Brandon Jurasek

Brandon Jurasek

When I started Thriven, I had IBS for 15 years, gout, low energy levels, insulin resistance which led to belly fat and rashes. I had been in and out of doctors and I had completely given up on trying to heal my IBS and other issues attributing it to getting older. I...
Bill Spangler

Bill Spangler

Sometimes You Just Need A Helping Hand I have had a few health issues throughout my lifetime. I had contracted Hepatitis C through a blood transfusion, at a time when the cure was very harsh and not guaranteed. Years later, progress in medicine found a cure, for which...
Rena Wengerd

Rena Wengerd

When I first heard of Functional Medicine, it piqued my interest. Who would not want to see a doctor that gets to the root of the problem? I had tried every health and diet program to no avail. A friend told me about Dr. Loy, and I finally got the nerve to call. My...
Kendra Seilstad

Kendra Seilstad

After three hard years of the pandemic, I was SO unhealthy, depressed, and exhausted.  It’s embarrassing to express how unhealthy I had become.  My mother was nagging me to attend one of the Thriven presentations.  To be honest, I didn’t want to go because I knew that...
Betty & Doug Boyce

Betty & Doug Boyce

Last year, Doug and I decided to start our journey with Thriven Functional Medicine. We felt helpless and if truthful, hopeless. We decided to join forces and pull together-not apart (becoming our marriage mantra 🙂) to see if we could escape our upcoming medical...
Lauren Wilkins

Lauren Wilkins

Prior to having participated in the program here at Thriven, I was struggling to live.  I truthfully felt as though I was simply withering away. I had limited knowledge of my own bodily needs, and I certainly wasn’t aware of the sorts of things that were causing such...
Top 5 Supplements for Gut Health

Top 5 Supplements for Gut Health

The other day my friend Mike asked me, “What supplements can I take to help my gut health.” And I thought, oh my goodness that is such a great question, but how am I going to answer that in just a few minutes. Gut health is such a huge topic. Hippocrates,...
Crystal Ash

Crystal Ash

      In May I reached out to Thriven after three years of feeling like my body was just not recovering after a surgery and seemingly just becoming more and more sick and inflamed. By the time I realized I needed help, I was so inflamed and sick that my day-to-day...
Alina Jacobsen

Alina Jacobsen

I found Thriven when I was looking for alternative ways to treat my Lupus. When I started with Dr. Anderson, I was immobile and non-functional. It was a very difficult road to start with as the inflammation wouldn’t calm down. But with great support from the...