A functional medicine approach to diabetes control and quality of life: an open-label randomized pilot study.

Mohamed Eldib¹, Betul Hatipoglu², Michelle Beidelschies³, Marilyn Alejandro-Rodriguez⁴, Huijun Xiao⁵, Michael Rothberg⁶, Mark Hyman⁷, Keren Zhou¹

¹Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

²Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.

³Center for Functional Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA.

⁴Department of Community Health, Mercy Health, Lorain, OH, USA.

⁵Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

⁶Center for Value-Based Care Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

⁷Function Health, Lenox, MA, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: There has been increasing public interest in a functional medicine (FM) approach to the care of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, it is unclear if this approach can further improve diabetes management beyond conventional diabetes care. This study compared the addition of a FM approach (intensive lifestyle modifications and tailored dietary supplements) plus usual care (FM) to conventiona…

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