Evidence-Based Botanicals, Nutraceuticals and Lifestyle for Immune System Strength

Tracy Shulsinger • November 4, 2022

The Institute for Functional Medicine has released two excellent resources for enhancing the health and strength of our immune systems.

What we eat, drink, take as supplements, how we relax, sleep, and handle stressors has always mattered, yet with busy and jam-packed lives, many of us put our own health behind so many other aspects of our days, weeks, months ...

One silver lining of the COVID-19 virus threat is that people are prioritizing their choices and health in ways they may never have before. But it can be overwhelming.

With all of the vast supplement and diet options available from the click of a mouse, how can you tell what is going to make the greatest positive impact on health?

The Institute For Functional Medicine (IFM)'s guides that follow make that decision much easier!

Click here for your comprehensive guide on Botanicals and Nutraceuticals, titled The Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19: Virus-Specific Nutraceutical and Botanical Agents and published by the IFM.

Click here for your guide on Lifestyle Practices published by the IFM, The Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19: Lifestyle Practices for Strengthening Host Defense.

We offer supplements at a discount price for our patients when you order online. Click here

for three ordering options:

Xymogen (via Wholescript), which is the only place you can get Xymogen supplements
Metagenics
Full Script, which carries a wide selection of our favorite supplement brands, such as Quicksilver, Metagenics, Orthomolecular, Pure Encapsulations, Klaire Labs, Bio-botanicals, and many more

Wishing you and your loved ones well.

Tracy Shulsinger, FNP

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