About RH+, Functional Medicine India

Personalised Functional Medicine Care in India Since 2014

RH+ was established in 2014 by Prashantt J Wadhaawan, Functional Medicine Practitioner, with a simple but important belief:

To understand a chronic or persistent health concern, we first need to understand the person experiencing it.

A diagnosis is important. Laboratory reports are important. Medication may be important.

But none of these, in isolation, tells us the complete story of a person’s health.

At RH+, we use a personalised, systems-based approach to explore how health history, nutrition, lifestyle, sleep, stress, metabolic health, digestive function, immune health, hormonal function, physical activity and relevant biomarkersmay be interacting over time.

Rather than applying the same protocol to everyone with the same diagnosis, we begin by understanding the individual behind the condition.

The Story Behind RH+

The story of RH+ began several years before the practice itself was established.

In 2010, I travelled to Australia to study sports nutrition, strength and conditioning, and athletic performance with internationally recognised strength coach Charles Poliquin.

At the time, much of what I learned challenged what I had previously understood about food, supplementation, exercise and human performance.

Some of the ideas were very different from the conventional approaches I had encountered before.

Rather than rejecting them because they conflicted with what I already knew, I became curious.

I learned.

I experimented with the principles appropriately.

And I began observing what happened when nutrition, training, recovery and supplementation were approached differently.

Within a few months, I experienced significant changes in my own health, physical condition and performance.

But the most important change was not physical.

It was the question that experience created in my mind:

Where was this knowledge coming from, and why had I never encountered this way of understanding the human body before?

That question changed the direction of my work.

Discovering Functional Medicine

My search eventually introduced me to a field called Functional Medicine.

What attracted me was not a particular supplement, diet or testing methodology.

It was the way the system asked questions.

Instead of looking only at:

“What disease does this person have?”

it encouraged us to also ask:

What happened before the problem developed?

Which physiological systems appear to be under the greatest burden?

How are nutrition, sleep, stress, movement, digestion, metabolism, hormones and immune function interacting?

What can the person’s symptoms, history and biomarkers tell us when we look at them together?

It felt like a more complete framework for understanding complex health concerns.

I pursued further education in functional medicine and began bringing those principles into my work in India.

But that presented another challenge.

Building an Approach for the Indian Population

Health does not exist outside culture, environment and lifestyle.

Much of the functional medicine education, testing infrastructure, nutritional guidance and supplementation available internationally had developed within very different populations and healthcare environments.

Simply importing a protocol from another country and applying it to everyone in India did not make sense to me.

So the RH+ approach continued to evolve.

Through years of learning, assessment and clinical experience, I began adapting the principles to the people I was actually working with.

That meant reviewing large numbers of laboratory reports.

Reading detailed health-assessment questionnaires.

Listening to people’s histories.

Observing patterns across symptoms that initially appeared unrelated.

Understanding Indian dietary habits.

Considering differences in lifestyle, sleep, stress, sunlight exposure, physical activity and nutritional status.

And continuously asking:

What is actually relevant to this individual?

There was no final protocol.

The approach kept evolving as my understanding evolved.

Why RH+ Exists

One of the questions that continued to trouble me was the contradiction visible around us.

Modern medicine has produced remarkable advances.

New medications and technologies continue to become available.

Yet the burden of chronic metabolic and lifestyle-related conditions continues to grow.

More people are living with diabetes, hypertension, obesity, digestive problems and other long-term health concerns.

This does not mean that medications are unnecessary.

For many people they are essential.

But it raised another question for me:

What are we missing if we only manage the final manifestation of the problem without also examining the conditions in which it developed?

RH+ was created to explore that broader picture.

Not as a replacement for conventional medical care.

But as a way of looking more deeply at the modifiable factors surrounding a person’s health.

Our Philosophy: Understand Before You Intervene

One of the biggest changes in my thinking over the years has been becoming less interested in complicated protocols and more interested in understanding fundamentals.

People often arrive after trying:

• Multiple diets
• Supplement stacks
• Repeated laboratory tests
• Online protocols
• Detox programmes
• Advice from social media
• Conflicting nutritional strategies

They frequently have a tremendous amount of information but very little clarity about where to begin.

At RH+, the assessment therefore comes before the intervention.

We try to understand:

• What symptoms are present?
• When did they begin?
• Which systems appear most affected?
• What happened before the health changed?
• How is the person sleeping?
• What are they eating?
• How physically active are they?
• How well are they recovering?
• What does their medical history tell us?
• What do their existing laboratory reports show?
• Which deficiencies or metabolic patterns may matter?
• Which issues require medical evaluation?
• And most importantly — what needs attention first?

The problem is often not a lack of information. It is too much disconnected information and no clear starting point.

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The RH+ Assessment Process

Our process begins by trying to understand the person’s biology rather than immediately recommending an intervention.

1. Understand the Symptoms

A detailed health-risk assessment explores symptoms across multiple organs and physiological systems.

Rather than looking only at the person’s primary complaint, this helps us identify where the greatest symptom burden may exist.

2. Build the Health Timeline

We review medical history, previous illnesses, major life events, surgeries, medication history, symptom progression and other relevant events.

Sometimes understanding when something changed is as important as understanding what the current laboratory value says.

3. Understand Diet & Lifestyle

Nutrition, sleep, physical activity, stress, recovery, work patterns, habits and environment can provide important context.

4. Review Existing Investigations

We prefer to understand the information already available before asking someone to undergo additional testing.

5. Test With a Purpose

Where additional investigations may help answer a meaningful question, we recommend them.

Testing is a tool for understanding the person — not the product we are trying to sell.

6. Correct the Fundamentals

Depending on the individual, priorities may involve:

nutrition, sleep, movement, exercise, recovery, stress regulation, daylight exposure, identified deficiencies and metabolic health.

7. Personalise Further

Supplementation or more targeted strategies can then be considered where they have a clear purpose.

8. Reassess

The plan evolves according to symptoms, response, health data and relevant biomarkers.

Fundamentals Before Complexity

Functional medicine can sometimes become unnecessarily complicated.

More tests.

More supplements.

More protocols.

More interventions.

At RH+, we deliberately try to avoid complexity for the sake of complexity.

I am not interested in selling someone a laboratory panel simply because the test exists.

I do not believe everyone needs an extensive supplement stack.

And I do not believe that peptides, IV therapies, detox programmes or other interventions automatically represent more advanced care simply because they sound sophisticated.

Sometimes they may have an appropriate role within qualified medical care.

But the starting question should always be:

Does this person actually need it?

Very often, the biggest opportunities are still found in the fundamentals.

Sleep.

Nutrition.

Movement.

Muscle.

Recovery.

Stress.

Metabolic health.

Digestive health.

Sunlight and daily rhythm.

And understanding how these factors interact.

My first priority is to correct the fundamentals before building complicated protocols.

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Personalised Means Personalised

“Personalised healthcare” has become a widely used phrase.

For us, it has a very specific meaning.

Two people can have the same diagnosis and require very different strategies.

Someone with Hashimoto’s may have substantial digestive issues.

Another may have none.

Someone with PCOS may have significant insulin resistance.

Another may have a different metabolic profile.

Someone struggling with weight may primarily need nutritional change.

Another person’s priorities may include sleep, muscle mass, medication review or metabolic health.

That is why we do not begin with:

“What is the RH+ protocol for this disease?”

We begin with:

“What is happening in this person?”

Health Areas We Work With

RH+ works with individuals experiencing a range of complex and persistent health concerns.

Autoimmune & Immune Health

We explore immune health within the context of nutrition, lifestyle, metabolic health, digestive function, stress, sleep and relevant medical findings.

Explore Autoimmune & Immune Health →

Gut & Digestive Health

We assess digestive concerns alongside food patterns, nutrient status, lifestyle, metabolic health and other potentially relevant factors.

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Thyroid Health

Our approach considers thyroid function alongside immune health, nutrition, metabolic health, sleep and the person’s broader health history.

Explore Thyroid Health →

Metabolic Health

We work with areas such as glucose regulation, insulin resistance, body composition, liver health, triglycerides and other metabolic patterns.

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Hormonal Health

We look at female and male hormonal health within the wider context of metabolism, thyroid function, sleep, stress, nutrition and lifestyle.

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Repair. Restore. Revive.

The original RH+ philosophy was represented through three words:

Repair

Identify factors that may be placing unnecessary stress on the person’s health and address what can reasonably be modified.

Restore

Support the foundations required for healthier physiological function — including nutrition, sleep, movement, recovery and appropriate nutritional status.

Revive

Help the individual build greater function, resilience and confidence in managing their long-term health.

These words are not intended to suggest that every disease can be repaired or reversed.

They represent the philosophy of understanding what can be changed and helping the person create the conditions for better health.

Teaching, Not Creating Dependency

Over time, one of the most important changes in my approach has been becoming less interested in simply telling people what to do.

I want them to understand why.

Why does sleep matter to them?

Why might a particular food affect them?

Why is building muscle important?

What does insulin resistance mean?

Why are we checking a particular laboratory marker?

Why are we using a particular supplement?

And when is that supplement no longer necessary?

The goal is not to make someone dependent on RH+, repeated testing or an endless list of products.

The goal is to give them enough knowledge to begin understanding how their own system operates.

The goal is not simply to tell people what to do. It is to help them understand why they are doing it and how their own body works.

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About Prashantt J Wadhaawan

RH+ was founded by Prashantt J Wadhaawan, Functional Medicine Practitioner, whose professional experience spans functional medicine, nutrition, strength and conditioning, and human performance.

His approach has evolved through continued education, years of practical experience, detailed health assessments and the study of patterns across symptoms, lifestyle and laboratory data.

Today, his primary interest is understanding complex health concerns through a personalised, systems-based framework while keeping the fundamentals of health at the centre of the process.

 Meet Prashantt J Wadhaawan →

More Than a Decade of Evolution

RH+ was established in 2014.

But the approach used today is not identical to the approach used then.

It has continued to evolve through education, experience, observation, successes, mistakes, reassessment and an increasing appreciation for the fundamentals.

The more I have learned, the less interested I have become in finding one universal answer.

Human biology is too individual for that.

Our job is therefore not to force every person into a predetermined system.

It is to develop a sufficiently good understanding of the individual that we can determine where to begin.

Work With RH+

If you are dealing with chronic or complex health concerns and want to understand the broader patterns that may be influencing your health, a functional medicine consultation can provide a structured place to begin.

Work with:

Prashantt J Wadhaawan
Functional Medicine Practitioner | Founder, RH+

Online functional medicine consultations are available across India, Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru.