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Dr. Shanti is not without her detractors. Some in the conventional medical establishment question the evidence base for certain integrative therapies. Others worry that patients may reject proven treatments in favor of unproven alternatives.

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Take Maria, a 48-year-old teacher who came to Dr. Shanti after years of unexplained joint pain and brain fog. Conventional rheumatologists had labeled her condition “fibromyalgia” and offered painkillers and antidepressants. Others worry that patients may reject proven treatments

Dr. Shanti addresses this head-on. “I am not anti-medicine. I am anti- lazy medicine. If you need a surgeon, see a surgeon. If you need insulin, take insulin. But don’t stop there. Ask why your body arrived at that point. That is the question most doctors are too rushed to ask.” Shanti after years of unexplained joint pain and brain fog

Dr. Shanti’s path to integrative medicine was not a straight line. She began her career as a conventionally trained physician, spending long hours in high-pressure clinical settings, treating acute illness and chronic disease with the standard toolbox of pharmaceuticals and procedures.

Her message is disarmingly simple: “You are not broken. You are out of balance. And balance can be restored.”