Functional Medicine vs “There’s a Pill for That” (85)

About this episode

Uncle Marv discusses functional medicine with Dr. Kevin Smith, highlighting its differences from traditional quick-fix approaches.

I sit down with Dr. Kevin Smith, a chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner, to unpack what functional medicine really is and how it’s different from the quick “there’s a pill for that” approach. We dig into lab testing, supplement quality, and why chasing symptoms keeps so many of us stuck in chronic pain, fatigue, and those “everything looks normal” doctor visits.

People in this episode

Host: Uncle Marv

Guest: Dr. Kevin Smith

Topics covered

• functional medicine
• chiropractic
• chronic pain
• lab testing
• supplement quality

Keywords

• functional medicine
• chiropractor
• chronic pain
• fatigue
• lab testing
• supplements

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