Welcome
to Genetics Based Integrative Medicine (GBIM), a telemedicine practice
dedicated to the education, treatment, and recovery of those with autism
spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD, and PANS/PANDAS as well as highly complex &
disabling disorders affecting adults such as CFS/ME/FM, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's and mitochondrial
dysfunction.
This
clinical practice and website will provide critical information regarding the
contributing factors for many of these disorders as well as current scientific
theories and management. Our goal is to ensure that the emerging
field of nutrigenomics medicine and treatment is more readily understood.
We intend to streamline the methods and tools you'll require so that you
can successfully maintain your own personalized regimen. We will
also provide individualized guidance, diagnostic testing and the specific
treatment options that apply to your genetic make up.
The
objective of nutrigenomics medicine is to provide the nutrients
that each person requires for optimal health. An individual’s ideal
nutrients are established by evaluating their genetic blueprint, or DNA.
For the sake of simplicity, it may help to think of your genes as a series of
piano keys. Each key is unique and makes a different sound, yet they are all
necessary for making music. Even when several keys are broken you may still be
able to play music, though the melody won’t sound the same and depending upon
the song, these failings may or may not make a difference. However, if you are
to play in a symphony, you will have three options:
1. You
can ignore the differences, playing music that is off key,
2. You
can try to use the black keys instead, to bypass the changes, or
3. You
can address the problems and call a service person to repair them.
In
treating genetic vulnerabilities we have similar options:
1. You can ignore the problem, living
with poor health,
2. You can change your diet to
eliminate some of the toxic triggers, thereby circumventing some of the
damaged genes, or
3. You can address the faulty genes at
their root cause, applying specific nutrients, RNA, nucleotides, and other
genetic reinforcements.
In
choosing the last two options, you achieve a balance that allows your body
chemistry to work more efficiently. This also targets the root cause
rather than simply applying Band-Aids with various therapies and medications. We welcome you to personalized medicine of the 21st Century!
