Gut health
Reflux, bloating, food reactions and chronic digestive symptoms, evaluated in Lafayette, Indiana.
Reflux is treated almost universally by reducing stomach acid, and that does relieve the burning. It also reduces how well you absorb B12, iron, magnesium and calcium — which is why long-term acid suppression and nutrient deficiency travel together so reliably.
Bloating, irregular bowels and food reactions get labelled irritable bowel, which names the symptom and explains nothing.
We look for what is driving it, and treat the cause where there is one to treat.
Dr. Turner has written about each of these — his own pages, restored from the practice's earlier site.
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Long-term acid suppression and nutrient deficiency travel together very reliably.
Reducing stomach acid does relieve the burning. It also reduces how well you absorb B12, iron, magnesium and calcium.
Bloating and irregular bowels get labelled irritable bowel, which names the symptom and explains nothing. We look for what is driving it.
Including what long-term acid suppression is doing to your nutrient status.
Learn moreA label, not a diagnosis. Frequently there is something underneath it.
Testing where it is informative, and elimination where it is more so.
Poor digestion shows up in the blood long before it shows up as a gut complaint.
Learn moreAutoimmune thyroid disease and gut problems occur together often enough to look for both.
Learn moreWhere the gut is driving symptoms that appear entirely unrelated.
How it works
Functional medicine isn't about trading one medication for another. It is a different order of operations. We measure first, then we treat exactly what the measurements show.
We start with a review of your health history. We examine your symptoms, timeline, nutrition, sleep patterns, stress, medications and family history. This detailed review allows our providers to identify underlying patterns of health imbalances that are frequently missed in traditional, rushed medical appointments.
Standard thyroid screening often stops at TSH, and traditional hormone panels rarely look at the whole picture. By evaluating thyroid antibodies, free hormones, nutrient status, and key inflammatory and metabolic markers, we get a complete view of your biology. A treatment plan that is built on real, comprehensive data.
We explain your results, not just file them away. You will walk away knowing exactly what is out of range, what it means for your body, what we are going to do about it, and a timeline for your recovery.
We don't guess—we measure. If your numbers have improved and you feel better, we hold. If your labs remain unchanged, we re-evaluate and adjust. Treating symptoms alone without checking the data is exactly how people end up on therapies they don't need.
If none of that sounds like you, call anyway — we will tell you honestly whether this is the right service.
The office is open Monday to Thursday. Send this and someone will call you back — a sentence about what is going on is enough.
A first visit covers the history and the testing worth running.
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