Functional Medicine, Longevity & Why Doctors Are Leaving The System | Broken Healthcare Podcast #90

Tim Organ, CEO of the Health Business Growth Collective, joins the show in-studio to discuss why the traditional healthcare system focuses on symptoms instead of root cause - and how functional medicine is changing the future of patient care.Tim shares his personal health transformation, including reducing body fat, optimising metabolic health, increasing protein intake, and improving longevity through lifestyle changes. He explains how functional medicine identifies underlying causes of illness, why regenerative therapies may reduce the need for surgery, and how practitioners are building independent health businesses outside the insurance model.We also explore AI-driven healthcare tools, preventative testing, and why the future of medicine may be more personalised, data-driven, and focused on long-term health outcomes.📌 Subscribe for more conversations on fixing the broken healthcare system.#FunctionalMedicine #Longevity #RootCause #MetabolicHealth #PreventativeHealth #RegenerativeMedicine #HealthcareInnovation #Biohacking #HealthOptimization #FutureOfHealthcare #Wellness #AIHealthcare 01:00 Tim Organ & Health Business Growth Collective 04:20 Personal health transformation & body composition changes 07:00 Protein intake, diet tracking & metabolic health 10:00 Lifestyle habits & fitness discipline 13:30 Longevity fundamentals: exercise, diet & sleep 16:30 Functional medicine vs symptom-based healthcare 20:00 Finding the root cause of chronic illness 23:00 Tim’s healthcare career journey 27:00 Digital healthcare systems & medical technology 29:30 Why practitioners are leaving insurance-based models 33:00 Challenges doctors face inside traditional healthcare 36:00 Regenerative medicine vs surgery 41:00 Why many orthopaedic procedures may be avoidable 45:00 AI in healthcare & interpreting lab data 48:30 Expanding access to functional medicine 51:00 Food systems, nutrition & chronic disease 54:00 Personal responsibility & preventative health 57:00 The future of personalised medicine 1:02:00 Business models for modern practitioners 1:07:00 Technology & data-driven health insights 1:12:00 Longevity mindset & maintaining muscle as we age 1:17:00 Final thoughts on fixing broken healthcare Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.