Inspirit Functional Medicine

02/26/2024

As of today, Inspirit Functional Medicine will be on pause. I will no longer be seeing functional medicine patients at this time and going back to conventional medicine full time. This for sure stinks, but I am looking at it as a way to take a pause and eventually bring Inspirit back with even more to offer. Hoping to really hone in on what really matters to me in my career and where my path may be going. Thanks to everyone for your support and if you’re my patient, I hope I made an impact on you like you have on me!

11/16/2023

04/12/2023

Come see me at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness to learn more about functional medicine! I will be giving a talk from 10:45-12:00! Mind, Body, Spirit festival goes from 10-4 and it is an awesome time!

Hello everyone 👋🏼

Wow, this weather is gorgeous! Looking forward to a beautiful day like today for our upcoming on 4/29 ☀️

Today’s featured vendor is Virginia Connor from .

Virginia is a Physician Assistant who specializes in functional medicine. This is an individualized, patient centered, science based approach to find the root cause of chronic illness. She will be giving a talk at the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival from 10:45-12:00 on how she helps people feel better through the functional medicine lens, and some helpful tips to take home!

This class is for you if:
- you symptoms that cannot be linked to an illness, or you have mysterious symptoms
- you've been told everything is fine but you still don't feel well
- you suffer from chronic illness (i.e. depression, diabetes, fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disorder)
- you want to learn how to minimize or reverse your chronic symptoms
- you want to learn how to optimize your health even fi you feel well

If you’re reading this on Facebook click the link below to grab your tickets👇🏼

Event link to purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/functional-medicine-101-getting-to-the-root-tickets-576275685087

You can also message Virginia directly on her Instagram account to learn more!

We hope to see you there for this one of a kind healing event.

The fest so from 10-4pm!

Can’t wait to connect with everyone 🤍

12/26/2022

Happy holidays from Inspirit Functional Medicine!

10/26/2022

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/442363620497

Here is another event located at the farm where I see patients once per month. I hope you can join us!

09/30/2022

October at the farm is starting to book up! Be sure to visit the Wishing Star Farm website for the last month of Grand Opening Specials. October date is 10/20/2022

https://wishingstarfarm.org/virginia-conner

09/22/2022

Gallbladder disease costs the healthcare industry 6.2 BILLION dollars a year. It has increased in incidence by 20% over the last three decades! There is a reason for this, it’s not just coincidental. Take a look at my most recent article to get some insight on why this might be happening and how you can prevent it!

Gallbladder disease affects a significant amount of people in the U.S. A Functional Medicine approach takes into account risk factors, lifestyle, and lab results to treat the underlying cause.

09/19/2022

Did you know that from 1983 to 2008, the number of people with diabetes increased SEVENFOLD, from 35 to 240 MILLION???

The following 3 years (2008-2011) we added another 110 MILLION diabetics to that total

Shouldn’t the main question be “why is this happening” instead of “what new drug can we find to treat it?” -Dr Mark Hyman

Here are some mind blowing statistics:
- 70-80% of those diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes already have evidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 😮

-100 million American adults with type 2 diabetes and 100 million more with pre-diabetes and 90% of those people DON’T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE IT

—complications of diabetes:
-Micro vascular and macrovascular issues
-High blood pressure (over 70% of people with diabetes have hbp)
-neuropathy
-vision loss (40% greater risk of glaucoma and 60% increased risk of cataracts or retinopathy)
-stroke (risk 2-4 times higher than normal)
-kidney disease (diabetes is leading cause of kidney failure)
-gout
-heart disease

A MIDDLE AGED ADULT DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES HAD THE SAME CARDIAC RISK OF DEATH AS SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY HAD A HEART ATTACK!

💥 Here’s where you can start 💥 : have your doctor order you a fasting insulin level. This will show you if you’re insulin resistant even if you’re not diabetic. If the level is over 5, you are starting with insulin resistance and it’s time to change your lifestyle!