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The Hansell Center for Functional Medicine, PLLC

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The Hansell Center for Functional Medicine, PLLC

Dr Hansell received her medical degree from UNC- Chapel Hill and completed family medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center.

Medical practice that integrates multiple modalities including nutrition, exercise optimization, acupuncture, and functional medicine with one focus in mind, achieving your wellness and fitness goals. Dr Hansell's training as a board certified family physician has been enriched by additional training in integrative medicine, medical acupuncture, functional medicine, and fitness coaching. She received her acupuncture training in China as well as at the UCLA Helm's Institute Medical Acupuncture Course for physicians. She also has received training in integrative medicine and functional medicine through Dr Andrew Weil's conferences, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine conferences and Institute of Functional Medicine conferences.

11/20/2025

This vanilla protein latte is my obsession ☕️✨

Decaf coffee + vanilla grass-fed bone broth protein from Designs for Health (now called Bone Broth Protein) + a splash of organic A2 whole milk = heaven.

I also love using A2 milk because it contains only the A2 beta-casein protein, just like sheep and goat, which many people find easier to digest than regular A1 milk. It’s gentler on my stomach and just feels better overall. 🥛✨

It’s so good I even use this as a pre-workout boost if I need it pre-CrossFit or as a protein add to my breakfast. 😅💪 You can get it on Fullscript under my website or stop into the office to grab some! I sometimes will add my collagens to this too for my joints, hair and nails!

Pro tip: swap for the chocolate bone broth protein for an instant mocha! 🤎

11/05/2025

👯‍♀️Teamwork makes the dream work 💪🏼
Grab your fitness partner and try this challenge!
Both strength and stability are important!
Pick your side➡️ push-ups or squats 💥
And tag us when you do it and especially if you have a different level up😉

10/23/2025

Renegade Row Challenge
Renegade Row: one of the most efficient movements you can do 🔥
✅ Push-up
✅ Row

A Renegade Row is perfect for control, strength, and balance 💪

How heavy can you go?!

Control > speed. Strength starts with stability.

10/16/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💖
Your health is in your hands — and 🧠knowledge is power ❣️
➡️Swipe through for evidence-based strategies that can reduce your risk of breast cancer.

Access our product guide by going to www.hansellcenter.com under members. You can also check the EWG healthy living app to see how clean your current products are.

10/13/2025

Wanted to share my likely once in a lifetime Northern Lights experience in Iceland 😍. Take advantage of your time by doing the things you love, which for me, is travel.

10/09/2025

🛳️ “Jack, I’m flying… into gains!”
Trying the Titanic Challenge — work gym edition 💪😂
My office manager is such a good sport🥰

09/24/2025

➡️It’s not about calories… it’s about context.

Your CGM (continuous glucose monitor) may show a glucose spike after something “sugar-free” or “zero calorie” even if it is zero grams of protein or carbs. Why⁉️

🍭 Sweet taste alone can signal your body to release insulin. It also can turn on cravings for more sweet and actual hunger which also can affect brain function and focus.

🧬 Artificial and natural sweeteners can disrupt the gut microbiome and glucose balance. (Think about chewing gum and sugar free mints!)

⚡ Hormones can respond to perception of sweet, bitter, and tart— not just calories. This is why when you have lemon water before a meal, you can have a lower glycemic spike from your meal, because it started insulin release before you ate. So fruit in water throughout the day is not a neutral event.

👉 But here’s the key: eating something sweet in isolation (like a snack or drink on an empty stomach) almost always makes the spike worse.
👉 Pairing it with protein, fiber, or healthy fat after a balanced meal helps slow absorption and smooth the response.
👉 Pairing it with a higher glucose event like exercise or sauna may actually help lower the glucose spike of those stressors.
👉 Just because you eat a big meal that has lots of calories, it may not result in a large glucose spike if it is balanced well, especially eating veggies and protein first, followed by carbs last.

✨ Bottom line: Calories don’t tell the whole story. How and when you eat — and what you eat it with — matters so much more for blood sugar balance which results in better cognition/focus, body composition and performance.

09/11/2025

I have so much sadness today with the state of our world. As a physician, I treat everyone with respect as they each have their own life story that may drive their thoughts and actions. I may or may not believe what they believe about their religion or politics but it does not matter.

Life is energy and what facilitates healing, health, and happiness are higher energy vibration states like peace and love. How has the world become such a low vibration state with such anger and division? I cannot believe the callous posts I have seen in the past 24 hrs from people that are supposedly kind and empathetic that are just fueling more hate and division.

The “blue zone regions in the world” are places where the population live unusually long and healthy lives into their 100s and the common denominator in those places is Community. We need to come back together as a human race, with less division and more love.

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2731 University Drive
Durham, NC
27707

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 3pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	7am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+18334267355

Website

https://hansellcenter.com/

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