As practitioners or aspiring nutrition counselors, we’re all familiar with the frustration of watching people struggle with chronic illness, cycling through symptoms and diagnoses without resolution.

I recently read an account written by a primary care doctor (PCP) describing a patient who had been passed from one specialist to another—each one focusing on ordering tests, prescribing medications, and ultimately sending her off with more questions than answers.  No one paused to truly listen to the patient’s story.  No one asked about […]

While poop provides some great clues, poop data alone becomes much more relevant when we gather input on food intake as well. That’s why the Food, Mood, Poop Journal is your first step in clinical data capture.

Poop is one of our best health diagnostic tools! Today’s gut loving ingredient is meant to bring on the husky: it’s psyllium husk!

Looking at functional lab results like a constellation will help you determine your client's health problems.

Learn how to avoid the trap of thinking lab results equal a root cause in your client's health.

Knowing how the body responds to pathological ailments is crucial to understanding a client's needs.

When it comes to Functional Medicine Training, there is a fundamental principle that stands out: adopting a systems-based approach. This entails recognizing the intricate interconnections within the internal environment and embracing a frameworked thinking to transform our approach to care. Two pivotal components of the systems-based approach Systems biology teaches us that living systems are […]

Scientific research is now revealing what you may have known, in your gut, all along… You need personalized solutions to your health struggles. Functional Nutrition is based on this premise. And some areas of medicine aim to support this mission to transform healthcare into a system that WORKS (and works for YOU). In fact, precision […]

If I were to ask you what caused you to become interested in the field of nutrition, you’d likely tell me a personal story. Maybe you were sick. Or you watched your partner, child, parent, or dearest friend suffer. Perhaps you’re motivated by global pain and suffering, and, for your own unique reasons, you felt […]