1. Management of Care and Recovery
Dealing with Stress and Preventing Burnout

2. The Effects That Stress and Poor Gut Health Has on the Body
Pain
Numb
Multiple Sclerosis?

3. What is Functional Medicine
Patient Centered Approach to Optimal Health
Holistic Systems Approach to Health and Wellness
Root Cause Resolution of Dysfunction
Complements Conventional Medicine

4. Getting To The Root Cause
Client Story
Partnership
Lab Work
It’s all connected and it’s all about connecting!

5. What Is Stress? Definition of Stress:
According to Hans Selye:  “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change”
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

6. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA Axis)

7. Evolution Of GAS Allostasis and Allostatic Load:
Allostasis refers to the adaptive processes the body uses to maintain homeostasis in response to stress. Allostatic load refers to the total load on the body in responding to those stressors and the use of adaptive processes to do so.

8. Allostatic Load: Stressors
Trauma/Mechanical
Infection
Toxicology
Nutrient Imbalance
Neurology
Electromagnetic

9. Acute and Chronic Response of Body
Inflammation
Too Much/Little Cortisol
Altered Macronutrient Metabolism
Insulin Resistance
Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Increased Catabolism
Increased Visceral Adiposity
Dysbiosis

10. Acute and Chronic Response of Body
Altered Thyroid Enzymes
Alteration of Micronutrient Metabolism
Increased Free Radicals
Increased Inflammatory Messengers

11. Acute/Chronic Response + Genetics/Epigenetics = Health Issue
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Fatigue
Hyper/Hypothyroid
Autoimmune Conditions
Burnout
Depression

12. Health Issues (cont.) Joint Pain Nerve Pain Anxiety Headaches
Difficulty Sleeping
Brain Fog/Poor Concentration
Weight Loss/Weight Gain
Irritability
Heart Palpitations …

14. Manage Stress For Optimal Health
Food/Gut Health
Rest
Sleep
Community
Thoughts

15. Food/Gut Health

16. Food/Gut Health Inflammation Intestinal Permeability aka Leaky Gut
Gut-Brain Connection
Neuroregulation of Appetite

17. Inflammation and Digestion
Poor Digestion
Poor Nutrient Absorption
Food Allergies/Sensitivities

18. Intestinal Permeability aka Leaky Gut
Our Gut is Actually Outside of our Body
Endotoxin/Lipopolysaccharide
May Play a Role in Autoimmune Disorders

19. Gut Microbiome 100 Trillion Bacterial Cells
Role in Digestion, Synthesis of Vitamins
Role in Immune Function
Gut-Brain Connection
Nervous System as Neuroimmune System
Psychoneuroendicrinoimmunology

20. Neuroregulation of Appetite
One Size Does Not Fit All
Hyperpalatable Foods
Digestion Starts in the Brain

21. Rest
Be Still
Prayer
“Quiet Time”
Do What You Like

22. Sleep
Circadian Rhythm
7+ Hours
In Bed by 10pm
Dark Room

23. Community Community with God and Jesus Community with Leader/Authority
Community with Spouse and Friends
You need people who are pouring into you and people you are pouring into!

24. Thoughts

25. Role of Thoughts in: Pain Stress Depression and Anxiety
Reframe Thoughts Positively
Truth/Preach the Gospel

26. Balance

27. Balance

28. Balance
Season of Work
Season of Rest

29. Helping Others Get Healthy
Be Prepared to Get Messy
Need to be “Healthy” to Help Others Get Healthy
Health Includes Physical, Psychological and Spiritual

30. What Can Be Accomplished?
No Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
No More Pain
Joy
Life Change!

31. Healthy Design Functional Medicine
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