The Health Detective Podcast by Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

90. Ketosis, Sunshine, and Healing Humanity w/ Dr. Courtney Hunt, MD

Despite her impressive background, including her UCLA Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, Dr. Courtney Hunt, MD, found herself at a loss when both her and her husband were dealing with autoimmune conditions. The things that she had been taught during her medical training helped mask some symptoms at best, but never got her anywhere close to the point of being truly healed.

How could this happen? Shouldn't someone who, statistically, has more knowledge about the body than 99% of people be able to fix just about anything? It turns out, she couldn't. And, with this realization, Dr. Hunt went back to the drawing board to rethink everything she knew and had been taught.

In this episode, we are talking to someone who just may be the most knowledgeable guest we've ever had. You will not only learn about how she healed, but also how she started connecting the dots of a much bigger picture involving the entirety of humanity. 

How did this OBYGYN turn into someone on a mission to heal the human race? You'll just have to tune in to find out. But, when you do, don't forget your notebook!

About Dr. Hunt:

Dr. Courtney Hunt has spent the majority of her career as a board certified OBGYN helping women, mothers, and their children deal with 21st Century illnesses that current medical textbooks fail to address. Most of these illnesses arise from our changing, modern environment. After many years delivering babies, Dr. Hunt grew tired of seeing mother after mother, and woman after woman, come in feeling exhausted, foggy, achy, and sad. Worse yet, she grew concerned about the growing number of sick children these women were bringing in with them; children of all ages. Dr. Hunt herself was a busy delivering obstetrician and operating gynecologist and has spent years translating that expertise into figuring out how to make surgery and pharmaceuticals less necessary and lifestyle more important in the path to wellness. She began to study nutrigenetics many years ago when she started to realize that the majority of her pregnant patients were nutrient depleted and grew concerned over the impact this could have on the fetus. 

 

Since childhood, Dr. Hunt had a desire to become a physician, especially when at the age of 13 her grandmother developed ALS also known as Lou Gherig’s disease. This motivated her at age 17 to attend The University of California at Berkeley as an integrative biology major with a focus on reproductive endocrinology, genetics, and neuroscience. She graduated from medical school at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine at 25 and completed her residency at UCLA, ultimately administrative chief resident. 

 

 After practicing for one year in California, at 29, she moved to Arizona. After working with a large OBGYN group, she opened her own practice, Desert Jewel OBGYN, in 2005 as the founder and medical director. It was in this practice that she saw an increase of patients that suffered from chronic fatigue, autoimmune disease, fibromyalgia, horrible perimenopausal symptoms, Hashimoto’s, vertigo, migraines, memory disorders – and the more she saw, the more they came. These were patients who had previously been ignored by others, undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or had only been given band-aids for their symptoms. In an attempt to better understand those patients and their symptoms, Dr. Hunt utilized her knowledge in genetics to develop a deeper understanding of human DNA how it interacts with environment, lifestyle, and food choices. In addition, her husband was diagnosed with Celiac Sprue shortly after they were married. A childhood disease that was missed in him despite numerous doctor’s visits until well into adulthood with almost catastrophic ramifications. This spurred her to deepen her knowledge of the gastrointestinal tract and the affect our food choices as well as the microbiome have on it and it’s connection to our brains. 

 

On this journey, Dr. Hunt was forced to look outside of what she had been taught in medical school and residency and look deeper for answers. This lead her to the pursuit of nutrigenetics. As an early adopter of BRCA cancer gene testing over 20 years ago, she realized that if we could see the genes that predict cancer we could also see the genes that will could heal us. A roadmap for healing, if you will, an instruction book for the body and it’s environment. 

 

All of Dr. Hunt's Links/Book:

www.instagram.com/courtneyhuntmd

www.instagram.com/geneticprotocol

www.courtneyhuntmd.com

www.geneticprotocol.com

www.geneticprotocol.store

https://www.amazon.com/Your-Spark-Light-Mechanics-Creation-ebook/dp/B096NL1JW7

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.

89. 3 Things To Reset Your Internal Clock FAST!

With daylight savings around the corner, it's important to know how we can maintain our circadian rhythms, or at the very least, fix them back to normal ASAP. And yes, even though this timechange is typically considered the "good" one, the truth of the matter is, each timechange does in fact take it's toll on the body.

While its arguable that we never should mess with nature and change our manmade clocks at all, we definitely don't have the power as individuals to make that decision just yet. So, the next best thing is to listen to this episode!

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.

Links:

 

1) Camping study - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-week-of-camping-can-turn-you-into-a-morning-person-22006398/

2) Himalayan salt lamps: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Home-Improvement-Household-Salt-Lamps/zgbs/hi/5759978011

3) Amber readling light: https://www.amazon.com/iGoober-Rechargeable-Blocking-Brightness-Bookworms/dp/B07X2XX7WD/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1HRJD0RDHPT21&dchild=1&keywords=no+blue+light+reading+light&qid=1635819403&s=hi&sprefix=no+blue+light+reading+light%2Ctools%2C79&sr=1-5

88. How Trauma Is Secretly Keeping You Sick w/ Skye Gallagher

Have you ever talked to someone who just blew you away because you could tell that they had TRULY "done the work?" The person that has actually worked through the dark parts of their life that very few are willing to venture to? 

Well, today, we're speaking with one of those people, and her name is Skye Gallagher!

If you're looking for an episode that gets real and raw about the truths regarding trauma, how trauma affects the body, and how we can learn to acknowledge it and work through it, then this episode is for you.

About Skye:

Skye is a former Equinox trainer & online health coach with 12 certifications, and since then, has turned marketing agency owner and now business coach. Skye’s health challenges lead her to study how certain emotions affect our function, both in terms of health and business. Skye is obsessed with helping people transform, and does this by creating mental models that help people live their dream lives and have their dream businesses! She studied why people change when she was a trainer, and now applies that to helping health coaches sell at their dream prices, using her method of paradigm shifting marketing.

You can contact Skye directly by direct messaging her on Instgram. @skyegallagher. 

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com

 

87. Vitamin D Supplements For Winter? Think Twice... w/ Detective Ev

Here we go again! As the fall season is in full-swing, and with winter right around the corner, people will be buying more and more vitamin D supplements. The question is, is that really the best way to get vitamin D? More importantly, did you know there are some notable, not-so-positive effects that vitamin D supplementation has on the immune system? In this short and sweet episode, we talk about why you may want to think twice about supplementing with vitamin D this winter, and the best alternative if you decide you don't want to. You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.  1) https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/720815

86. Why We Don‘t Use ‘xyz‘ Lab Test w/ Detective Ev

In the world of functional medicine, it can be very easy to fall in love with one specific lab test, maybe a couple of tests at best.  The reason this seemingly works is because, if you run the same test with enough people, naturally, SOME will present with clinically useful results. But, what about the many that DON'T show up with any useful information? After spending the past weekend with Reed Davis, founder of FDN and FDNthrive, Detective Ev gained a fresh understanding of exactly WHY we do things the way we do. And, afer listening to this short and sweet episode, you'll fully understand why, too! You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com. 

85. What Ev Learned From The Biohacking Conference

Today's episode is relatively short and sweet, with a simple but ESSENTIAL lesson that we must all learn if we're really going to get well and stay well. This lesson is so important, that it is a fact that every single person with an amazing health transformation you've ever heard (and will hear) on this podcast HAD to practice it to get to where they are today.  Head to the link in our bio to make sure you're applying this principle! You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.

84. Asthma, Digestive Issues, and Heart Surgery w/ Rachel Smith, FDN-P

Could you imagine being told you need heart surgery in your early 20's? Worse yet, could you imagine going through with the surgery, only to be told that IT'S NOT YOUR HEART? Well, our guest today, Rachel Smith, went through exactly that (and a heck of a lot more). 

 

Now, at only 26 years old, she is happy to say that her health is the best it's ever been. Her and Detective Ev both agreed that their experience with the FDN system has almost felt like "reverse-aging," since they had both been sick most of their lives prior to finding this program.

 

About Rachel:

 

Rachel Smith has been studying health and wellness for over 6 years. She has a background in healthcare administration, scientific research, martial arts fitness instruction, and is a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. She is the owner of Natural Health Rising, which is an online holistic wellness company where she helps women naturally reverse their symptoms who have been struggling with autoimmune diseases, mysterious illnesses, and other chronic health issues. She is a huge advocate of using food and lifestyle changes as medicine. Rachel is on a mission to help people rise to their healthiest, happiest selves.

 

You can find out more about Rachel by going to www.naturalhealthrising.com. 

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com. 

 

 

 

83. World Mental Health Day Tribute w/ Detective Ev

For those that don't know, October 10th is World Mental Health Day. And, in our world of functional medicine, mental health challenges are pretty much par for the course.

 

As someone who dealt with extreme mental health challenges himself, Detective Ev wanted to take today to talk about mental health, how it relates to functional medicine, and much more.

 

We appreciate you listening, and remember, if you're dealing with mental health challenges in silence, there is HELP, and there is HOPE. If you don't believe that, listen to this episode, or a variety of other amazing episodes from our guests on this podcast.

 

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com. 

82. Bulimia, Body-Shaming, and Why Calories In Doesn’t Work w/ Margot Shute, FDN-P

We are so happy to be sharing such a REAL and RAW story with you tonight. It is a story that includes a topic that has never been mentioned on this show yet, bulimia. 

Through her authenticity, our guest, Margot Shute, did an amazing job at breaking down the experience of those who suffer from this eating disorder. Additionally, we learned what one can do when weight issues have become a LEGITIEMATE issue, even with a history of eating disorders. This is especially important because the LAST thing we ever want to do is trigger someone's prior history of an eating disorder through body-shaming or magic diets.

In this episode, Margot covers all of this and more!

About Margot:

Margot is a Certified Holistic Health and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition© Practitioner. She empowers midlife women to shed stubborn pounds and shrink belly fat, using her signature Midlife Weight Loss Fix for Women coaching method, so they can regain their energy, get their sexy back and learn to love their bodies.

 

You can find out more about Margot by going to www.shuteforwellness.com.

 

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.

 

81. The Paleo Diet and Integrative Dietetics w/ Esther Blum, Dietician, CNS, BCNS

Our guest tonight, Esther Blum, is an Integrative Dietitian and High Performance Coach. She has helped thousands of women permanently balance hormones and lose stubborn belly fat by treating the root cause of their health struggles.

Esther is the bestselling author of Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat, Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous, Secrets of Gorgeous, and The Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous Project. She currently maintains a busy virtual practice where she provides 360 degrees of healing with physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual support. Esther believes that diet and supplements are the foundation to healing, but treating the whole person is paramount.

You can find out more about Esther by going to https://estherblum.com/.

You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.