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
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
In this episode, Health Coach Ev is nerding out with Dr. Jeannie Lopez! Dr. Jeannie Lopez, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist who recently became a functional diganostic nutrition practitioner. She is also pursuing graduate studies at The Intuitive Way which focuses on energy healing. Jeannie has worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings with children, adolescents, and families with a variety of learning and health related challenges. Jeannie has a long history of personal and family health related issues which have impacted her and her family's life significantly. After seeing more and more children in her neuropsychological assessment practice with serious learning and medically related issues, trying all kinds treatment for herself and family members, visiting a myriad of health professionals, and listening to many podcasts/ webinars and reading books, Jeannie decided it was time to do it herself and obtain more training with the goal of helping others with the holstic FDN coaching method. You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
WARNING: This is NOT your typical weight loss podcast! In fact, I can just about guarantee you're going to learn MANY new things about fat that you didn't know before. This is all thanks to today's amazing guest, Dr. Sylvia Tara! Dr. Tara holds a PhD in biochemistry from the University of California at San Diego and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her research results and approach quickly piqued the interest of doctors and scientists worldwide skyrocketing the book onto bestseller lists and serving as the focus of an episode of NOVA on PBS called The Truth About Fat that aired in April 2020. You can find out more about Dr. Tara by going to www.thesecretlifeoffat.com. You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
In this episode, we're talking to Suzanne Healy! Suzanne Healy is a Certified Integrative Health Coach and a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner with extensive training in functional medicine for coaches. After finding her own root causes, she was able to not only lose the extra weight, but also heal her digestion and skin naturally. Suzanne helps women who are sick and tired of yo-yo dieting to find their root causes so they can lose weight and heal naturally without dieting or counting calories or points. You can learn more about Suzanne by going to www.suzannehealy.com. You can learn more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
In this episode, we're talking to a big-time podcaster, Megan Blacksmith!
Megan Blacksmith is a certified holistic health coach, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and also graduate of Chris Kresser's ADAPT Practitioner training and is currently training to become an NLP practitioner.
Her own postpartum health crash (what she calls falling off the hormone cliff) came after her first child 10 years ago, and all of her regular lab work said that she was "perfect," even though she felt miserable
After finding functional medicine. holistic nutrition and the power of the the mind/body connection, she was able to see that there really was an imbalance, and more importantly, there was something she could do about it!
In the Zesty Ginger duo of Megan and Dr. Alex, Megan focuses on the power of our thoughts, beliefs, energy and frequency in a health journey.
Megan is one of the founders of the Healthy Hormones group program, Flight or Flight Fix and Zestier as well as co-host of the 4 Phase Cycle Podcast.
You can find out more about Megan by going to www.zestyginger.com.
You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
We are lucky enough to interview incredible humans on a weekly basis, and this guest is certainly not an exception to that truth. Heather is a TROOPER, and if you need a little inspiration today, THIS podcast is for you. About Heather: Heather is a marketing executive turned nutrition consultant and educator. Heather advocates for informed consent, bodily autonomy, and healthcare authorship. She speaks and writes on nutrition and lifestyle design interventions for health recovery. Heather successfully recovered her health from vulvar cancer, Hashimoto's, and lichen sclerosus. She reversed estrogen dominance, insulin resistance, arteriosclerosis, and fatty liver utilizing a food-as-medicine and integrated clinical treatment approach. Heather is a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner and Nutrition Therapy Practitioner. You can find out more about Heather by going to https://heathercooan.com/. You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
In this episode, we have yet another international guest! This time, out of Portugal! Christian Yordanov is an author, health researcher and educator, and practitioner who specialises in autism, children's health, preparing for a healthy pregnancy, and longevity. He is author of the book "Autism Wellbeing Plan: How to Get Your Child Healthy." You can find out more about Christian by going to www.christianyordanov.com Order Christian's Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Wellbeing-Plan-Child-Healthy-ebook/dp/B084GBBDL9 You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
In this episode, we are talking to Raewyn Guerrero! Raewyn has lived and worked in London since 2001. She founded a Virtual Wellbeing Practice, Well Works, in 2017 which offers bespoke nutrition and psychotherapy programmes for high-achieving executives to recover from burnout, so they can feel energized, aligned and unstoppable. Prior to 2017, she spent 6 years as the Global Wellbeing Manager at a multi-national bank, developing group wellness programmes for those struggling with 21st Century chronic health conditions, such as stress, anxiety, depression, IBS, back and neck pain, and obesity. In 2012, she introduced 6 week Mindful Awareness workshops to employees with the aim of reducing stress, and improving focus, clarity and creativity, and facilitated regular Balance at Barclays weekly drop-in meditation sessions. She was also a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Mindfulness in the Workplace from 2015 – 2016 tasked with making stress reduction and anxiety a priority for Government Policy and Public Health. At Well Works, she now integrates Personalized Nutrition with CBT and Meditation to bring about rapid transformation in the mental and physical health of individuals and organizations. You can find out more about Raewyn by going to https://well-works.co/.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
While hosting the FDNthrive podcast, Health Coach Ev has been asked quite a few times when he’d be sharing his own story. Well, today's the day. We hope you all enjoy! You can learn more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Breast implants causing illness? Say WHAT?
Yup, you read that right. Our guest in this episode, Sarah Phillipe, shined so much light on this topic for us, and even told us about her own journey of dealing with breast implant illness. This is one you don't want to miss!
A little bit about Sarah:
Sarah has a passion for restoring health that has taken her along a path from RN, to becoming a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, True Cellular Detox™ Practitioner, and Breast Implant Illness Expert. She believes the solution to Reversing Breast Implant illness is about more than just the explant and that we all need to take personal responsibility for restoring our health by addressing all of the root causes that contribute to chronic illness. It is Sarah’s believe that the body has an innate desire to heal if given what it needs, and she focuses on teaching women how to unlock that innate intelligence and heal themselves.
You can find out more about Sarah by going to reversingbreastimplantillness.com.
You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com.
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
In this episode, we're continuing Health Coach Ev's mini-series where he talks about why the lab tests we use in the FDNthrive program are chosen with great care. We are NOT lab tests salespeople, so we are mutually interested in spending our client's money intelligently and usefully. Today, we're talking about why not all stool tests are created equal, and what technology YOUR stool test needs to have to get the best results! You can find out more about FDNthrive by going to www.fdnthrive.com