Traditional medicine is designed to rule out disease—not to help you feel good.

If you have an infection, a broken bone, or an emergency—traditional medicine saves lives. But when it comes to symptoms that don’t fit a clear diagnosis, like

• Fatigue that won’t go away 
• Hormone issues brushed aside with the pill  
• Or gut symptoms you’ve been told are “just IBS”—

there’s a gap.

That’s because the focus of medicine is on pathology, not optimal, healthy function.

Functional health doesn’t replace medicine. It complements it by asking different questions. Instead of asking “What disease is this?”, we ask things like:

• What’s not working properly, and why? 
• Where is the body compensating? 
• Where are you depleted?

Here's the difference.

Traditional Medicine

🤕 Looks for disease

🧩 Treats body systems separately

😕 Uses “normal” ranges from the general population

🤷‍♀️ Conditions often labeled “idiopathic”

💊 Symptoms managed with medication or surgery

⏳ Short visits, limited support

Functional Health

🔎 Looks for dysfunction before it becomes disease

⚪ Considers the whole body, not isolated issues

🤸‍♀️ Uses “optimal” ranges from thriving individuals

❓ Investigates the why behind your concerns

🥗 Root-cause healing with lifestyle + nutrition

🤝 Deep partnership & dedicated support

Health doesn’t come from one system. It comes from the conversation between them.

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MEET YOUR FDN PRACTITIONER

Hi, I'm Mariana.

I help women get their life-force back—without guessing, googling, or going in circles.

When I was a teenager, my mom got sick, and that changed everything. I began to understand how deeply health influences a person’s life, and how it affects the people around them, too.

That experience changed the way I see the body—not as a part of us to “fix,” but as the foundation for how we’re able to live.

Like many women, I spent years pushing through stress, saying yes when I meant no, and pretending I was fine while my symptoms festered and piled up beneath the surface. Using a functional approach to health gave me the tools to stop being confused about my body and start actually seeing relief.

Now I help other women do the same by combining data, strategy, and deep self-connection.

Credentials

Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, FDN-P
Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach, CTNC
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis Expert
Certified Hormone Specialist