Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, 55 Pittsfield Road Suite 9, Lenox, MA 01240, USA.
Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2022 Aug;33(3):571-586. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2022.04.002. Epub 2022 Jun 25.
The food we eat becomes the basic building blocks of our biology. A poor diet creates poor-functioning cells, tissues, organs, and biological systems and leads to disease. A nutrient-rich whole foods diet does the opposite. Inflammation is a common denominator in most chronic diseases, and our modern-day lifestyle is primarily to blame. An overload of processed foods, sugar, starch, and exposure to toxic chemicals damages our mitochondria, overwhelms our detox organs, creates oxidative stress, hormonal and mood imbalances, cognitive decline, and so much more. Functional Medicine treats disease by removing what is causing damage and providing the body with what it needs to repair itself to regain proper functionality.
我们所吃的食物成为我们生物学的基本组成部分。不良的饮食会导致细胞、组织、器官和生物系统功能不良，从而导致疾病。而营养丰富的全食物饮食则会产生相反的效果。炎症是大多数慢性疾病的共同特征，而我们现代的生活方式主要对此负有责任。过量的加工食品、糖、淀粉和接触有毒化学物质会损害我们的线粒体，使我们的解毒器官不堪重负，造成氧化应激、荷尔蒙和情绪失衡、认知能力下降等等。功能医学通过消除造成损害的因素，并为身体提供修复自身所需的物质，从而治疗疾病，以恢复正常功能。
