Our Favorite Functional Labs | Ep 245

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Why do some functional medicine providers have waitlists and others don’t? A functional medicine approach at its core is a root cause resolution approach, and successful providers are those who have honed their skills at quickly identifying root causes and creating effective treatment plans. And while labs can help direct that treatment, being a functional provider is more than just ordering labs–you have not only know what labs to run, but WHEN and WHY to choose them, and what to do with the results.

Today, Team FN shares their most favorite functional labs – AND discusses their approach and philosophies around ordering labs and how they discern which labs are right for which client. Grab a pen and paper–this conversation has nuggets of wisdom for both practitioners who want to fine-tune their approaches to lab testing AND the layperson who wants to better understand which labs to ask for.

If you’re a practitioner and you’d like to learn more about using a unique approach to functional lab testing to accelerate your clients’ transformation, join us for a FREE Functional Lab Testing Masterclass on Thursday March 23rd at 6pm ET!!

Timestamps:

(12:25) Two main functions of running lab tests

(15:45) Rachel’s “Big 5” foundations of health

(23:18) Why Rachel likes to run bloodwork on every patient

(36:23) GI MAP and what to consider when stool testing

(49:24) When and why to run a Wheat Zoomer

(52:16) Tox/mycotox panels, DUTCH tests, and other FN favorite labs

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO:

https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/245-favorite-functional-labs

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt. I'm an integrative and
0:07.2	functional medicine nutritionist with a feisty attitude in well over a decade of clinical experience.
0:13.1	I work with women all over the world through my online programs. And I'm also the founder of the
0:18.0	Functional Nutrition Academy, a school in practitioner mentorship
0:21.7	where we help other clinicians level up with functional medicine methodologies.
0:26.9	I've got a bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional healthcare model that are both
0:31.7	systematically failing so many of us. Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what this show's all about.
0:39.3	Please keep in mind, this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:44.1	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you like what you hear
0:48.4	today, I would love for you to subscribe to the show, leave a review in iTunes, share with
0:53.0	a friend, and keep coming back for more.
0:55.3	Now give me the mic so I can take it away.
1:01.2	Hello, friends. I've got a nice juicy one for you today. I sat down to chat with Rachel.
1:06.5	She is the lead practitioner here at the functional nutritionist, and she's also a lead clinical
1:11.8	mentor of the functional nutrition academy, which, by the way, registration is officially open for
1:17.8	spring cohort.
1:19.5	Today we're talking about labs.
1:22.2	Last week, I talked about thyroid health, and my social media was going off with all of the questions about
1:30.6	testing. So we really wanted to focus this week on functional lab testing. This is a great
1:38.4	episode if you're learning, if you're trying to understand functional lab testing a little bit more,
1:44.8	but also if you're a practitioner, this is a really, really, really good show for you. So tune in,
1:50.9	maybe grab a pen, pat of paper, take some notes. I want everybody to understand whether you're
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