Description
If you’re an evidence-based practitioner you recognise the value of a well-conducted RCT, however, if we were limited to replicating those successful interventions from RCTs investigating CAM, the resultant prescription would be neither integrative or holistic! The success of scientific enquiry is in large part attributable to its ability to standardise (subjects in a sample, single nutrient or herb interventions administered at a one-size-fits-all dose) but success in integrative health demands individualisation. So, how do we marry the two paradigms? In this episode Rachel talks you through the journey we must undertake in order to apply the findings of RCTs to real patients to arrive at our desired destination: Evidence Based (Yet!) Integrative Medicine, using the nutritional management of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis as an illustration.
