by Les Cole | Oct 18, 2013 | Functional Medicine
What the Heck Is Functional Medicine? – Presented by Dr. Les Cole, MD I’m sure you’ve heard this term lately, but what does it mean? How is Functional Medicine different from Complimentary Medicine or Alternative Medicine? Join us and meet Les Cole, MD who...
by Les Cole | Sep 7, 2013 | Chronic Fatigue, Diabetes, Fatigue, Functional Medicine, Heart Disease, Insulin Resistance, IV Therapy, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional IV, Obesity, Overweight, Pre-Diabetes, Supplements, Weight Loss
If you have Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), you’ve probably seen a doctor and been put on a blood sugar lowering medication (such as metformin) for it. If you asked how you got it, you may not have gotten an answer, other than been told to diet, lose weight and exercise. If...
by Les Cole | Aug 28, 2013 | Adrenal Fatigue, Aging, Andropause, Autoimmune, Bio-Identical Hormone, Blood Pressure, Candida, Chelation, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Infection, Diabetes, Fatigue, Female, Fibromyalgia, Food Cravings, Food Sensitivity, Functional Medicine, GI Disease, Gluten, Heart Disease, Heavy Metals, Hormones, Hypothyroid, IV Therapy, Leaky Gut, Male, Menopause, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Multi-Modal Detoxification, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional IV, Obesity, Operative Care, Overweight, PCOS, PMS, Pre- & Post-Operative IV, Supplements, Thyroid, Toxicity, Weight Loss
Dr. Les Cole Hello, and welcome to my medical practice where you are treated as the individual you are, not as a particular disease. Too often, a one size fits all medication or surgical procedure is prescribed without taking into consideration individual...
by Les Cole | Aug 15, 2013 | Aging, Functional Medicine, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition
There is no longer any doubt from the medical and nutritional literature that nutrition is the greatest contributor to health and malnutrition the greatest contributor to disease. Hippocrates is quoted as saying, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy...
by Les Cole | Jul 25, 2013 | Functional Medicine, Hormones, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition
Our understanding of health and disease has changed through time. Evil spirits and vapors were once thought to be the causes of disease. Hippocrates advocated, “Let food be thy medicine.” With the Renaissance came an inquiry into science including that of the human...
by Les Cole | Jun 30, 2013 | Functional Medicine, Natural Medicine, Services
Traditional Western Medicine or Allopathic Medicine sees the individual primarily as individualized organ systems: heart, lungs, kidneys, digestive tract, etc. It assigns diseases to these systems based on a set of symptoms, signs, abnormal labs, and tissue pathology....
