{"id":17424,"date":"2019-01-17T21:57:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T21:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fxnutrition.com\/?p=17424"},"modified":"2023-12-12T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T21:21:00","slug":"personal-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/blog\/personal-evidence","title":{"rendered":"Personal Evidence: The Secret to Personalized Healthcare in Functional Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been over twenty years since my husband Isamu died.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can remember that morning like it was yesterday. An ending. A beginning. A point in time so clear and finite for each of us\u2014unlike most triggers in our health histories.<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing I learned, through Isamu\u2019s illness and death, in working with my own autoimmune condition (Hashimoto\u2019s), and through serving thousands of clients in the subsequent years, is that something critical is missing from the way we help the chronically ill in our current medical model.<\/span><\/p>\n

That something that\u2019s missing is <\/span>the patient<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Functional Nutrition for patient-centered care<\/h2>\n

All too often, treatments are based on study evidence\u2014what worked for a small and specific group of people in a controlled setting. One dilemma with studies is that they are subject to a tremendous amount of translation that often gets overlooked in our desire to find validation of our beliefs and our wish for the cure-all.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can think of this as <\/span>confirmation-bias<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Media translations of these studies and evidence-based practices can often confuse our collective understanding of the \u201cgood\u201d and the \u201cbad\u201d\u2014particularly when it comes to diet and lifestyle modifications\u2014creating mass confusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The interpretation of studies is subject to several factors:<\/span><\/p>\n