Lori Bean welcomes Dr. Brandy James, Doctor of Naturopathic/Functional Medicine at Maliya, to the podcast to explain what naturopathic and functional medicines are. Dr. Brandy shares how each medicine works to find a root cause and consider the full function of the body.Dr. Brandy gets into detail with Lori about the ways in which a naturopathic approach would treat something like IBS, for example. She sheds light on how many different tests can be done and the types of information that can be gleaned from examining gut health, microbiomes, toxin levels, considering a full history in context, and taking stress into account. Dr. Brandy operates from a very devoted place of active listening and truly hearing her patients, which is something she and Lori connect on. Their drive is creating circles of support for women that go even beyond supplements and medicine into being heard and feeling care.About Dr. Brandy James:Dr. Brandy James understands how physical symptoms, emotional pain, and mental fog feed off each other – and that responsibilities of life don’t pause just because we’re unwell. Dr. Brandy is a licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and a member of the College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta (CNDA), the Alberta Association of Naturopathic Doctors (AAND), the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND), and has obtained her certificate in Advanced Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice from the Institute for Functional Medicine (AFMCP).With Clinical training at the Harvard Mind Body Institute of Medicine, Dr. Brandy believes in the power of an integrated model of care. We need to look at the whole body to understand and treat the root cause of the problem. This is why she loves her profession – it allows us wider and deeper insight to why someone is feeling the way they do.Dr. Brandy’s eight years of training and years of experience won’t serve you well unless she does one thing right: Listen. Listening is both a core value and a personal strength. Dr. Brandy has additional training in Functional Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Neuro Emotional Technique, Botanical Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathic Medicine, In Depth Lab Testing.There are many conditions she treats such as allergies, arthritis, asthma, autoimmune, colds and flus, chronic pain, depression, diabetes, digestive disorders, fatigue, hormonal conditions (such as premenstrual and syndrome and menopause, sleep disorders).___Maliya: website | instagram | facebookDr. Brandy James | Doctor of Naturopathic/Functional Medicine: website TranscriptionLori Bean As we all know, women in today's day and age need a different level of care. We invite you to join us as we explore the world of holistic care, what it means and how it can really benefit you.Alyssa Rabin We're going to be providing you with really insightful and practical information as to what our practitioners here at Maliya do, who they are, and how their specific modalities can support your well being.Lori Bean We're going to be having candid conversations with women of all ages, sharing their stories, their journeys, their struggles, and all of their relatable experiences.Alyssa Rabin Absolutely. As well, we're going to be informing you on how Western and Eastern medicine can really work together to help you to become and to show up in the world as the woman you are really meant to be. Lori Bean 00:52Welcome to the Maliya podcast. I am your host, Lori Bean. And today we are going to be talking about naturopathic medicine, functional medicine. And we are going to be speaking with Dr. Brandy James who works out of the Maliya Wellness Center for Women. And I really wanted to talk about why we truly support this type of medicine at Maliya. For those of you that really are still unsure as to what and how this modality can support you, I thought we would just sort of dive in a little bit and discuss why Dr. Brandy is here and how she can support you and look at your health in a little bit of a different light. So welcome, Dr. Brandy. Dr. Brandy James 01:52Thank you, Lori. Lori Bean 01:54I'm going to start - what is naturopathic medicine and what is functional medicine? Dr. Brandy James 01:58So naturopathic medicine is a medicine that's been around for a long time, and I get asked all the time what the difference between conventional and naturopathic, I think a lot of people don't realize that there is a lot of training involved in naturopathic medicine. So we have, you know, four years of undergrad before we get into the program, and naturopathic school is four years as well. So this involves a lot of the basic sciences. So histology, anatomy, all the - biochemistry - all the ologies, to understand the body, but what we do too, on top of that, is looking at the body as well, from a nutritional standpoint, traditional Chinese medicine standpoint, homeopathic standpoint, botanical medicine. So learning, for example, how all ...
