Why Does Allopathic Medicine not find root cause?

 1. Allopathic Medicine Is Built for Acute Care and Crisis Intervention

 Allopathic medicine excels at:

   ~Emergency medicine (heart attacks, infections, trauma)

   ~Managing life-threatening symptoms quickly

   ~Using evidence-based protocols for diagnosis and treatment

 This model is symptom- and disease-focused, often using pharmaceuticals or surgery to stabilize conditions.

Why this matters:

When you're in crisis, the immediate goal is to stop the damage, not necessarily to dig into long-term biochemical imbalances.

 2. Chronic Disease Is More Complex — and Time-Consuming

 Most chronic illnesses (e.g., autoimmune disease, fatigue, anxiety, IBS, diabetes) are multifactorial and take years to develop.

  Root causes often involve:

   ~Nutrient deficiencies

   ~Environmental toxins

   ~Gut microbiome imbalances

   ~Stress and trauma

   ~Genetic predispositions

 These root causes don't fit neatly into 15-minute appointments or standard diagnostic codes.

 3. Pharmaceutical Influence Shapes the System

 Much of modern allopathic training is heavily based on pharmacology, because:

  ~ It’s standardized and testable

   ~It fits insurance and regulatory models

   ~It offers symptom relief, which patients often want quickly

 The pharmaceutical industry funds a significant portion of medical research and education, reinforcing a treatment-over-cause model.

 4. Root-Cause Medicine Requires a Paradigm Shift

  Functional and integrative practitioners often:

   ~Spend 60–90 minutes per visit

   ~Order non-standard labs (like micronutrients, hormones, methylation panels)

   ~Focus on systems biology — how the body works as a whole

 But this model is harder to scale, standardize, and reimburse under conventional insurance.

  5. Medicine Is Slowly Evolving

There’s a growing shift, even in allopathic circles, toward:

 ~Precision medicine (based on genetics and environment)

 ~Lifestyle medicine (food, sleep, stress, movement)

 ~Preventive medicine (early risk reduction)

But this evolution is slow because it challenges decades of institutional momentum and economic structures.

 Here’s a real world example:

Let’s say you have fatigue and anxiety:

 An allopathic doctor might give you an SSRI and test your thyroid (TSH).

 A functional provider might test:

   ~Methylation SNPs (like MTHFR, COMT)

   ~Adrenal hormones (cortisol/DHEA)

   ~Gut permeability (zonulin, LPS)

   ~Heavy metals or mold

   ~Nutrient status (B12, magnesium, etc.)

 You get symptom relief and long-term recovery — but it takes more time and often isn’t covered by insurance.

Summary: Why Root Cause Isn’t the Focus in Allopathic Medicine

 Reason             Description                                                                      

Acute-care model Designed for emergencies, not long-term imbalances                               

Time constraints 10–15 min appointments limit complexity                                          

Pharma-centered  Emphasis on medications and protocols                                            

Insurance coding Rewards symptom-based treatment, not prevention                                  

 Training gaps    Most MDs get little to no education in nutrition, root-cause biology, or genomics

System momentum  Changing the model requires major structural overhaul     

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