Functional and holistic medicine in Denver, answered straight

It is an approach that looks to find and address the root cause, not just the symptoms. Instead of matching a symptom to a prescription, we test broadly, map how your systems interact, and treat the upstream cause. It uses the same science and the same labs as conventional medicine. It spends far more time on interpretation.

They overlap, and the terms get used loosely. Holistic medicine means treating the whole person rather than one symptom, and this practice does that. The distinction that matters here is method: the plan is testing-led. Decisions come from your lab results and your history, not from a philosophy about how the body ought to work.

Peter Yu is a nurse practitioner: he orders conventional labs, reads them, and can prescribe. Naturopathic doctors train in a separate tradition with a different scope. The two can look similar from the outside because both spend time on lifestyle and root causes; the difference is what sits behind the plan.

Where the evidence supports them, yes. Lifestyle changes and, where your results call for it, a supplement protocol are part of the plan. They are chosen from your testing, not offered as a philosophy.

Two things. Time, because a two-hour intake surfaces information a fifteen-minute visit cannot. And depth of testing, because we order panels that are rarely run in primary care, then act on what they show rather than filing them.

The programs are paid directly, which is what makes the appointment lengths and the testing depth possible. Many patients use HSA or FSA funds. Some lab work may be billable to your insurance depending on your plan, and we will tell you plainly which parts those are.

Most people arrive with chronic fatigue, digestive problems, hormone symptoms, inflammation, auto-immune conditions, or an early metabolic finding like prediabetes. Many arrive with several at once, which is usually a sign they share a cause.

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That depends on what your testing shows, and we will not guess before it does. What we can tell you is how the work is built: a two-hour intake, testing chosen from your history, then a plan you follow with regular check-ins over months rather than a single visit. The programs page lists exactly what each one includes.

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The practice is in Denver. If you are further out, the first conversation is free, so the easiest way to find out whether the logistics work is to ask.

No. A great many patients arrive with the opposite: a stack of normal results and no explanation. That is a common starting point here, not a disqualifier.