50% of adults have at least one chronic health condition, 25% of adults have two or more chronic health conditions, chronic diseases account for 86% of all healthcare costs ($3.2 trillion in 2015 and growing). 23.5 million Americans (more than seven percent of the population) suffer from an autoimmune disease—and the prevalence is rising. It is time to approach our health differently.

According to Dr. Mark Hyman (leader of the Institute for Functional Medicne and MD Director, Center of Functional Medicine Cleveland Clinic), “Conventional medicine’s penchant for managing and suppressing symptoms with procedures and pills, should be replaced with the functional-medicine model, which seeks to identify the root causes that give rise to these symptoms. We’re at a serious transition point. Functional medicine is the type of medicine that will be the future of healthcare.”