Aging Isn’t a Disease. So Why Is Medicine Treating It Like One?
Ten functional and integrative medicine physicians weigh in on what conventional medicine gets wrong about aging — and what to do about it.
What does it actually take to live a long, healthy life? Not just surviving to 100, but arriving there with energy, clarity, and independence intact? (tennis elbow or liver spots aside).
Smart Senior Daily put that question — in three specific forms — to eight leading longevity, integrative, and functional medicine physicians. Their backgrounds span Chinese medicine, lifestyle medicine, culinary medicine, preventive medicine, naturopathy, and integrative psychiatry. But certain themes ran through all of them with striking consistency.
We spoke with: Dr. Colin Zhu (TheChefDoc) · Dr. Laura Stix (Carpe Diem Health & Wellness) · Dr. John Gaviria (ELEVA Institute) · Dr. Mao Shing Ni · Chad Larson (The Adapt Lab) · Dr. Yoon Hang Kim · Turner Osler MD (University of Vermont) · Dr. Sam Zand (Anywhere Clinic)
