Fasting can be an important clinical tool to promote patient health. There are various approaches to fasting, which allows for the use of the most appropriate therapeutic application for each patient. Intermittent fasting strategies such as periodic fasting mimicking diets have a range of potential health benefits and may improve physical and mental health through multiple pathways, from triggering autophagy to enhancing mitochondrial health. On this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, our guest Valter Longo, PhD, discusses the research into mechanisms behind the fasting mimicking diet and how fasting interventions impact disease risk factors and aging. Dr. Longo is also a plenary presenter at IFM’s AIC 2021 exploring new insights into fasting and the fasting-mimicking diet.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/the-fasting-mimicking-diet-impacts-on-aging-and-chronic-disease/

Research suggests that the presence of atopy itself may be considered a risk factor for the development of autoimmune diseases in adulthood. Atopic conditions often manifest in the first years of life, so as a clinician treating pediatric patients, how might we intervene in this atopic march during childhood to change outcomes? In this episode of Pathways to Well-Being, our guest Dr. Julie Buckley will discuss the connection between early childhood development, the atopic triad of eczema, allergies, and asthma, and how these atopic conditions might influence autoimmune development later in life.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/julie-buckley-md-pediatric-allergies-atopy-autoimmunity-influencing-the-atopic-march/

Susan Haddow, MD, IFMCP, board-certified in family medicineandintegrative medicine, who has worked primarily in underserved populations shares her clinical experiences in building immune resilience with all kinds of patients and how the environment around us can influence the potential of our immune systems.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/immune-system-resilience-and-the-environment/

Crossfit Games athlete and family physician Julie Foucher, MD, MS, discusses the overall anti-inflammatory effect of regular, moderate bouts of exercise and how to get patients started on an exercise prescription.

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The year 2020 has been noteworthy in medicine for several reasons. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were several other clinical themes that impact functional medicine care. This episode of Pathways to Well-Being is a conversation with IFM Director of Medical Education Dan Lukaczer, ND, IFMCP and IFM Director of Medical Education Initiatives Robert Luby, MD, IFMCP about the top functional medicine clinical themes of 2020 and what they mean for your practice.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/podcast-functional-medicine-hot-topics-of-2020/

Pharmacist Lara Zakaria, RPh, and physician Elizabeth Board, MD, both strong advocates for using food as medicine and substituting nutritional therapies for medication therapies for prevalent chronic conditions, discuss how pharmacists and primary care clinicians can work together to help their patients reduce their pharmaceutical burden.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/safely-deprescribing-medications-for-your-chronic-disease-patients/

Now more than ever, clinicians are facing higher rates of burnout and reporting lower satisfaction scores with their careers. Under heightened challenges and increased pressures during the pandemic, burnout is a silent burden plaguing the health care community. On this episode of Pathways to Wellbeing, Georgia Tetlow, MD, and Riva Z. Robinson, MD, discuss how burnout manifests in all stages of practice and the critical steps clinicians can take to improve their mental health. Burnout inspired both doctors to find new ways of healing, for themselves and for their patients.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/clinician-burnout-coping-from-a-personal-and-practice-standpoint/

Can a healthy pediatric microbiome help to slow the rising levels of chronic disease? Dr. Mumper discusses thelatest research and shares clinical insights on how to support the pediatric microbiome, from collaborating with parents and training taste buds to oral tolerance and clues that point to gut dysfunction.

To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/pediatric-microbiome-building-healthy-adults-liz-mumper-md-faap/

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Dan Lukaczer, ND, IFMCP, sits down with Joseph Pizzorno, ND, to discuss toxins, and the impact of toxic load on health.

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https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/toxins-drivers-disease/