We bring you interviews from people who have conquered the trickiest of health challenges using the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Philosophy and similar healing modalities. You’ll hear from experts who have been through the wringer with their health issues, and yet managed to come out on the other side. If you are interested in natural healing and/or functional medicine, this is the podcast for you! Visit www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com to learn more about the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition program.
Episodes
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
In this episode, we are continuing our “Intro to FDN” series! Please make sure you’re listening in order so that everything makes sense. Here is the link to the FIRST episode of the series where we discuss the ONLY “diagnosis” FDN practitioners hand out, metabolic chaos: https://spotify.link/Zd5OlSW03Bb
And here is the link to the SECOND episode where we discuss FDN’s trademarked “DRESS” protocol: https://spotify.link/hjeSHPTZ8Bb
Today, we are discussing most people’s favorite part: the labs! Unlike many other functional practitioners, FDNs always start with the same set of labs on every client. You can remember these tests with the acronym HIDDEN, which stands for hormones, immune system, digestion, detoxification, energy production and nervous system. These labs were not chosen randomly or on a whim. They were carefully selected after the founder of FDN, Reed Davis, ran over 11,000 labs on clients in his own practice. After listening, we think it will be crystal clear as to how and why we still use this particular set of labs to this day.
As always, if you have any follow-up questions, reach out to us @fdntraining on Instagram to talk to one of our staff members! Alternatively, you can book a call with Ev or one of the other Course Advisors anytime by going to FDNtraining.com/call.
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
In this episode, we are continuing our “Intro to FDN” series! Please make sure you’re listening in order so that everything makes sense. Here is the link to the first episode of the series where we discuss the ONLY “diagnosis” FDN practitioners hand out, metabolic chaos: https://spotify.link/Zd5OlSW03Bb
Today, we are discussing our trademarked DRESS system that is a core part of every FDN program. DRESS stands for diet, rest, exercise, stress-reduction and supplementation. Without understanding the significance of this acronym, almost NONE of the stuff we teach about labs matters.
As always, if you have any follow-up questions, reach out to us @fdntraining on Instagram to talk to one of our staff members!
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
With a recent HUGE influx of new faces coming and checking out the FDN course, our host for the Health Detective Podcast, Detective Ev, decided it would be a good opportunity to do an "Intro to FDN series." (And don't worry - for the regular listeners, there are a couple of different ways you can benefit from/use these episodes, too).
These episodes are best listened to in order, and this is the first one in the series! Please know that you are more than welcome to ask us any follow-up questions at anytime by messaging us on Instagram @fdntraining, or booking a call with Ev or another Course Enrollment Advisors at www.fdntraining.com/call.
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Does being an FDN practitioner mean every little health symptom you've ever had has to be perfect? Absolutely not. What it DOES mean is that you are someone who will continuously "walk the walk" of being healthy. It means you will never give up trying new things until you get the results you want. It also means you are willing to do whatever you can to help others along their own healing journey. Our guest today, Tina Haupert, is a PERFECT example of all of this!
Tina diagnosed with ulcerative colitis over a decade ago, which was particularly surprising to her since she engaged in many "healthy" lifestyle habits. While she did what she could for the diagnosis at the time, in the back of her head, she also knew that what she had been told was a bit scary, and as a result, it didn't quite get the attention that it deserved.
Fast-forward several years, and the symptoms got bad enough that Tina could no longer pretend it would one day go away on it's own. Worse yet, she started dealing with a myriad of other symptoms, too, ones that are not too dissimilar from many of the ones our other guests have experienced. It was at that point that she knew some MAJOR changes needed to occur.
As of today, Tina has been an FDNP for 4 years and has a thriving practice. She feels significantly better, and has managed to get her UC into remission through a combination of lifestyle changes and medication. It is also worth noting that she is still progressing on her healing journey, so who knows what a couple more years will bring?
If you're someone who has been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, this is DEFINITELY for you. Let us know what you think, and if you have any questions you can reach out to Tina on IG @carrotsncake, or message us directly @fdntraining.
About Tina:
Tina Haupert is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P), certified nutrition coach, cookbook author, podcast host, wife, mom, and the creative mind behind Carrots ‘N’ Cake. Tina and her coaching team work one-on-one with clients, utilizing functional testing and a macro-based nutrition approach to help them enhance their metabolism and diet to achieve their health and body composition goals. Tina was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 12 years ago and is also an active IBD advocate.
Please include any social media/website/product links you'd like us to share:
Website: https://carrotsncake.com/
Programs: https://programs.carrotsncake.com/coaching/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake/?hl=en
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
We have a couple of "firsts" today on The Health Detective Podcast...
One of the firsts is that we have never (to Detective Ev's knowledge) had someone on who dealt with Addison's Disease, a relatively rare condition that includes damage to the adrenal glands. The other first is that we have never had a guest be such an amazing story teller that they were able to take the FIRST QUESTION of the podcast and run with it for almost 40 minutes in an incredibly engaging way! These firsts are brought to you by our guest, Vennessa McConkey.
Vennessa is a passionate, energetic, tenacious woman, wife and mom of three young boys. She has always believed in helping people whether it be in the community, schools or corporate world. Her career started early, since both her parents and grandparents were business owners. "Hard work" was highly valued in her family. She attended a science and engineering academy through most of high school, attended Southern Illinois University for Industrial Engineering Technology - graduating in 3 years. She worked her way up the corporate ladder very quickly and found herself running organizations at a young age.
During the course of all this corporate success, she was diagnosed with a rare disease - leaving her relying on many different medical professionals. She finally ended her corporate career and her husband and her became pregnant with their first son. Life seemed good. She started a resume writing and executive career coaching business where the skills she learned in corporate, once again created great success. But two things happened: (1) her health took a nose-dive, and (2) she noticed 85% of her clients struggled with health issues that were affecting how they performed at work. No longer could she morally help people find jobs if their health was affecting more than just them.
In taking a sabbatical, she uncovered some hefty relational issues with her husband and her parents, leading to her discovery of functional nutrition and FDN, that ultimately uncovered how trauma creates disease. Now as a board-certified holistic autoimmune and trauma recovery practitioner, FDN-P, certified functional nutrition coach, speaker and author, Vennessa educates and empowers people to take control of their fatigue and pain during the in-between moments, while confidently owning their journey so they can live a vibrant life.
We hope you enjoy this episode as much as Detective Ev did in recording it. As always, any questions can be directed to us on Instagram @fdntraining.
Where to find Vennessa:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vennessa.morgan
Instagram: https://instagram.com/vennessamcconkey
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
FDNtraining.com/dress is the place to go!
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
After completing his residency at Cornell University Medical Center & Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, Dr. Sinel served as Director of Outpatient Physical Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and as Asst. Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Sinel lectured on alternative approaches to pain and the mind-body connection at well-known institutions including UCLA and the Esalen Institute.
As a nationally recognized expert in spinal disorders and pain management, Dr. Sinel also authored several scientific articles and two well-known books on back pain including Back Pain Remedies for Dummies. While serving on multiple scientific and business advisory boards in the Healthcare sector, Dr. Sinel recently acquired Physician Therapeutics. (https://www.medicalfoodsinfo.com) He is passionate about reducing the side effects of pharmaceuticals by bringing safe scientifically proven encapsulated medical foods as natural alternatives for pain, sleep, obesity, neuropathy, fatigue & cognitive decline.
Where to find Dr. Mike/Medical Foods:
Website: www.medicalfoodsinfo.com
Twitter: @dr_sinel
LinkedIn: @dr-michael-sinel
Facebook: DrMichaelSinelMD
Instagram: drmichaelsinel_md
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
In over 250 episodes of The Health Detective Podcast, we have never repeated an episode (not even close). However, a recent event reminded Detective Ev that sometimes things really are worth reviewing in full. Because of this, we are covering something that even functional practitioners often can't explain well. That is the differences between gluten allergies, sensitivities, intolerances, and of course, celiac disease.
We hope the episode is clear and concise, but if you have questions, you can always reach out to us @fdntraining on Instagram. We have staff members working there night and day to respond to anything you need :).
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
On today's episode of the Health Detective Podcast, we are talking to someone who is both an ER doctor AND health coach, Dr. Heather Hammerstedt!
Dr Heather Hammerstedt is an emergency medicine physician with a specialized board certification in lifestyle medicine, as well as additional certifications and trainings in integrative nutrition, health coaching, medical acupuncture, Ayurveda, public and global health. She has 18 years of medical expertise and 19 years coaching experience, having gone to get her health coaching certificate during medical school (way back 
) when she realized the HUGE hole in our medical education around food and mindfulness and exercise.
At this point, she’s put in 1000s of hours of deep diving into food and weight and mindset to put together a (kick a**) lifestyle transformation blueprint to get women to long term health without products or BS, with real food and lifelong SKILLS for sustainable health futures… with a side effect of weight wellness. She offers personal and group weight wellness coaching, personal and group mental fitness coaching, lifestyle medicine education courses, AND affiliates with healthcare providers and physician clinics to implement Wholist programming with their clients and patients.
It's rare that we get someone on the show who has such an extensive background in both holistic and western medicine. We hope you enjoy the unique perspectives that she brings. If you have any questions, please reach out to us @fdntraining on Instagram! Shoot us a DM.
Where to find Dr. Hammerstedt:
https://www.wholisthealth.com/clinicians/
www.instagram.com/mommaemdoc
www.instagram.com/wholisthealth
https://www.facebook.com/groups/curatingyourwholehealth
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
We typically get two types of health coaches calling us at FDN:
1) Health coaches who are struggling in their business and stuck on their health journey (most common).
2) Health coaches who have actually done really well on the business and/or health side, but want a system that allows them to serve their clients at a higher level (less common).
What Detective Ev has noticed on calls with people interested in the FDN course is that there is a consistent pattern in the coaches who find themselves struggling. Worse yet, it's really not even their fault most of the time!
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.