Within the past five years, many nutritionally and holistically minded health care practitioners have embraced "functional medicine" treatment concepts in dealing with the management of many commonly encountered chronic illnesses, including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.
The functional medicine approach to the treatment of chronic disease is one that is based not on one agent or modality as the curative or palliative solution. It is holistically centered on the principle that restoration of proper cellular metabolism, through reducing cumulative toxic load and chemical stresses to the body, will allow normalization of cellular function. These articles describe the various functional lab tests that can aid you in finding the underlying cause or your health problem.