About

A new chapter for personalised health

We built FunctionAlps for one reason. The science of human biology is moving faster than the system can absorb, and most people are still being asked to manage symptoms instead of understand them.

Anchored in Crans-Montana, designed from day one to be replicated across the Alps, FunctionAlps is a functional health home for people who want to understand, optimise, and sustain their biology.

Health is shifting from reactive to proactive. The science of biology is moving faster than the system can absorb. The tools for real personalization finally exist, and we want them in everyone’s hands.

The founders

Built with Purpose

Alessandra Ginsburg

Lead Nutritionist

Precision TestingMicrobiome ExpertHormonal HealthASCA / RME

I spent a decade in European politics after completing my degree in international relations, driven by a belief that meaningful change comes from understanding what people actually need. When I started a family, that belief took a different shape. Watching my own kids navigate school, I saw how many children struggled without the right support. I started offering tutoring and language classes from my kitchen table. What began as help for a few kids grew into a school with thirteen part-time teachers delivering lessons in six languages to children and adults across the community. That same instinct led me to functional nutrition and microbiome health. I kept meeting people stuck inside fifteen-minute appointments, cycling through doctors who didn’t have the time or framework to address root causes. Today I work with clients on microbiome restoration and hormonal balance through comprehensive functional testing, personalised nutrition protocols, and ongoing partnership the standard system can’t provide. The thread is simple : I go where the gap is. If people are struggling and the existing system isn’t set up to help them, I build what is missing.

Dr. Thomas Convent

Strategy & Development

Science-BackedHuman OptimizationInnovationPersonalization

After 6 years of Medical school in Brussels, I chose another path : one driven by a passion for Optimisation and Innovation. I hold the Belgian title of Doctor of Medicine, but never went into clinical practice. Travels through Central America and Asia opened my view to other ways of seeing the body, and the limits of treating symptoms in isolation. Through medical school I played rugby at Belgium’s highest level, and I never stopped translating physiology into something I could feel, in training, in recovery, in cognitive performance. That translation continues today through ultra trail. Between then and now I started ventures in the supplements industry and in the longevity space in Belgium. Each one circled the same conviction : Health can’t be a once a year concern, it has to be an everyday Intention. The science is moving faster than the system can absorb, and the tools for hyper-personalization finally exist. FunctionAlps is where I bring it all together. AI, the latest discoveries, and a deep curiosity for the body, channelled into a clinical model that makes evidence-informed Health personal, understandable, and within reach.

Who we work with

Labs, supplements, and medical partners

We don’t build everything ourselves. We work with the laboratories, supplement makers, and medical partners we trust, and integrate them where they sharpen the protocol.

Nordic Laboratories

Lab

Specialist functional-medicine laboratory in Denmark. PCR-based gut panels, dried-urine hormone metabolites, organic-acid metabolomics, and SNP genotyping. Visit their site →

Swiss accredited medical lab

Lab

Standard venous blood draw at a partner laboratory in Valais, results read in functional reference ranges alongside the lab clinical ranges.

Burgerstein

Supplement

Swiss reference for clinically formulated supplementation. We use Burgerstein where the formulation matches the protocol intent. Visit their site →

Medical partners

Medical

Referring physicians and specialists in Valais and beyond, for cases that need a parallel medical pathway alongside functional support.

Accredited and reimbursable

Our nutrition consultations are delivered under ASCA and RME accreditation. For most Swiss supplementary health insurance plans, this means your sessions are partially or fully reimbursed. We help you check what your policy covers.

The story is being written. Come write a chapter with us

Whether you are looking for clinical guidance, building a complementary practice, or thinking about partnership, we’d like to hear from you.

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