The first of its kind Indian Association of Functional Medicine (IAFM) organized a virtual conference to promote and spread awareness on functional medicines in India.



The Indian Association of Functional Medicine, an independent body launched its first conference with the objective of promoting the usage of Functional medicines in our day to day lives and reducing the dependency on other medicines that act on the symptom and subside the overall problem in a person’s body than acting on the actual underlying problem that needs to be fixed.



Founded by Dr Priti Nanda Sibal, CEO & founder, Mediskool Health Services, Dr Anish Musa, founder, Ultrawellness, Dr Ashwini Garg, co-founder, Functional Medicine Clinic & Dr Ruhi Agarwal, co-founder, Functional Medicine Clinic are the pillars for Indian Association of Functional Medicine in India.



The conference showcased leading doctors & spokesperson across the functional medicinal fraternity that spoke about gut disorders and autoimmunity, hashimoto thyroiditis, ozone therapy, metabolic health, lifestyle choices, mental health, and hypothyroidism that gave the audience of over 400 people a deep insight into the world and functionalities of fnctional medicines.



The first session of the day talked about gut disorder and how functional medicines can directly help with the autoimmune diseases. The panel discussion had prominent speakers like Mahesh Jayaraman, founder, Sepalika; Suyash Bhandari, head of supplements vertical, iTHRIVE.  The discussion revolved around autoimmune diseases and the solutions to heal autoimmune diseases through functional medicines.



Mili Shah, Expert on Ozone Therapy, “Hidden Chronic disease are the major reason behind rising autoimmune disease. In functional medicine we do thorough assessments to get to the root cause. Detailed investigation in complex clinical presentation most of the time reveals chronic infections at the root of the disease. In functional medicine, we use different tools to tackle the disease. Ozone therapy is one such tool which has varied functions such as detoxification/antiviral/antibacterial/antifungal etc.”



The first session was followed by an indepth discussion on lifelong problems that could be reversed, lifeline diagnostics and metabolic syndrome. The panel showcased some renowned and leading names in the world of functional Medicine like Dr Alok Chopra, founder, Daivam Wellness, Dr Paramesh S, medical director at Twin Health & Dr Neelesh Kapoor, founding member & head of medical affairs, Ekacare.