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AAPI’S NUTRITION GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HEALTH: USING PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS<br />
Vay Liang W. Go (105) explains in an article<br />
published in 2005 that ‚with the advent of the<br />
postgenomic era, biological <strong>and</strong> medical research <strong>and</strong><br />
clinical practice has witnessed an explosion in<br />
strategies <strong>and</strong> goals. This eventually will revolutionize<br />
the classical practice of nutrition from the current<br />
evidence-based <strong>medicine</strong> towards genomic-based<br />
<strong>medicine</strong>.‛<br />
But this very explosion can be part of the barrier to<br />
realizing the vision for health care professionals.<br />
Clinicians today must contend as never before with a<br />
massive amount of information emerging from the<br />
scientific literature. Furthermore, they must also beware<br />
of not falling into the common trap of blindly accepting<br />
or rejecting scientific information of any orientation,<br />
whether it be Eastern philosophies <strong>and</strong>/or Western<br />
approaches to <strong>medicine</strong>, or any approach for that<br />
matter, just because it is not well understood or<br />
because it is someone’s opinion. To do so would be<br />
the epitome of injustice to the dietetics profession <strong>and</strong><br />
to the patient.<br />
One thing that can be done now to move this vision<br />
ahead will be the unbiased utilization of the already<br />
created <strong>and</strong> available organizational architecture of<br />
information that moves beyond the well-established<br />
‚silos‛ of organ system <strong>medicine</strong>. For example, the<br />
effects of chronic inflammation of one organ system<br />
does not necessarily stop there. The inflammatory<br />
process can operate throughout the patient entirely,<br />
affecting multiple systems including the brain, the<br />
immune system <strong>and</strong> the endocrine system. Utilizing this<br />
type of ‚<strong>functional</strong> <strong>medicine</strong> matrix‛ will allow for a<br />
more precise <strong>and</strong> clear evaluation, formulation <strong>and</strong><br />
integration of all the information at our disposal to<br />
create a systematic, effective <strong>and</strong> <strong>functional</strong> nutrition<br />
care plan for our patients that can potentially alter the<br />
trajectory of their health status forever.<br />
SHEILA DEAN is a registered <strong>and</strong> licensed dietitian,<br />
board certified clinical nutritionist, certified diabetes<br />
educator <strong>and</strong> exercise physiologist. She received her<br />
undergraduate training through Rutgers University,<br />
completed her internship <strong>and</strong> graduate training with<br />
University of Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Brown University's<br />
teaching hospitals, received doctoral training in<br />
<strong>nutritional</strong> <strong>genomics</strong> <strong>and</strong> pharmacology through the<br />
University of Medicine <strong>and</strong> Dentistry of New Jersey<br />
97<br />
2012<br />
(UMDNJ) <strong>and</strong> completed her Doctorate of Science<br />
degree through Hawthorn University. Dr. Dean is a<br />
graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine where<br />
she received advanced training in <strong>functional</strong> <strong>medicine</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>nutritional</strong> biochemistry. She has also worked with<br />
the Duke University Medical Center's Endocrinology <strong>and</strong><br />
Metabolism Disorders Clinic <strong>and</strong> the Joslin Center for<br />
Diabetes as a certified diabetes educator.<br />
Currently, Dr. Dean is the owner of Palm Harbor<br />
Center for Health <strong>and</strong> Healing, an integrative <strong>medicine</strong><br />
based nutrition private practice <strong>and</strong> wellness center<br />
based in Palm Harbor, Florida. An educator at heart,<br />
she has taught for 15 years as adjunct nutrition<br />
science professor at the University of Tampa <strong>and</strong><br />
currently serves as a doctoral research advisor <strong>and</strong><br />
content expert on integrative nutrition, <strong>functional</strong><br />
<strong>medicine</strong>, <strong>and</strong> integrative <strong>medicine</strong> at Saybrook<br />
University. She has conducted dozens of local <strong>and</strong><br />
national public presentations, has written continuing<br />
education credit <strong>functional</strong> <strong>medicine</strong> modules for both<br />
nutritionists <strong>and</strong> nurses, has authored book reviews <strong>and</strong><br />
articles for The St. Petersburg Times, Ms. Fitness<br />
magazine, Ironmanlive.com website <strong>and</strong> has appeared<br />
on NBC - News Channel 8, NBC-Daytime, CBS-<br />
News Channel 10, ABC-News Channel 28, WTVT-TV<br />
Fox13-Good Day Tampa Bay, Natural Living-KONK<br />
1500 AM radio, WFTW 1260 am radio, WDBO 580<br />
am radio for dozens of interviews. Dr Dean currently<br />
appears regularly on WTSP 10 News for her segment<br />
entitled ‚Take 5 with Dr Dean‛.<br />
An experienced scientific <strong>and</strong> technical writer, Dr. Dean<br />
is a contributing author of the medical textbook<br />
Integrative Gastroenterology published by Oxford<br />
University Press <strong>and</strong> has authored the chapter on<br />
Medical Nutrition Therapy for Thyroid Disorders in the<br />
clinical nutrition textbook Krause’s Food & Nutrition<br />
Therapy- 13 th ed. She is also a contributing editor of<br />
the upcoming 4 th edition of The Health Professional’s<br />
Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements. Dr. Dean<br />
currently serves on the advisory board for the<br />
nationally acclaimed Center For Mind-Body Medicine's<br />
Food As Medicine professional education course <strong>and</strong><br />
was the Professional Advancement Director for the<br />
Dietitians in Integrative <strong>and</strong> Functional Medicine dietetic<br />
practice group of the <strong>American</strong> Dietetic <strong>Association</strong> as<br />
well as the recipient of their 2010-2011 ‚Excellence<br />
in Practice‛ Award. She's served as the consulting