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Hi Friends,

If you feel lost regarding treating vitiligo, or really don't know what to do, a Functional Treatment is a good start.

Functional Medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. It is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, functional medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.

A good Functional Treatment has to combine a lot of actions, ***ALL AT THE SAME TIME***. For instance: avoiding physical traumas and friction, balancing psychological and emotional issues, changing lifestyle, following an UVB-NB phototherapy, taking nutritional supplementation, reducing oxidative stress by taking anti-oxidants and anti-fungals, applying topical creams (Elidel, Protopic and Pseudocatalase), and also following a good diet if necessary (e.g., gluten-free, dairy-free).

PROTOCOL (dosages should be discussed with your Doctor):

1- 9W UVB-NB Phototherapy 3x a week (expose each patch separately)

2- Daily Supplementation Suggestion:

• Vitamin C (By GNC) ⇒ 50mg

• Vitamin K (by GNC) ⇒ 10mcg

• Vitamin E (by GNC) ⇒ 200IU

• Vitamin D3 Cholecalciferol (by GNC) ⇒ 2000IU

• Beta Carotene plus mix of carotenoids (by Pure Encapsulations) ⇒ 25000IU

• Complex-B (by GNC)

→ B1 Thiamine ⇒ 15mg

→ B2 Riboflavin ⇒ 20mg

→ B3 Niacin ⇒ 25mg

→ B5 Pantothenic Acid ⇒ 50mg

→ B6 ⇒ 25mg

→ Biotin ⇒ 300mcg

→ B12 ⇒ 250mcg

→ Folate ⇒ 400mcg

• Fish Oil - Omega 3 (any mercury-free brand) ⇒ 1000mg

• Selenium (by GNC) ⇒ 100mcg

• Zinc (by GNC) ⇒ 20mg

• Copper (by GNC) ⇒ 2mg

• Calcium (By GNC) ⇒ 500mg

• Magnesium (by GNC) ⇒ 300mg

• Iodine (by GNC) ⇒ 80mcg

• Manganese (by GNC) ⇒ 2mg

• Chromium ⇒ 100mcg

• Molybdenum ⇒ 25mcg

• Vanadium ⇒ 15mcg

• Inositol ⇒ 80mg

• Lutein ⇒ 1mg

• Boron ⇒ 1mg

• Silicon Dioxide ⇒ 2mg

• Choline Bitartrate ⇒ 80mg

• L-Tyrosine ⇒ 300mg

• Bioperine ⇒ 10mg

3- Daily Anti-Oxidant Suggestion:

• R Lipoic Acid (stabilized) or ALA (by Pure Encapsulations) ⇒ 100mg

• L-Glutammine Powder (by Nutrabio) ⇒ 3g

• L-Cysteine Powder ou N-Acetyl Cysteine (by Nutrabio) ⇒ 600mg

• L-Methionine Powder (by Nutrabio) ⇒ 375mg

• Grape Seed (by GNC) ⇒ 100mg

4- Daily Anti-Fungal Suggestion:

• Probiotics (by Hyperbiotics, e.g. PRO-15) ⇒ 1 capsule with at least 5 billion CFU of the beneficial bacteria

• Paracid Forte (by Ortho Molecular) ⇒ 1 capsule at least 4 hours before or after any Probiotics

• Formula SF722 (by Thorne Research) ⇒ 1 capsule

5- Topical Creams:

• Protopic 2x a day on face patches.

• Elidel 1x a day on the other patches.

• Apply Pseudocatalase 2x a day (before 9AM and after 5PM). After application, wait 15 minutes and then take a 10 minute sun bath or 30 second UVB-NB phototherapy session (talk to a doctor before undertaking any phototherapy). Avoid Pseudocatalase cream on the spots that are being treated with Protopic (use only one or the other).

6- Drink a 8 oz of green juice daily (green apple or kiwi, spinach, celery, cucumber, collard, watercress, and kale).

7- If you are not able to do a food allergy test, you should at the minimum follow a gluten-free diet.

• Suggestion for a single day:

→ Breakfast: Coconut milk, 2 slices of gluten-free bread with tahini, 1 banana and/or 1 apple.

→ Lunch: Gluten-free rice, black beans, wild caught fish, carrots, cucumber, lettuce, backed sweet potato, and olive oil.

→ Snack: Coconut milk, 2 slices of gluten-free bread with organic honey, and a green juice (kiwi, spinach, celery, collard, watercress, and kale).

→ Dinner: Gluten-free brown rice, green beans, hormone-less chicken, carrots, lettuce, pumpkin, and olive oil.

→ In-between: A lot of water (mineral, spring, purified). void tap water since it may contain chlorine, fluoride, etc.

8- Regarding life style, try to add yoga to your daily life in order to help you de-strress. Remember not to add any high impact activity.

Avoid behaviors / feelings as follows:

→ if you are a person who is feeling completely out of place.

→ you feel that you are no one in the group or you have no sense of belonging.

→ if you are a "yes-but" person.

→ if you are never satisfied with what you have / how you look / what you are.

→ if you feel that there is lack of joy in your life, etc.

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