Kara DowdallAFMP, B.S., MS, NBHWC

Kara partners with individuals wanting to unleash their health and recover from physical and emotional illness using functional medicine and integrative medicine approaches.

AFMC Certified Practitioners Are Highly Qualified

Each practitioner showcased in this database has completed 620+ hours (approximately 2 years) of advanced, comprehensive training in functional etiology, physiology, and biochemistry in addition to their other health care credentials and has demonstrated hands-on experience using their knowledge in credible, case practice.

Areas of expertise include:

• Functional medicine case mapping to connect a patient’s history, symptoms, nutrition, lab work, and lifestyle
• An in-depth understanding of causal factors behind today’s most prevalent chronic diseases and imbalances
• The impact food sensitivities and nutrition play in health and healing
• Creation of individual healing strategies based on the patient’s unique needs, goals, and genetic makeup
• Coaching clients on how to implement lifestyle changes for successful root cause resolution of disease and long-term maintenance
• The Mind-Body connection
• Targeted use of supplements to speed healing and maintain health
• Empowering patients through education
• Lab work analysis through the functional medicine lens (application varies by practice)