Functional Medicine Is Broken—but Not All Is Lost

Functional medicine promised to move healthcare beyond disease labels, symptom management, and one-size-fits-all treatment. But increasingly, it is recreating the very disease model it was meant to replace—masked by less-conventional diagnoses and arrays of supplements instead of prescriptions. In this opening episode of a new Beyond the Biomarkers series, Kerri Rachelle examines how root-cause care lost its way: prescription cascades becoming supplement cascades, test results becoming diagnoses they cannot establish, therapeutic nutrition becoming restriction, complexity being mistaken for personalization, and emerging science being presented with false certainty. She also explores why patients are still being left alone between appointments, why nutrition expertise must be central to any model built around food, and why Registered Dietitians should help lead the next chapter of functional medicine. This is not a rejection of functional medicine. It is an honest call to repair it. Follow Beyond the Biomarkers as each episode takes a deeper look at where functional medicine went wrong—and how we can build the thoughtful, evidence-based, whole-person model of care it was always supposed to become. Become a REV0lution patient Interested in insurance-covered functional medicine and personalized nutrition care? Request care and verify your coverage with REV0lution. Work privately with Kerri To inquire about Kerri's private functional medicine care, email [email protected] with Private Care in the subject line. This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not provide individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.