Functional Medical Institute

06/15/2026

Energy is not something you run out of because you are getting older and it is not something you fix with another cup of coffee.

Every single item above is a biological input working against your energy production around the clock and the frustrating part is that none of them announce themselves loudly enough until the deficit has been compounding for years and exhaustion becomes your new normal.

Your body gets tired not just because of how much you do in a day but because of what it is dealing with underneath the surface, the inflammation it is managing, the blood sugar instability it is compensating for, the sleep architecture that is not delivering the restoration your cells depend on, and the stress load your nervous system stopped flagging because it gave up waiting.

Every single item on this list is addressable and biology responds faster than you think when you start removing what is working against it.

Save this. Start with one thing today 🧬

[energy, fatigue, longevity, functionalmedicine, rootcausehealing, drmarksherwood, cortisol, bloodsugar, inflammation, guthealth, sleephealth, metabolichealth, biohacking, healthspan, thyroidhealth]

06/13/2026

Your children are building a biological blueprint from what they see you do on an ordinary Tuesday, with no audience and nothing special about the day.
Not from what you tell them about health, but from what they watch you actually do with yours.

The habits they are surrounded by become the biological baseline they carry into adulthood and eventually into the homes they build themselves. The research behind this is not subtle or new.

Today is Family Health and Fitness Day and it is a good reminder that the most powerful thing you can do for your family’s health is not a one day effort, but a daily one.

Let today be the day the standard changes inside your home 🧬

[familyhealth, familyfitness, parenting, generationalhealth, longevity, healthspan, healthyhabits, familywellness, childrenshealth, epigenetics, metabolichealth, functionalmedicine, rootcausehealing, drmarksherwood]

06/11/2026

DM me the word “MORNING” and I will send you a free guide on making the first 30 minutes of your day work for your biology instead of against it.

The way your morning starts does not just set your mood. It sets your hormones, your metabolism, your immune function, and your energy for the entire day, and running that window backwards without realising it comes with a compounding biological cost.

At the center of it is your circadian rhythm and the one signal it needs every single morning to fire correctly. When it does not get that signal your cortisol peaks at the wrong time, your melatonin fires too late, your inflammation rises, and your body ages faster at a cellular level than it should.

The guide breaks down exactly what to do and why the order of your morning matters more than anything else you will do all day 🧬

[morningsunlight, circadianrhythm, longevity, functionalmedicine, rootcausehealing, drmarksherwood, cortisol, biologicalage, metabolichealth, inflammation, biohack, healthspan, hormonalhealth, antiaging]

06/10/2026

What if aging was more controllable than we think?👇

Mark Sherwood is bringing practical tools to Dubrovnik, from molecular hydrogen to oral peptide bioregulators, and the science behind why mitochondrial function sits at the heart of how we age.

Catch his talk “Inflammaging: What’s Broken — and How to Correct It” at our one-day Inflammaging in Clinical Practice event.

📍 Join us in Dubrovnik on June 20th to learn more from Mark Sherwood and the rest of our amazing speakers
🔗 Tickets in the bio.

06/05/2026

Testosterone does not just decline because of age and this list is proof of that.

Every single item here is working against your hormonal health in ways the conventional medical system almost never connects for you.

You get told your levels are low and handed a prescription without a single conversation about what drove them there in the first place and that is not medicine, that is symptom management.

Root cause medicine asks a completely different question.
Not what do we give you to raise your testosterone but what in your daily environment is suppressing it and how do we address it at the source.

Start with one thing on this list and your biology will respond faster than you think.

Save this and share it with someone who needs to see it 🧬

[testosterone, hormonehealth, menshealth, functionalmedicine, rootcausehealing, longevity, metabolichealth, cortisol, insulinresistance, biohacking, bodycomposition, hormonalhealth, authenticlongevity, healthspan]

06/01/2026

Aging is not just about the number of years that pass and this list is proof of that 🔬

People spend years doing the right things while being exposed to inputs like these every single day without realising it.

Biological aging is driven by what your cells are dealing with around the clock and this list is exactly what accelerates that process at a level no supplement can outrun if the exposures are still there.

This is not about fear, It is about awareness because you cannot change what you do not know is happening.

Start with one thing on this list and remove it.
Your biology will respond faster than you think.

Save this and share it with someone who needs to see it 🧬

[biologicalaging, longevity, functionalmedicine, rootcausehealing, drmarksherwood, toxicburden, hormonehealth, guthealth, metabolichealth, microbiome, inflammation, healthspan, endocrinedisruptors, authenticlongevity]

05/30/2026

What you do every day is shaping your child’s biology and the habits that carry the most weight are rarely the ones parents expect.

Here are five things that matter more than genetics, more than any supplement, and more than any conversation you will ever have with your child about health.

Comment "FAMILY" below and we will send you the full guide on what the research shows about each of these five habits and what to do about them starting today 🧬

[parenthealth, familywellness, rootcausehealing, functionalmedicine, childrenshealth, biologicalage, cortisol, guthealth, hormonehealth, longevity, biohackologist, metabolichealth, parentingtips, generationalhealth]

05/22/2026

At the Functional Medical Institute, Dr. Mark Sherwood and Dr. Michele L Neil-Sherwood DO have spent years working with patients navigating fatigue, inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, hormonal decline, gut issues, and poor recovery, conditions that often develop long before disease is officially diagnosed.

That is why we created The Longevity Lab, a free physician-led community where you will find the root cause frameworks, clinical insights, and protocols that drive real results.

If you are serious about optimising health, improving longevity, and understanding your biology on a deeper level, this is exactly where you need to be.

We will see you inside 🧬
https://www.skool.com/the-longevity-lab-4097/about

[longevitylab, functionalmedicine, fmidr, rootcausehealing, biologicalage, longevity, guthealth, hormonehealth, metabolichealth, inflammation, healthoptimization, skool, authenticlongevity, functionalmedicalinstitute]

A physician-led community by Dr. Mark and Dr. Michele Sherwood for anyone who has ever felt their health could be so much more than it is right now.

05/14/2026

The inputs you give your body in the days leading up to a detox directly shape how well it responds once you begin, which is why the preparation phase matters just as much as the program itself 🧬

Here are four things we recommend to start now before our Kingdom Detox begins, because small shifts made this week will help your body transition more smoothly and support better recovery throughout the process.

If you have not registered yet, last few spots are left.
Link in bio 🔗

[detox, guthealth, detoxprep, functionalmedicine, drmarksherwood, drmichelesherwood, inflammation, cleaneating, biohacking, rootcausehealing, metabolichealth, wellnesstips, healthyhabits, longevity]

05/12/2026

People quit a detox on day one because nobody told them what to actually expect and they mistake the process for the problem🔬

The discomfort you feel in the first few days is not your body failing, it is your body finally doing what it was always designed to do when you stop giving it what was working against it.

Push through that window and your gut starts repairing, your liver starts clearing, and your energy stabilises into something steady and consistent you had forgotten was possible.

The May Edition of the Kingdom Detox starts on the 18th and spots are filling fast.
Register now before it closes. Link in bio 🔗

[detox, guthealth, functional medicine, kingdom detox, inflammation, root cause healing, metabolic health, liver health, brain health, natural healing, longevity, chronic fatigue, reset, biohacking]