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Dr Grant Fourie

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Dr Grant Fourie

Functional Medicine means - medicine with a healthy dose of lifestyle adjustment rather than just mo I thought doctors fixed people. But then medicine changed!

I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't want to be a doctor. I thought Family doctors were intimately involved in the health of the families who came to see them. General practitioners were downgraded to referral officers that simply referred people to the REAL doctors - The Specialist. These doctors are supposed to know everything about the diseases and disorders they specialise in. People started to bypass the GP and just go straight to the specialist. Women go to gynae's, children go to paediatricians, even with trivial problems because one wants to be treated by "the best" not somebody who's going to guess. At great cost to society, and personally, medicine grew extortionately expensive. Medicine became about the diseases rather than the person with the diseases. Patients are managed according to protocols or algorithms or national guidelines.There is little talk of cure; rather there is chronic management, symptom relief, prescriptions with lists of medicines to be taken for life. Nobody questions it; it's the price of ageing in the modern world; its normal! But what if you don't feel better? Still feel tired? Still feel depressed? Still need sleeping tablets? Are you well if your tests are normal but you're on 6 drugs every day? Are you well if you have no symptoms? Does your specialist have a solution if you don't respond to his medication? YES, SEND YOU TO DIFFERENT SPECIALIST. No specialist ever referred someone to a generalist - remember, we don't know anything (slightly bitter)
This can't be right! Who is the most likely to know about your food, your job stress, your lifestyle habits, your family members, your ex-husband? Who is the most qualified person to understand you in totality? Who deals with a great variety of problems all day long, every day? Who actually cares about YOU rather than your disease? Well, a good GP does. Even more so a Functional Medicine doctor who has committed him or herself to a lifetime of learning and understanding the human being in its entirety. Who considers the food you eat to be your most valuable tool to prevent AND cure disease. Who considers keeping your system strong and clean to be far superior to poisoning it with more chemicals that are supposed to keep you "healthy". There isn't a country in the world that is not overburdened by it's health budget. Medicine is going to change again. We quite literally cannot afford to keep the current system. Even the health system is sick! In spite of better hospitals, more specialists, unbelievable drugs - the world is getting sicker and fatter! Medicine and our understanding of health is going to change. Functional Medicine is leading the charge in this change and I am proud to call myself one.

15/01/2023

I believe there is a need for contraceptive. But women need to understand the risks and be better informed so they can recognize when it is the hormone causing their problem.

01/09/2022

The surprising benefits of sauna must not be overlooked. Also…what could be easier than just sitting in a sauna? There are probably additional benefits using the infra-red sauna’s

Discover the benefits of using a sauna consistently. Even if you don't use it daily, a sauna can assist with weight loss, muscle recovery, improve longevity,...

29/03/2022

Discussing chronic fatigue on SAFM tomorrow at 11:15. Have a listen…if you’re not too tired! But especially have a listen… if you are too tired.

02/04/2021

Great podcast that sums up a lot of women’s hormone health. Oh...and I’m in it too.

24/02/2021

Game changer for hormone-free contraception.
Www.Ballerine.co.za

Everything you need to know about the Ballerine IUB. Read honest reviews and get the facts from the world's only contraceptive review platform.

17/11/2020

Told she can never have a baby. After spending a little time understanding how her body was working we pulled off a little miracle. Today she told me she doesn‘t have to see me anymore - it seems my work was done here.
6 months from now we should “deliver” the evidence of her success!

20/10/2020

This is 22 months later - important because sustainability of habit and lifestyle change is essential in ADDITION to the correction of the underlying medical conditions that led to this in the first place. When the body is sick, stressed or inflammed - it stores fat. If you don’t resolve those issues first you will never maintain weight loss or health benefits.

16/10/2020

This is video of someone we have borrowed from the USA during lockdown.
He is a highly intuitive counsellor able to get to the heart of the many deep emotional and spiritual wounds that distract one from being fulfilled in this one lifetime we have to live.
If you are keen to meet him, you can book an appointment with him via our reception at 0219193666.

Contact Information - South Africa WhatsApp - +27 (0)66 018 5010 Contact Information USA WhatsApp +1-760-844-2778 Skype: Michael.Bradford.Global Email: Micha...

07/10/2020

4 months of focussed effort (not exercise and not low calorie eating) just a real commitment to healthy habits while removing toxic substances and identifying bad habits. We are all so unique. The secret to our health is often more simple than we can believe. Amazing every time I see it.

27/06/2020

A great perspective. Not denialist. Not conspiracy. Just a “where to from here” attitude.

He is an internationally recognised educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease and food systems.

21/06/2020

I’ve had the distinct privilege of attending a lecture by the real Patch Adams. His spirit remains an inspiration to me every day that I am privileged to be part of so many valuable human lives.

31/05/2020

A Covid interview that survived the culling of alternative thinking because it is balanced, rational and scientific. Not blaming or accusing, nor conspiracy laden. A weird reminder that all life exists for a purpose (even viruses). Finally, it is a challenge to remember how precious and beautiful life and love is.

DOCTOR WHO PREDICTED COVID-19 ANSWERS ALL Triple board-certified M.D., Dr. Zach, joins Del in an evolutionary discussion on why Coronavirus is here, what it’...

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Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 17:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 17:00
Saturday	08:00 - 12:00

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