
Why Do I Have Anxiety? A Functional Medicine Investigation of Root Causes
Anxiety has physiological root causes that are routinely missed — including gut dysfunction, blood sugar instability, thyroid imbalance, and nutrient deficiencies.
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Root-cause protocols, lab guides, and evidence-based insights — so you can take charge of your health.

Anxiety has physiological root causes that are routinely missed — including gut dysfunction, blood sugar instability, thyroid imbalance, and nutrient deficiencies.

Insulin resistance develops 10–15 years before blood sugar becomes abnormal — fasting insulin and HOMA-IR catch it early.

Chronic fatigue often stems from multiple interconnected root causes, not a single diagnosis

Amy Gordon uses Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) to identify four types of stress — emotional, chemical, nutritional, and structural — before any acupuncture is administered.

Standard serum hormone testing can miss important information because sex hormones are fat-soluble and may not be accurately reflected in blood — Neville uses specialty testing to capture the full picture.

Serena Goldstein looks for the life event that correlates with when a patient's hormonal symptoms began — and often finds one.

Chinese Medicine views the ability to conceive and sustain pregnancy as a reflection of whole-body resource abundance — nourishment, hydration, and regulatory capacity.

Anissa Sartini builds every birth plan around the whole person — their body, personality, and desires — not a standardized obstetric protocol.

Dr. Galina Mironova views hormonal imbalance as a signal from the body — not the root problem itself — and treats the systems driving it: blood sugar, gut health, stress response, sleep, and inflammation.

Elisa Olivier-Nielsen plans menus that emphasize inclusion over restriction — focusing on what to add to the plate rather than what to eliminate.

Dana Lavoie identifies four distinct biological patterns in menopause — and argues that most care fails because it hands the same plan to all four.

Dr. Julianna Giles identifies trauma history as the single most important—yet most overlooked—variable in the development of autoimmune conditions.