Book excerpt: Your Body Is Your Home, Build It With Functional Medicine How well are you aging? Were you told your labs are normal but you don't feel normal? Has conventional medicine been nothing but a Band-Aid? Are you ready to try something different? Many health care providers want to help their patients but don't know how, and many patients wait until their symptoms are causing problems before they see a provider. Both patients and providers can benefi t from a guide to aging well. In Dr. Stephanie Gray's Your Longevity Blueprint, you'll learn how you can use functional medicine to: - RESTORE YOUR GUT HEALTH - KEEP YOUR SPINE IN LINE - INFLUENCE YOUR GENETICS - REPLETE NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES - DETOXIFY YOUR BODY - OPTIMIZE YOUR HORMONES - REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM Your body is your home, and your functional medicine provider will act as your body's contractor and builder--giving your body the foundation, framework, and electricity it's always needed. Where conventional medicine treats symptoms, functional medicine discovers the root cause. This is determined by your test results, what Dr. Stephanie Gray calls your fingerprint. Learn how functional medicine assesses the interaction of nutrition, genetics, hormones, toxins, and infections to improve your health and overall longevity. Imagine what life would be like with true health. Let's live long together! Wellness is Waiting(TM)!