Functional Medicine Cases

Functional Medicine Expert

Umahro is known as the Mastermind of Food, Nutrition and Health, and his motto is “Food and Lifestyle Can Change Your Life”.

Umahro is an internationally acclaimed Functional Medicine expert who has seen more than 13,000 patients in his clinic over the last 24 years, authored 13 bestselling books about health, nutrition, Functional Medicine and healthy cooking, hosted the popular TV-show “Kan man spise sig rask?”. He is a consultant to health- and biotech companies, medical labs, producers of food and food supplements, pharma, patient organisations, governments, NGOs and corporations; he is part of research groups looking at the role of diet and microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases and the role of nutrition, diet, exercise and lifestyle in ADHD. He lectures internationally (and unfortunately will not be with us Sunday, as he has to lecture on hormones, environmental toxins and health at a Functional Medicine conference in Prague on the 22nd).

Umahro is known as the Mastermind of Food, Nutrition and Health, and his motto is “Food and Lifestyle Can Change Your Life”.

Umahro is an internationally acclaimed Functional Medicine expert who has seen more than 13,000 patients in his clinic over the last 24 years, authored 13 bestselling books about health, nutrition, Functional Medicine and healthy cooking, hosted the popular TV-show “Kan man spise sig rask?”. He is a consultant to health- and biotech companies, medical labs, producers of food and food supplements, pharma, patient organisations, governments, NGOs and corporations; he is part of research groups looking at the role of diet and microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases and the role of nutrition, diet, exercise and lifestyle in ADHD. He lectures internationally (and unfortunately will not be with us Sunday, as he has to lecture on hormones, environmental toxins and health at a Functional Medicine conference in Prague on the 22nd).

Umahro’s journey into health and Functional Medicine started, when he developed inflammatory bowel disease, reactive arthritis and atypical MS at the age of 19, and had to cure himself with nutritional and lifestyle medicine back in the late 1990s.

Pia Norup is a Danish doctor, author and certified IFM Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is the founder of Omnia Clinic in Hørsholm, where she works with a whole-person approach to health, combining medical assessment with lifestyle factors such as nutrition, sleep, stress, gut health and hormones.

Known to many Danish audiences from TV 2’s Kan man spise sig rask? and Fede forhold, Pia has also written several health books, including Kronisk Sund, Aldrig mere træt, Styrk dit immunforsvar and Styrk dit stofskifte. Her work focuses on prevention, chronic and autoimmune conditions, energy and the practical choices that can support better health over time.

At Copenhagen Health Week, Pia brings a clinician’s perspective to one of the festival’s central questions: how people can take meaningful, informed steps towards better wellbeing without losing sight of evidence, context and individual needs.

Former Naval Officer, Major Sports Event Manager for Copenhagen Marathon, Copenhagen Half, IRONMAN and Grand depart Tour de France in Copenhagen. Trained Manuvision Body Therapist, Podcast Host and Entrepreneur. Co-Founder of Copenhagen Health Week.