We are living longer but not better. A series of factors has led to a surge of metabolic disorders at the foundation of chronic illness. As research has revealed the complexity of disease, so treatments have complexified, seeking to control every single mechanism. Endobiogeny takes a step back to view the big picture of how metabolic disorders develop and how to approach the root cause.
“Root cause” is a trendy term and it deserves some clarification. In Endobiogeny, root cause refers to the originating cause of disease. Modern medicine misidentified mechanisms of pathophysiology as the cause. But cellular metabolism is exquisitely managed systemically by the endocrine system. Hormones determine the pace and drive of metabolism. They shift how we respond to diet, how nutrients are distributed or stored. (For example, rabbits and gorillas are vegetarian yet one is large and aggressive, the other small and docile. It is hormones that determine how their body responds to their diet.) Hormones regulate how the immune system manages inflammation, and so on. When we speak of “root cause” in endobiogeny, we are speaking of the endocrine terrain that creates the conditions for diseases to occur.
This concept is crucial, for it helps us explain how two people with similar diet and lifestyle develop different disorders. Every disorder has a specific pattern of imbalance related to three factors: nervous system, hormones and emunctories (digestive/detox organs). And this understanding changes everything. It creates a personalized approach to disease prevention, identifying latent signals of imbalance before symptoms manifest. It simplifies testing by focusing on the big picture factors, instead of chasing the dragon of complex, arcane and expensive testing. And it simplifies treatment protocols for an elegant treatment of the person who has the disease rather than the disease the person has.
Endobiogeny achieves this through a three step method that places the patient as a whole human being at the center of the investigation and the clinician at the helm of the investigation.
- Deep listening: We teach our practitioners how to identify indications of neuroendocrine and emunctory imbalance from the history—before you ever exam the patient or order testing.
- Thoughtful Examination: Similarly, the body contains evidence of the terrain in every sign great and small: the curve of the eyelash, the size of the nose, the quality of the fingernails, deep abdominal palpation, etc.
- Functional biomarker analysis: Endobiogenic biomarker analysis is a game changer in medicine. Biomarkers are networked in a web of physiologic relationships, allowing subtle changes in the normal range to herald early and subtle imbalances. We’ve developed hundreds of formulas (indexes) that flag these subtle drifts away from optimal and created a human-generated (no AI!) algorithm that offers interpretation and treatment guidance. Learn more about the GEMMA analytics system here.
The power of endobiogeny lies in its functional, integrative analysis of systems physiology and pattern analysis. In fact, Endobiogeny excels where imaging and lab testing is “normal.” The integrative Endobiogenic analysis allows almost any symptoms and disorder to be managed better, even if it is deemed idiopathic or considered as “incurable.”
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