The Health Detective Podcast by Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

Intro to the FDN Stress and Hormone Profile w/ Detective Ev

In this episode, Detective Ev explores the custom hormone test that was created just for Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioners, otherwise known as the "FDN SHP" (stress and hormone profile).

You'll hear about:

1. The main markers that we're looking at on this test (and why they're important)
2. Why we utilize a saliva test instead of a blood test
3. Why our clients take FOUR different samples for us throughout the day in order to get the most complete picture of their overall health

Missed our other episodes breaking down some of the other tests we train you in during the FDN Certification Program?

To learn about our favorite gut test, click here!

To learn about our favorite food sensitivity test, click here!

The day of this podcast release, June 30th 2022, is the LAST DAY before the $1000 price increase of the course. Go to fdntraining.com/summer and click "learn more" at the bottom of the page to get enrolled. FDN offers a 30-day money back guarantee (less a $250 deposit), so you can secure your spot if you're still unsure.

Solutions to Vaginal Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence w/ Alyce Adams, RN (AKA “The Kegel Queen”)

Although we love bringing you as many stories from our certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioners as possible, our number one goal is always to provide you with as much value as possible. Since our listening audience is predominantly women, we wanted to bring on a special guest today, Alyce Adams (AKA the “Kegel Queen”)! 

In this episode, Alyce Adams, RN sheds light on a topic that is too often stigmatized. Detective Ev was not only shocked to learn about how many women deal with vaginal prolapse and urinary incotinence, but how many women (potentially needlessly) get SURGERY for these issues, not ever being told about alternative options.

Even if the issues discussed today don’t affect you directly, you certainly have a friend (or several) who ARE impacted. By listening, you just may be the difference between them getting surgery vs. finding natural solutions. We hope you enjoy the interview!

About Alyce:

Alyce Adams, RN is the Kegel Queen. Since founding KegelQueen.com in 2009, she’s known as the most sought-after kegel exercise expert around the world, helping women who suffer with vaginal prolapse or urinary incontinence to avoid dangerous surgery and regain health and control of their body “down there.” She is famous for creating the Kegel Success in Minutes a Day Program, the only complete, no-devices, safe-at-home kegel exercise program created and tested by an RN. The Kegel Queen Program has reached over 3,011 women in 27 countries.

Alyce has shared her kegel expertise as a guest blogger for the American College of Nurse-Midwives and a guest lecturer at Bastyr University in Seattle and the University of Rochester in New York. Most recently, she has consulted with the Stanford Biodesign Fellowship at Stanford University in California.

Where to Find Alyce: 

KegelQueen.com

There are only a FEW days left before the FDN course increases by $1000! Go to FDNtraining.com/summer to catch the last of our events or FDNtraining.com/call if you want to talk to someone to secure your spot.

Kidney Cancer, Obesity, and an Eating Disorder w/ Matt Terry, FDN-P, CPT

In this episode, we're interviewing a very successful Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Matt Terry!

What's great about Matt is that he was aware of functional lab testing long before FDN, and still chose to pursue our program.

Our interview includes a variety of topics including Matt's cancer diagnosis, his life as a personal trainer and FDN, as well as a particularly special segment towards the end where him and Detective Ev discuss eating disorders, something that is not talked about nearly enough in this world.

About Matt:

Matt is a presenter, personal trainer, nutrition coach and full time practicing FDN in Overland Park, Kansas where he co-owns a personal training studio. He has used his personal struggles with obesity, injuries, and disease to help his clients at new levels with customized solutions that get to the root of the issue. His mission is to provide people with the right education, support, and coaching to create sustainable solutions for optimal lasting health, energy and confidence.

Where to find Matt:

www.mattterryfitness.com

Ready to have a thriving business doing work you actually love? There are just a few more days before the price of the FDN course increases by $1000. Go to fdntraining.com/call to book a call with one of our Course Advisors, or fdntraining.com/summer to see what events are still taking place during the month of June!

From Guessing To Testing w/ Hally Brooke

Although we love talking about FDN on this podcast, we also know there are other amazing functional practitioners out there doing great work! Our guest today, Hally Brooke, is one of those people!

Hally Brooke is the Founder & CEO of Live Nourished. She is a Certified Functional Medicine Nutrition Counselor, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Fox 21 Fitness & Nutrition Expert, and fierce industry advocate. What started as pure personal training has morphed over the years into a full wellness and nutrition practice. 

Hally has learned from years of education and experience working with clients that simply doing squats isn't going to cut it when it comes to being fully well. From that experience, she has built a thriving Functional Medicine Coaching practice that works with clients in ALL the key areas of wellness including movement, nutrition, mindset, resilience, relationships, and self-care.

Her life mission is to encourage, empower and free women by teaching healing. Whether as clients, through speaking events, or personally with the people she encounters, she lives this mission day in and day out.

Where to find Hally:

instagram @livenourishedcoaching and @hallybrooke

Facebook www.facebook.com/livenourishedcoaching

Listening to this episode in June 2022? DON'T MISS our final days of the Summer Open House! The course goes up $1,000 July 1st, 2022, so make sure to check out all of the events we're hosting this month to decide if the course is right for you. Go to fdntraining.com/summer

An Insider Tour of the FDN Course w/ Brandy Buskow, FDN-P

Making her second appearence on The Health Detective Podcast (her first time was all the way back at episode #4), it's Brandy Buskow!

In addition to being an FDN herself, Brandy is also Chief Operations Officer of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition as a whole. Since Brandy is involved with so many aspects of the course, we thought it'd be perfect to speak with her about what the journey of becoming an FDN looks like!

In this episode (link in bio), we'll talk about things like:

Who can become an FDN?

What will the course work look like?

How long do I have to complete it?

Do I get mentorship along the way?

What will graduating look like?

If you want the inside scoop on the FDN course, then give this episode a listen :) 

About Brandy:

Brandy is a Board Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Master EFT Practitioner, Hypnotherapy student, and a mom of 4.

She is passionate about sharing her knowledge with others. She specializes in helping moms get their energy back and ending the overwhelm.

Ready to watch the full course tour? Then go to fdntraining.com/coursetour to watch now!

Founder of FDN Explains All 5 Labs w/ Reed Davis, FDN-P, HHP, CNT

As part of our month-long Summer Open House, we thought it was only right to have the founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Reed Davis, back on The Health Detective Podcast!

In this episode, Detective Ev and Reed will let you know about all of the events going on this month. Then, they spend almost a full HOUR breaking down all the main labs we teach in the program.

There has genuinely never been a better time to learn about FDN than this month. We have every resource possible available to you at your fingertips, and this podcast is just the icing on the cake. If you've been wondering about the FDN course, listen to this now! 

About Reed:

Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine.  He is the Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and the FDN Certification Course with over 3,000 graduates in 50 countries. Reed served as Health Director at a Wellness Center in Southern California for over 10 years and with over 10,000 clients is known as one of the most experienced clinicians in the world. Reed serves on the Advisory Board of the American Natural Wellness Coaches Board and the American Association of Natural Wellness Coaches.  He lives in the US and when not teaching the FDN Certification Course and helping his graduates build their private practices, he is usually found gardening or riding motorcycles. 

Check out the schedule for our FDN Summer Open House by going to fdntraining.com/summer. 

 

Achieve Peak Brain And Mental Performance w/ Greg Gostincar

During the 100+ interviews that have been done for The Health Detective Podcast, Detective Ev noticed something... He saw that an OVERWHELMING amount of people that were interviewed were current or "recovering" Type-A personalities. (That is the go-go-go type, for those unfamiliar.)

It makes sense that, in an already toxic world, having a personality that is associated with higher stress levels would not be a good thing to add on. Thankfully, our clients and practitioners are usually able to overcome these obstacles and get their health back. 

But, that still leaves one problem... Those people are still go-getters at heart!

Is it possible to have your (gluten free) cake and eat it too once healthy? The answer is an absolute, 100,000% YES! What we need to learn to do, though, is OPTIMIZE the time we spend working instead of just adding on more and more hours to our workday.

That's why we brought on Greg Gostincar, founder of Your Inception. Like most of us, Greg is an ambitious person whose health took a major decline when he was simply unable to push any harder. Because of this, he learned to work smarter, and eventually became a certified Brain Health professional. 

About Greg:

Greg Gostincar, a certified brain health professional and the creator of Your Inception, has devoted his life to helping health-conscious professionals achieve peak brain and mental performance by using effective, science-based techniques combined with the power of nature. His mission is to actively educate, offer tools, and support people to unlock their true potential.

Where to find Greg:

https://www.yourinception.com/

https://www.instagram.com/yourinception/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyA_Is3pTm5x1s76Lr_h5oQ

We Will HELP You Build Your Biz w/ Our FDNthrive Program w/ Jo Pate, FDN-P

In this episode, we talk to the head of our "FDNthrive" program, Jo Pate!

While there is an ever-growing list of job opportunities for people who complete the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition certification program, many of our graduates choose to start their own virtual FDN practices instead! Because of this, we feel it is essential for our graduates to be able to get access to business training that is actually SPECIFIC to FDNs. In comes FDNthrive!

FDNthrive was started in 2020 due to the massive amount of grads asking for business support. The optional program is available to graduates and will teach you all the essentials you need to start a legitimate FDN practice, In addition, you will get to work virtually with REAL clients who we bring on from all over the USA and Canada. The program is designed to give you all the real-world expertise necessary to have a thriving practice.

Before we get into that, though, we'll talk to Jo about her incredible health journey, and how what she went through inspired her to become an FDN herself!

Interested in trying the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Course for free? Go to fdntraining.com/tryfdn. No credit card is required.

Don't forget about our month-long open house event all of June 2022! The course price is increasing $1,000 on July 1st, 2022 to match the updates and bonuses it has received over the last 1 1/2 years - 2 years. So, we are doing an entire MONTH of events so you can decide if you'd like to pursue the course before the increase. We want you to be 100% positive that this is the right program for you, so check out as many of the events as you can. Go to fdntraining.com/summer to learn more.

The REAL Reason Some Clients Stay Sick w/ Ginny Miller, FDN-P

Ginny Miller is a Holistic Wellness Coach, Vibrant Energy Practitioner, and founder of New Vibrant You. She is proud to be certified in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, The Wellness Code, Myers Detox Protocol, NES Health Bioenergetics, Heart Math meditation, The Emotion and Body Code, as well as her most profound modality, PSYCH-K, for reprogramming limiting self-beliefs. Ginny believes strongly that the best way to help clients get profound results from their sessions and coaching programs is through a truly holistic mind-body-spirit approach. Her mission is to empower people with the information and tools that can assist them in being the most vibrant, resilient, and joyful version of themselves.

Where to find Ginny:

www.newvibrantyou.com

https://www.facebook.com/vibrantenergy123

https://www.instagram.com/vibrant_energy_coach/

Ready to try the FDN course? Head to fdntraining.com/tryfdn to try the entire first module of FDN completely free (no cc required). 

Don't miss our Summer Open House! Multiple events and webinars will be happening in the month of June 2022 for FDN. Get notified for all of them at fdntraining.com/summer. Don't miss our final event of the month on June 28th where you can ask the founder of FDN, Reed Davis, questions about the course LIVE! 

Engineering, Thyroid Cancer, And Becoming An FDN w/ Xiaoyun Pan, FDN-P, FNTP, CTNC

Our guest for this episode, Xiaoyun Pan, is an extremely impressive woman with a background in engineering. She completed two masters degrees and was happily working in her field, until a trip to the doctor's office completely shifted her life. Xiaoyun, thinking she was completely fine, would soon learn that she had a cancerous nodule on her thyroid. Having always been an avid learner, she got to work on figuring out exactly how she got to where she was with her health.

After years of study, Xiaoyun has found a combination of strategies that have worked for her to get her health back on the right track. The best part? She attributes the FDN system to being one of the most helpful things along her journey. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

About Xiaoyun:

Xiaoyun is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition®, an FDN-P, FNTP, and CTNC. Using customized diet and nutrition strategies coupled with transformational coaching, she helps overwhelmed professionals find the missing link in their health struggle, nourish the body, reverse chronic conditions, enhance performance, and stay at the top of the game!

Ready to start a new career doing what you love and helping people with their trickiest health complaints? The Functional Diagnostic Nutrition certification program is a great way to do this, and you can try the course completely free by going to www.fdntraining.com/tryfdn.