Many times women visit their doctor with issues and complaints and request for labs to be done only to be told that everything looks “normal”.

Have you been told any of the following?

• There’s nothing wrong with you

• It must be all in your head

• I’m not sure what may be wrong because all your labs look normal

• Everything is fine, just give it some time

• Try and lose weight and see if that helps

• Go talk to a therapist

• I’m going to recommend an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety/sleep medication

  
  
  In fact, in a review study over 30% of respondents across the board state that they don’t feel like their doctors really listened and spent time with them at their doctor’s visit. For these women the type of responses above from their doctors and providers can be frustrating given that they continue to have persistent health issues that seem to not have any explanation.  It’s almost as if you are standing on the edge of a cliff shouting into a void as no one seems to be listening to you when you say there is a problem even though you know that something is off with your body.  As if somehow you don’t have the intelligence that comes with living your entire life in your body and being able to tell when something is wrong with it.

  
  

  According to an online survey of more than 2,400 U.S. women

  91 percent felt that the health-care system discriminates against female patients

  Nearly half were told the pain was all in their head

  Sadly, if you find yourself in this situation as a woman of color odds are even more likely that you will be completely dismissed or feel that you are not listened to at your doctor’s office and that’s regardless of your socio-economic status.

Now in an ideal world you wouldn’t face these challenges when seeking care and your doctor would not only take the time to listen fully to your concerns but also respond appropriately.  This may or may not be your current reality.  Dr. Kourtney Sims, the founding physician educator for The Holistic Collaborative, recognized that unfortunately this is NOT the current reality for many women who are seeking answers about their health and their bodies.  She recognized that for so many women the reality is that even though knowledge is power when it comes to your health, in truth many women are being systematically disempowered at their doctor’s office and are being kept in the dark when it comes to their full potential of health.  If this is not your current situation then count yourself amongst the lucky ones out there.  If this is your current situation then no worries--she sees you, she hears you & this educational program was developed to help you!  

Dr. Kourtney Sims M.D. is an integrative, obesity and functional women’s health specialist that is also nationally certified as a menopause expert. She also has received training in herbal medicine, Ayurveda, yoga and meditation. Dr. Sims has been in private practice for more than a decade and sees countless women everyday needing help who have been marginalized and dismissed by their doctors. As both her parents are teachers she put her thinking cap on and designed the Functional Lens Report to educate women across the globe without the middleman by starting with education first! She recognizes that everyone doesn’t have access to a doctor that will listen to them and take their complaints seriously. Even worse, sometimes people don’t even have access at all! One of the major goals of this program is to be able to provide access to this type of information in a way that is truly equitable.

So that women can be truly empowered when it comes to optimizing their health she has developed an educational system for women to get down to the nitty, gritty details about what is really going on with their bodies, regardless of whether or not you are lucky enough to have a doctor who will actually take the time needed to listen to you and explain what is going on with your body. You have the RIGHT to know what’s going on with your body regardless of whether or not you have the fortune of having a doctor who listens to your concerns or access to a doctor at all. This educational resource has been designed to provide women with the education they need to understand their labs from a functional perspective.

Here is what women are saying about the functional lens program:

“Where has this program been? These reports have provided me with more information that I have gotten from my doctor in 2 years! I finally feel like I understand what is going on with my body.”

“With this report the doctor was no longer able to ignore my concerns and I was in a better position to have an educated discussion with my doctor to get the help that I needed. Thank you!”

What is a functional perspective for lab values?

Although there is a “normal” and “abnormal” range for all laboratory values there is also an optimal range for each lab as well. This system was designed to feed your lab results into a functional algorithm that will extract your lab data and show you where your values fall in terms of optimal, above optimal and below optimal. In addition to that, this algorithmic program also looks for patterns that may be present to form a more complete picture of underlying issues that may be contributing to your individual health issues. All you need to do to participate once you have signed up is to upload a copy of your most recent labs and within 7 days you will have your own personalized Functional Lens Report.

Will Dr. Kourtney personally review my lab results?

Now just to be crystal clear even though this package and program was developed by a physician when you purchase the Functional Lens Report Dr. Kourtney is not reviewing your labs as the algorithm is doing the work in order to provide your report.  This report is designed to be only educational in nature and it CANNOT be substituted for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. 

Purchasing the functional lens report would not establish a medical relationship between you and Dr. Kourtney and the true power in having this report is to help you be empowered to be educated as to the difference between “normal” and “optimal” lab ranges so that you can have an educated discussion with your health care provider about your individual health issues.  It is not advised that you take or make independent medical decisions solely based on the information that you receive in the Functional Lens report.

If you are interested to see an example of the type of report that this system can generate for you please click here to download a sample report that you would receive when enrolling in this system.

Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis can be defined as the process by which complex and comprehensive blood biomarkers are organized, analyzed and interpreted to provide a comprehensive assessment of the state and trends of the main body systems, the supporting body accessory systems, along with the status of nutrients and trends towards and away from clinical dysfunction.

"NORMAL" IS NOT OPTIMAL

Most patients who feel "unwell" will come out "normal" on a blood test. Clinical experience suggests that these people are by no means "normal" and are a far cry from being functionally optimal. They may not yet have progressed to a known disease state but they are what we call dysfunctional, i.e. their physiological systems are no longer functioning properly and they are starting to feel un-well. The issue is not that the blood test is a poor diagnostic tool, far from it. The issue is that the ranges used on a traditional lab test are based on statistics and not on whether a certain value represents good health or optimal physiological function. The problem is that "normal" reference ranges usually represent "average"populations rather that the optimal level required to maintain good health. Most "normal" ranges are too broad to adequately detect health problems before they become pathology and are not useful for detecting the emergence of dysfunction.

How Is The Functional Lens Report Generated?

The Functional Health Report is the result of a detailed algorithmic analysis of your blood test results. Our analytical and interpretive software analyzes the blood test data for its hidden meaning and reveals the subtle, web-like patterns hidden within the numbers that signal the first stages of functional change in the body.

What Is The Real Value of The Functional Lens Report?

To be clear this system is not meant to be a replacement for your doctor or healthcare provider and it has been developed solely as an educational tool for personal use. However this system will provide each user a detailed report of the patterns found in your labs so that you will be able to use this information to not only have better and improved communication with your doctor but also so that each woman using the system has a better understanding and perspective of what their blood physiology is trying to tell them in terms of what some of the root causes and patterns may be. For example you may think that the reason behind your fatigue is a thyroid issue when your blood physiology really points towards HPA axis dysfunction or a gut health issue.

What is the difference between “normal” and “optimal”?

The functional lens report was developed exclusively to help women better understand their lab results from a functional perspective. What that means is that instead of just focusing on whether or not a result is “normal” or “abnormal” you are looking at where your results fall in terms of how optimal you are within that range of normality. The functional lens report will also take a “big picture” perspective on your lab results by looking at all of the labs together to assess for any patterns that may be apparent as opposed to just looking at each lab individually. This allows you to be able to see any systems based issues that may be occurring from a root cause perspective instead of just looking at each lab one by one. For an example of what we mean by “systems based” issues please take a look at a sample report here.

How can I talk to my doctor about my report once I have received it?

Consult your physician or a qualified healthcare practitioner regarding the applicability of any of the information or materials provided in this report in regards to your symptoms or medical condition. Always consult your physician before beginning a new treatment, diet, exercise, fitness plan, or health plan or program, and before taking any drug, supplement, or any combination thereof; or if you have questions or concerns about your health, a medical condition, or any plan or course of treatment. If you think you have a medical emergency, call 911 or your doctor immediately.

The ‘optimal ranges’ set forth in this Report are general reference recommendations only, and are not intended to be guidelines for any specific individual. The ‘optimal ranges’ set forth in this Report are for educational purposes only, and are not intended to be, nor should they be construed as, a claim or representation of medical diagnosis or treatment. Neither this Report, nor any information contained in this Report, should be considered complete, or exhaustive. This report does not contain information on all diseases, ailments, physical conditions or their treatment. This report is based on the lab data provided, which may or may not include all relevant and appropriate measures of your biochemistry.

You are encouraged to confirm any information obtained from this Report with other sources, and review all information regarding any medical condition or the treatment of such condition with your physician.

Are you ready to be empowered in your healthcare decisions?

Are you ready to take your power back and gain the knowledge that you need to get to the root cause of your problem?

Are you tired of being told that “everything is fine” when your body is telling you the complete opposite?

Once you have your report then you will be in a better position to really understand what patterns may be present so that you can leverage this information when talking with your doctor or healthcare provider for further investigations that may be needed. This type of report allows you to go to your doctor in a position of power so that hopefully your concerns are no longer just brushed to the side. It also can be a great entry into the world of functional health education in terms of learning more about not just focusing on the bare minimum of health but the optimization of health. Who doesn’t want to feel and look their best? Functional Health is all about the n of 1--for those of you who aren’t scientists that means it's all about treating you the individual not you the condition or symptoms or test. It’s about you being seen, not just your “issues”.

How Does The Algorithm Work?

The Functional Lens Report was designed with a functional medicine perspective in mind. 

The functional approach to blood test analysis is oriented around functional changes in your body and not pathology. We use ranges that are based on optimal physiology and not the "normal" population. This results in a tighter "Functional Physiological Range", which allows us to evaluate the area within the "Normal" range that indicates that something is not quite right in the physiological systems associated with this biomarker. This gives us the ability to detect changes in your physiological "function". We can identify the factors that obstruct you from achieving optimal physiological, biochemical, and metabolic functioning in your body.

Your report will contain the following:

Your individualized functional blood report (Value $199)

The Functional Blood Report is the result of a detailed algorithmic analysis of your blood test results. Our analytical and interpretive software analyzes the blood test data for its hidden meaning and reveals the subtle, web-like patterns hidden within the numbers that signal the first stages of functional change in the body.

An assessment of functional and accessory body systems (Value $199)

The Assessment section is at the very heart of the Functional Health Report. It is here that the findings of the algorithmic trend analysis are presented. The Functional Body Systems and Accessory Reports show the level of dysfunction that exists in the various physiological systems in the body.

Accessory System Report ($199)

The Accessory Systems are additional physiological systems that are not related to individual organs or body systems. The Accessory Systems Report represents an algorithmic analysis of this blood test.

Assessment of Nutrient Status & Deficiencies (Value $199)

The Nutrient Systems report gives you an indication of your general nutritional status as well as the degree of deficiency for individual nutrients.

Blood Results Analysis ($149)

The Analysis section shows you the actual results of the blood test itself.

The Blood Test Results Report lists the results of the blood test and shows you if an individual biomarker is outside of the optimal range and/or outside of the clinical lab range (based on reference ranges established from Labcorp or Quest).

A detailed Health Concerns Report ($249)

All the information on the Assessment and Analysis sections of the report are summarized in the Health Concerns section, which focuses on the top areas of need as presented in this report.

If you were to get each one of these individual functional reports your total cost would be almost $1000!

But because we are invested in allowing as many women access to this information as possible we are currently offering the

Functional Lens Analysis for

$69

That’s right! Instead of paying individually for a …

Individualized functional blood report (Valued @ $199)

An assessment of functional and accessory body systems (Valued @ 199)

Assessment of Nutrient Status & Deficiencies (Valued @ $199)

A Blood Results Analysis (Valued @ $149)

A detailed Health Concerns Report (Valued @ $249)

You can have access to this inclusive report for only $69!

Our goal is to help at least 5,000 women across the US to obtain access to this vital information before the price goes up and trust us the price will have to go up eventually just because of the amount of time it takes to generate these highly specialized and personalized reports.

What labs should I submit for my analysis?

We recommend that you upload labs that have been completed within the past 3 months (6 at most). What happens if you don’t have recent bloodwork? Well you have 2 options:

Option 1: Go get bloodwork ordered by your own healthcare provider — Great for people who have insurance coverage and access to a provider

Option 2: Order your labs yourself directly through

• LabCorp on Demand

• Quest Direct

• Ulta Labs (Ulta labs uses Quest Diagnostics reference ranges)

  This option is great for people who don’t have access to a provider to order labs, don’t have insurance or have a high deductible on their insurance for labs as these labs typically offer a significant discount.

That’s right you actually DON’T have to have a doctor’s visit to order labs yourself directly. A lot of women feel that they don’t know exactly what labs they should have evaluated but we don’t want you to worry about that--we’ve got you covered! If you need a list of labs that you may be interested in ordering to get a complete educational report you may add on our Functional labs 101 course ($49) to your package. This is a $20 bundled discount when this course is purchased at the same time as the Functional Lens Report

But wait….there’s more!

Right now if you take the leap to invest in yourself and your health we will support that choice with discounted pricing on a 2nd report for a friend or family member.  You heard right--you can “gift” a report package for an additional $45.  FYI we only allow once discount report add on per purchase and you have to elect this add on (if there is someone you know or care about that could also use this type of powerful information)

Now it’s up to you.

Are you going to continue to be kept in the dark about your health?

Are you ready to let in the light and start learning about what may be at the root cause of the issue?

The choice is yours

The question is are you ready for better health?