If Google Were Right, You’d Be Dead by Now Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Quick Answer Searching symptoms online and matching them to diseases is an unreliable way to understand health. “Symptom-matching” is the process of using...
Can AI Really Fix Your Hormones… or Just Tell You to Sleep More? Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Quick Answer Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to answer health questions, including those related to hormones. Population...
MTHFR – Do You Even Need Activated B’s? Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Quick Answer MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) is an enzyme involved in converting folate into 5-MTHF, a form used in one-carbon metabolism and...
The Melatonin-Light Connection: Why Darkness is a Biological Necessity Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Our ancestors’ lives were shaped by natural light and darkness. Today, bright indoor lighting and screens extend “daytime...
Fasting vs Starvation: Therapeutic Fasting Safety & Science Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Quick Answer Fasting and starvation are not the same physiological state. Starvation occurs when the body lacks sufficient energy...
Functional Medicine: Finding the “Why” Behind Chronic Illness Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA In our Adelaide clinic at Elemental Health and Nutrition, many patients describe persistent fatigue, pain, or physiological imbalance...
