Functional Medicine Foundations
12 lessons · 9h 45min
- S1 E1
What Is Functional Medicine?
An overview of the functional medicine model — its origins, principles, and how it differs from conventional disease-centred practice.
- S1 E2
Systems Biology in Clinical Practice
How systems biology concepts — feedback loops, emergence, interconnectedness — translate into a more accurate model of human health and disease.
- S1 E3
The Matrix Model: A Diagnostic Framework
A deep dive into the functional medicine matrix — seven core physiological systems and how antecedents, triggers, and mediators map onto them.
- S1 E4
The Patient Timeline and the Art of the History
Constructing a comprehensive patient timeline from birth to present — and why this is one of the most powerful diagnostic tools in functional medicine.
- S1 E5
Understanding Metabolic Dysfunction
A clinical framework for identifying and addressing the root drivers of metabolic disease — insulin resistance, inflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction.
- S2 E1
Gastrointestinal Health as a Core System
Why the gut is central to functional medicine — the gut-immune axis, leaky gut, dysbiosis, and the clinical implications of digestive dysfunction.
- S2 E2
Hormonal Axes: HPA, HPT, and HPG
How the three major hormonal axes interact, how stress dysregulates all three, and clinical strategies for restoration.
- S2 E3
Immune Function and Chronic Inflammation
The spectrum from immune deficiency to autoimmunity — and how chronic low-grade inflammation underlies nearly every chronic condition.
- S2 E4
Detoxification and Biotransformation
Phase I and II liver detoxification, genetic variations in detox pathways, and practical clinical strategies for supporting biotransformation.
- S3 E1
Mind-Body Medicine: The Clinical Evidence
The neurobiological evidence for mind-body interactions — trauma, stress, and their downstream effects on physiology and disease expression.
- S3 E2
Introduction to Functional Nutrition
How food functions as information — epigenetics, nutrient signalling, and the therapeutic application of dietary change.
- S3 E3
Bringing It All Together: A Case Integration
A full worked-through clinical case — from intake to treatment plan — applying the matrix model, timeline, and systems approach.