Functional nutrition uses phytonutrient rich foods and herbs to affect the body at a cellular level in a foundational approach. Food is not just calories in calories out, but contains a genetic message in every bite you eat. These food molecules affect how your cells function and how you ultimately feel. This area of study is called nutritional genomics, and it looks at the impact of food, nutrition, stress, and toxins on the expression of our genes and how that impacts our health. Food truly is medicine!