Heather Linder, MD completed additional training in cardiometabolic disease through the Institute for Functional Medicine. She feels it is important to look at much more than a patient’s LDL level for cardiovascular health.  She has experience with checking advanced lipid profiles and markers of inflammation and then developing evidence-based treatment plans to lower cardiovascular risk factors.

Functional medicine can address heart health with holistic lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise, stress, and sleep. Many forms of heart disease can be prevented or treated with healthy lifestyle choices.

By fixing the root cause, rather than symptoms, Functional Medicine practitioners become oriented to identifying the complexity of the disease. They may find one condition that has many diverse causes and, likewise, one cause may lead to many medical conditions. Because of this, Functional Medicine treatment targets the particular manifestations of disease in each person. Many research studies have suggested that lifestyle changes in diet, exercise, weight loss, and sleep to have positive effects on cardiovascular disease.