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 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.
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Erin Blevins is a multifaceted entrepreneur, chef, author, and nutrition expert. She founded shutupEAT and shutupWORK, and owns a private gym in Salt Lake City. Erin’s journey into the world of food began as an assistant to her renowned chef-father. Combining her love for outdoor sports, coaching strong women, and culinary skills. She is best known for her mastery in the art of training and nutrition.
Erin has worked with high-profile clients, including transforming actor Henry Cavill into Superman and providing nutrition coaching for Redbull’s Rampage female downhill racers. Her clientele spans from actors, athletes and elite war-fighters to individuals seeking to improve their health and well-being. She has recently finished working in soon to be released Netflix Series and movies like Rebel Moon, Umbrella Academy, Mother, and Flaming Hot. Erin has an extensive list of continued educational certifications from Harvard, AFPA, PN and soon, proud to announce, FDN! She also authored The Essential Carnivore Cookbook and is currently finishing her 2nd book, Playing With Knives.
Erin is a SUPER interesting and multi-talented guest. Please shoot us a DM on Instagram if you have any questions/comments about the episode :). @fdntraining!
Where to find Erin:
https://www.spaceprogram.training/
https://www.shutupwork.com/
Instagram: @shutup_eat
Where to find FDN:
Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
You've most likely heard him before on this show, but if you haven't, you're in for a treat!
Ryan Monahan, FDNP, is a textbook example of what can happen with FDN when the right person goes through the course. Having been sick for much of his young adult years, he found himself in a place where he couldn't ignore his health anymore. And although becoming a health detective wasn't ever on his radar, he now has a full-time, referral-based practice that allows him to work from anywhere in the world.
If you have been keeping up with our summer open house events, then you probably already heard this episode. We thought it was so good that we had to bring it to our podcast audience, though, just in case they missed anything!
We hope you enjoy :).
Where to find Ryan;
IG: @themindfulnutrivore
Website: www.themindfulnutrivore.com
Questions for us?
IG: @fdntraining. DM us to talk to a real human, not a bot!
Interested in Summer Open House?
Head to fdntraining.com/summer!
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Functional medicine can be tricky. On the one hand, there are SO MANY healing modalities that are 100% rooted in solid, up to date science.
On the other hand, there are ALWAYS things that people are trying (and swearing by) that might not have the human studies to back them up quite yet. When this happens, we think the right thing to do is to simply share stories to bring AWARENESS to the subject, not necessarily so that people go out and try these things.
With all this said, our repeat guest today, Awais Spall, is a former chemist and active Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner that has some INCREDIBLE healing stories of peptides.
What are peptides exactly? How are they administered? Where can you find them and are they safe?
All of these questions and more are shared in this episode. We hope you enjoy, and as always, please feel free to reach out to us with any questions on Instagram @fdntraining.
LOOKING FOR THE FDN SUMMER OPEN HOUSE? Go to fdntraining.com/summer to view the schedule now, OR go to fdntraining.com/vip to access the recordings of each event.
About Awais:
Awais Spall is a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner.
About 11 years ago, he began to experience a strange myriad of digestive issues and muscle spasms. He was soon diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Irritable Bowel Disease. Over the next few years, Awais saw over 30 doctors, a process that cost him thousands in medical debt with no major change in symptoms. Then in 2017, he decided to take his health into his own hands through Functional Diagnostic Nutrition’s training program. Alongside FDN, he pursued a rigorous study of Ayurveda, an ancestral form of healing that holds so many keys to wellness.
Through the Combination of Functional Medicine and Ayurveda, Awais noticed dramatic improvements in his digestion and energy, in only a matter of weeks! Today, his mission is to share his unique approach to empower those that are suffering and, like him, are unsatisfied with conventional medicine.
Where to find Awais:
Website: www.integrativeoasis.com
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
While some of us probably feel a bit weird about the whole artificial intelligence thing, there is no doubt a time and place for everything. Our guest today on The Health Detective Podcast, David Gull, came up with one of the best and most interesting uses of AI that we've ever seen!
If you've ever done a guided meditation, you might have found that some of them fit you perfectly while others didn't seem to quite work. But what if each and every guided meditation was completely custom to your unique situation in any given moment? That is exactly what David's app, Ogimi, is able to do :).
This is one you'll just have to listen to in order to wrap your head around it. Please let us know what you think about this excellent use of tech!!!
David Gull is a tech entrepreneur founder, a licensed architect, and a creator. He thrives on designing and building new products.
David is currently Co-founder & CEO of Ogimi, the first AI Meditation Coach. With Ogimi, he is mission driven, with the goal of helping 1B people fix their mental health through highly personalized daily meditation practice. Meditation has been deeply meaningful to David since he started the practice 15 years ago when he hit the point of burnout early in his architecture career. He knows that if he can help others create and deepen a meditation practice to explore their inner world, he will have made the world a better place. You can try the app for free at www.ogimi.ai
Where to find David:
https://ogimi.ai/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Ogimi/100087646115466/
https://www.instagram.com/ogimi_ai/
https://twitter.com/Ogimimind
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgull-vrar/
Where to find FDN:
IG: @fdntraining
Website/course tour: fdntraining.com/tour