I Built the Healthcare Practice I Wish Existed! PRECISION HEALTHCARE!
COASTAL CARLOLINAS INTEGRATED MEDICINE
At Coastal Carolinas Integrated Medicine, we opened the kind of healthcare we wanted for ourselves—where your health is deeply personal, your data is cutting-edge, and your provider actually knows you & your personal biomarker data. I'd say if you have a "list" of medications and continued decline you might consider hiring someone to help you get to the root cause and discover your microbiome's connection to 20+ health conditions in efforts to prevent further decline. The "one-size-fits-all" is obsolete with advancing gut microbiome research, nutrigenomics, and metabolomics.
Metabolomics is the comprehensive study of metabolites -small molecules that reflect biochemical activity inside the human body, which can provide significant information about your metabolism. Scientist are now able to measure over 1000 individual molecules, and get a deeper picture of what is happening to you metabolically, and biochemically.
Think of it this way, your DNA is the program that runs the body. Your gut microbiome is completely and totally a different DNA that is specific to the microbes that live mainly in your gut and when they are balanced, they keep your digestive system running smoothly and protect you from invaders. Metabolites are the products of what is actually happening in real time as the microbiome cells and the body run the program. Metabolites are produced by one chemical reaction triggering another reaction. Genes are your bricks and metabolites are kinda the mortar! Everything works together!
We now understand that a real prevention healthcare model must start with gut microbiome assessments long before chronic disease shows up. That means early biomarker detection, full-body microbiome analysis, advanced cardiorespiratory and metabolic fitness conditioning testing, and precision nutrition with targeted supplementation—not an outdated protocol of endless medications, referrals, surgeries, chemotherapy, infertility, radiation, diabetes, thyroid disease, degenerative joint disease, osteoporosis, depression, anxiety, IBS, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high tryglycerides, heart attack, stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, etc.
Following the "one-size-fits-all" model is probably the greatest risk factor there is in 2025.
Traditional chronic care and insurance system models have not kept up with the science. Without knowing what’s going on at the microbial, cellular, and metabolic levels, there’s no real way to prevent neurodegeneration, cardiovascular decline, or cancer. Your skin, gut, brain, mitochondria--it’s all connected. Everyone should seriously consider integrating a wellness provider on their healthcare team, trained, and passionate about walking with you step-by-step through every lifestyle shift that can delay or even prevent chronic disease and medication overload. Welcome to the future of health-care!