Functional Medicine Cases

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 14,000 patients in his clinic over the last 26 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 on Functional Medicine, health, nutrition and peak performance. And he is part of the team behind some of the world’s best athletes. In Denmark, he runs two educational programmes/courses on health, nutrition and Functional Medicine: Sundhedsrådgiveruddannelsen about the foundations of health and Functional Medicine; and a 1-year clinical mentorship in Functional Medicine. He also hosts a closed Functional Medicine network for some of the bests clinicians and practitioners in Denmark. 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.

Building the business case for preventive, personalised health

Oskar Moore is Portfolio Director at Nordic Group, the Copenhagen-based healthcare group working across personalised testing, practitioner support, nutrition and health technology. With an MSc in Managing Innovation and Business Development, he brings an operator’s view to one of wellness’ most important questions: how better diagnostics and preventive tools can move from promise to practice.

He is also the creator of The Business of Longevity, a podcast exploring the founders and executives shaping health, wellness and human performance. At Copenhagen Health Week, Oskar brings a grounded perspective on longevity, functional medicine and the business models needed to make credible, preventive healthcare more accessible.

Lea Hellmann Midtgaard er cand.merc. fra CBS, managementkonsulent og mor. Hun har videreuddannet sig inden for mental sundhed og performance, har stiftet den mentale sundhedsplatform Mind Care Collective og lever i dag af at holde foredrag om mental sundhedsfremme og det bæredygtige arbejdsliv, hvilket også er emnerne, hun har skabt en masterclass om hos CBS Executive. Hun driver desuden sin populære podcast Vores Mentale Sundhed, i hvilken hun har interviewet mere end 100 eksperter og fagpersoner.