Ep. 11 - A Root Cause, Individualised Approach to Healthcare, with Functional Medicine Practitioner, Debbie Lewis

  This episode was recorded just before the Covid-19 lockdown began, as the pandemic was starting to become bigger news. We released the previous 2 episodes of the season before this one, even though it was recorded before, as they were recorded during lockdown and we wanted things to be very relevant for our listeners during life in the midst of this new normal. However, we are so excited about this episode as it really sums up one large facet of what Healthy Happy Home is all about – a root cause, individualised approach to healthcare, which of course can be applied to life during a pandemic to help our bodies cope but – and perhaps even more importantly – during regular life, as this is what an integrative approach to healthcare is; boosting immune system year round to ensure optimum health. We speak to Debbie Lewis, Lauren’s personal functional medicine doctor, to get a deeper understanding of what a functional approach to healthcare really means, and how we can all incorporate the basics into our lives to be able to drastically improve health and reduce likelihood of chronic disease. Debbie is a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine and is a Registered Nutritional Therapist with The British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT). She runs private clinics in London and Hereford and has a particular interest in women and children’s health. Debbie is also a qualified Social Worker, Natural Family Planning Teacher, Auricular Acupuncturist, Life Coach and NLP Practitioner. She is a visiting lecturer in Functional Medicine and complex case analysis on the Nutritional Therapy MSc at the University of Worcester, a clinical practice assessor and the regional British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine supervisor. Basically, if you are unwell, she’s the person you want to see for a complete holistic and integrative approach! As we recorded this just before the UK went into lockdown, we touch on Covid-19, but also tried to make the episode relevant for when the pandemic hopefully passes, and we can all focus on restoring our health. You can follow Debbie at https://www.debbielewis.co.uk/ and on Instagram @debbielewismed     What are we into Lauren: Liposomal Vitamin C Tilly: Supernova Protein Powder Debbie: Homemade bone broth, adding in turmeric, shiitake mushrooms, seaveg   Products mentioned in the show Clearspring Kombu Sea Vegetables       If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with friends, and please also make sure to subscribe / follow and review! It really helps us to reach more people. And if you would like to help me keep it going for as long as possible, please consider offering a small contribution to my Go Fund Me page.   You can get my FREE 6-Step Guide to Complete Wellbeing by subscribing over at www.laurenvaknine.co.uk and if you’d like to connect with me, get in touch on Instagram. You can also see me over on my YouTube channel.   Reconditioned with Lauren Vaknine supports Solace Women’s Aid Charity, who support survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence, working with over 27,000 people each year to build safe lives and strong futures.   Season 2 of Healthy Happy Home is sponsored by Megahome Water Distillers. Use the code HHH5 at checkout for a 5% discount www.megahome-distillers.co.uk @megahomedistillers1