime with Patrick Krupka, DC, CFMP.

Functional Medicine practitioner, Dr. Patrick Krupka, explains the importance of probiotics as part of the Foundational 5 supplements and a functional nutrition approach to optimal health and wellness including supporting the microbiome.

Magnesium is the last of the Foundational 5 supplements that Dr. Krupka recommends to his Functional Medicine patients. Dr. Krupka also discusses various forms of Mg, and why it is such a common deficiency. He also explains functional nutrition testing for Mg using the RBC Mg test.

https://www.Drkrupka.com Most of us were raised to immediately react to our symptoms by looking for ways to relieve them. What if your symptoms weren't the real problem? Maybe it's good to have symptoms. Functional medicine doctors use symptoms to help find the true underlying problem...here's how.

https://www.DrKrupka.com I frequently see thyroid testing from other offices and they routinely miss some really important tests. If you want to really know what's going on with your thyroid, and your thyroid hormone, watch this video and take notes! I tell you exactly which tests should be in every full thyroid panel. This is what a functional medicine evaluation of your thyroid hormone looks like.

www.drkrupka.com Some Functional Medicine doctors are starting to suggest that you should have your labs done without fasting. This can yield some very interesting information, but there are a few important factors to consider before you try this. This is usually suggested for cholesterol or lipid testing and blood sugar testing.

https://www.DrKrupka.com A good friend and colleague of mine Dr. Tabor Smith and his team at Reverent Media recently completed and launched their amazing documentary called "A Better Way" check them out at ABetterWayFilm.com/livestream. I was interviewed for the film, and my wife and I went to the premier last night. Here are my thoughts.

https://www.DrKrupka.com Nervous about sending your kids back to school to possibly face Covid? Will your school aged children be playing sports this fall? What about you going back to the office? What needs to be done to prep you and your kids to go back to school (work) with Covid in the mix? Get the same recommendations that Dr. Krupka gives his patients in his Functional Medicine and nutrition practice.

DrKrupka explains why functional medicine doctors won’t consume seed, oils, and why you shouldn’t either. Avoid seed oils to reduce your inflammation, and naturally control your autoimmune flareups like a functional medicine boss!

Dr. Krupka discusses the benefits of Fish Oil omega 3 supplementation as part of his Foundational 5 supplements that are necessary for everyone. Dr. Krupka uses these supplements in his Functional Medicine, Functional nutrition practice for management of patients with inflammation or autoimmune issues. He also discusses using the Omegaquant test for omega 3 deficiency testing.

Drkrupka explains, from a functional medicine, perspective, how to overcome challenges in, raising your vitamin D levels to the optimal level on your lab work. Learn how to increase your vitamin D levels, and calm your autoimmune flareups, like a functional medicine boss!

DrKrupka learn what a functional medicine doctor knows about your detoxification pathways, and why they likely need some support. Learn how to best support your detoxification pathways so that you can decrease. Inflammation and support your bodies, natural ability to control your autoimmune flareups. Detox like a boss, to control your autoimmune flareups like a functional medicine boss.

https://www.Drkrupka.com More frequently now Functional Medicine practitioners are using health coaches to handle most of the patient education and everyday Q & A for new and existing patients. What are health coaches and what can they do for you?

DrKrupka explains how a functional medicine doctor can test and use omega-3 fats to normalize your physiology and help your body naturally control your autoimmune flareups. Learn how to test your omega-3 and omega-six levels, and control your autoimmune flareups like a functional medicine boss.

DrKrupka explains why functional medicine, doctors care about food reactions, as well as the best way to test for them so you know what to avoid. When you avoid reactive foods, you support your body’s natural ability to control your autoimmune flareups. Learn which foods you need to avoid, and control your autoimmune flareups, like a functional medicine boss!