The Health Detective Podcast by Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

One of the top questions we are frequently asked here at Functional Diagnostic Nutrition on a near-daily basis is, 'What types of people/professionals go through your course?' The reality is, ANYONE can go through the FDN program as long as they have the desire to learn and study, as well as the willingness to help others and walk the walk. As expected, we have all types of people with every educational background imaginable going through our program. Historically, the FDN certification has attracted many health coaches, nutrition experts, and fitness enthusiasts. Over the last several years, though, we've seen a new wave of 'western' medicine practitioners pursuing our course. This isn't because one philosophy is bad and the other is good. What we've heard firsthand from these individuals is that they are pursuing more functional philosophies due to the increasing number of chronically ill patients who simply aren't being fully helped by western medicine alone. With all that said, we wanted to share this exciting interview with FOUR nurses (all friends) who decided to pursue the FDN program together to start a brand new business where they serve their clients using functional medicine principles. Through this interview, we hope to help in two ways: Assist other western medicine practitioners in making an informed decision as to whether our program could benefit THEM. Help the standard practitioner better understand the unique problems that our western medicine friends face daily. We hope you enjoy what will likely be our biggest interview ever (big because we have FIVE total people on this one)! As always, if you have any questions, shoot us a message @fdntraining on Instagram. Are you a nurse, doctor, or other western medicine practitioner considering adding FDN to your credentials? Please book a free call with one of our Course Advisors at fdntraining.com/call to get all your questions answered. Where to find the Revive Functional Wellness team: Facebook: ReviveFunctionalWellness Instagram: @revivefunctionalwellness Website: https://revivefunctionalwellnesssc.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

On this episode of The Health Detective Podcast, Detective Ev, FDNP is having a very timely conversation with Jason Earle, founder of "Got Mold".  When Jason realized that a moldy childhood home was the cause of his extreme allergies and asthma, he decided to give up his successful career on Wall Street to pursue the "healthy home" business to make sure the things that occurred to him and his family did not happen to others.  Over the last two decades, Jason has personally performed countless sick building investigations, solving many medical mysteries along the way, helping thousands of families recover their health and peace of mind. He has featured or appeared on Good Morning America, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Entrepreneur, Wired, and more. We would NOT consider this your average mold podcast. In fact, our live audience and team found it so insightful, that we are bringing Jason back on soon for a second round. For this first round, though, we'll be discussing the many health complications seen from mold exposure, why some of the most standard forms of home testing are NOT enough, and what action steps you can take TODAY to start making things better if you suspect you have mold.  Where to find Jason: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gotmold Instagram: @gotmold Website: https://www.gotmold.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

In this episode of The Health Detective Podcast, join us as we sit down with Karin Banghart, CEO of Health Yeah Life and Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. Karin shares her inspiring journey of resilience and transformation after being diagnosed with colon cancer in January 2020.   Fueled by the determination to spare others from a similar experience, Karin takes us through her post-surgery health journey, embracing a gluten-free lifestyle, delving into ingredient analysis, and earning certification as a gut health advisor. She also discusses the essential role diet played in her healing journey, as well as how and why we should encourage our youth to start eating healthy while they're still ahead.   Karin also interviewed Detective Ev on her show, The Healt Yeah Life podcast. You can check that episode out afterwards by heading to the shownotes! Where to find Karin: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthYeahLife/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthyeahlife Website: www.HealthYeahLife.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

Our guest today on The Health Detective Podcast, Samantha Lander (Sam), was actually one of the first guests we ever had on the show! But, let's be honest... Who remembers all the way back to episode 19?   With that said, we felt it was only right to get her back in the spotlight. From addiction, to serving prison time, to completely transforming her life and dedicating it to serving others through functional medicine, Sam has one of the most powerful journeys we've ever shared on this show.   In the beginning part of the episode, we review Sam's story. About halfway through, Detective Ev and her touch on the impacts of alcohol on the body (kinda), but end up getting into a LOT more than that. So much so that Sam is already scheduled again for us to do a part 2 with!   We hope you enjoy this episode, and as always, if you have questions, please reach out to us @fdntraining.   About Sam:   Samantha Lander, or Sam for short. Has had quite the journey and continues to create more chapters in that journey. She Is a St. Louis, MO-based single mom, recovering addict, prison survivor, personal trainer, functional diagnostic nutritionist, DJs, and entrepreneur. She published “Dream Big, Do bigger” and is an international best selling author. I don’t know if she would say this, but I would definitely say she’s not your typical health practitioner. Her vulnerability and empathy towards her clients sets her apart from the rest. Sam used Functional Diagnostic Nutrition to heal herself from allergies, food sensitivities, heavy metals, mold, hormonal imbalances (PCOS), mouth trauma and infections and several parasites. She got sick and tired of being sick and tired. All the doctors said she was fine but she followed her gut. She does a wide variety of service work for people in recovery to help keep her recovery strong. She’s also founder of SeeFit Living where she coaches people back to optimal health when they just can’t quite put their finger on why they feel bad. She is sort of a bad ass in many ways and is so open about her journey. She helps educate people about health, diet, stress reduction, rest, and proper supplementation to identify the root cause of why they can't perform at their A game. She has been on over 50 podcast educating people through her own personal journey and education. She is an influencer on social media using that platform to help people learn about health and top products to add into your daily life to optimize your health. She is one of the most authentic and REAL woman in the industry. Where to find Sam: Facebook: seefit Instagram: seefitliving Website: www.seefitpt.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

Although trauma and its effects on the body are being discussed more and more in the worlds of natural and functional medicine, for many practitioners, there is still a huge disconnect as to what the actual SCIENCE shows when it comes to trauma's impact on our bodies.  With our guest today on The Health Detective Podcast, Dr. Aimie Apigian, there is NO NEED to wonder any longer as to what the science is telling us. The impact of trauma IS real, and each body can perceive different situations and circumstances as traumatic.  Dr. Aimie's personal experience with trauma was profound enough that she has now dedicated her entire life's work educating the medical system and patients as to how they can effectively work through trauma they may have acquired throughout the years. If you enjoyed this episode, please shoot Dr. Aimie a message on her Instagram to let her know you appreciate her! www.instagram.com/draimie About Dr. Aimie: Dr. Aimie is a double Board-Certified Physician, boarded in both Preventive and Addiction Medicine with Double Masters degrees in Biochemistry and Public Health. She graduated from Loma Linda University in 2010 with her medical degree where she then went on to 3.5 years of general surgery residency. Having been a foster mom and then adoptive mom, she had personal experience with trauma in her home and then non-profit working with other adoptive families and their children until trauma became her own personal story with her body giving in during her surgery residency training. Through all of these life experiences, she has discovered that life experiences become one's biology, and that trauma is more than our psychology. It requires a specific process and a holistic integrative approach for addressing stored trauma in the body. She left her thriving conventional addiction medicine practice, is a certified functional medicine physician and has numerous trainings and certifications in functional medicine, mental health, addiction and trauma therapy modalities. Seeing the huge gap in both medicine and mental health for addressing stored trauma and its effects on the body, her mission is now to help 1 million people accelerate their trauma healing journey by addressing the Biology of Trauma, and to bring the model of the Biology of Trauma to every medical and mental health educational system by the year 2041. She does this through her business, Trauma Healing Accelerated, her podcast, The Biology of Trauma with 130,000 downloads, an active youtube channel, free Masterclasses, her annual Biology of Trauma Summits with almost 200,000 registrations, but ultimately inviting people to her educational and experiential courses for individuals and her professional certificate training program. Where to find Dr. Aimie: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/draimie Instagram: @draimie Youtube: Dr. Aimie Apigian LinkedIn: Dr. Aimie Apigian Website: https://www.traumahealingaccelerated.com/ Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

For those dealing with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), daily tasks can sometimes seem impossible. Fragrances, cleaners, and even foods you once ate regularly can send your body into overdrive! Our guest today on The Health Detective Podcast, Nicole Dube, was amongst some of the first people to ever receive a diagnosis of MCAS. At her worst, she was down to eating only FOUR foods.   Fast-forward to today, and Nicole is a state-certified dietician-nutritionist, certified nutrition specialist, board-certified holistic nutritionist, and FDNP. She has been in private practice for over a decade helping people recover from MCAS, histamine intolerance, and autoimmunity. Her mission is to teach people to approach healing holistically - addressing body, mind, and spirit in order to give the body the tools it needs to begin healing.   Nicole was on once before where we dove more into her story, but this time, we are talking everything MCAS.   You'll learn about:   1) The different types of MCAS.   2) What are some of the main causes of MCAS?   3) Possibly most importantly, what you can do to help get your health back (even if it currently seems impossible).   We hope you enjoy this episode!   About Nicole:   Like many practitioners, Nicole discovered her passion for holistic health and nutrition through her own health challenges. Over two decades of working in high-stressed, fast-paced government jobs took a toll on her health and she experienced a range of health challenges – everything from autoimmune disease, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, and POTS. She knew she needed to change how she was living, so she became hooked on everything nutrition and wellness – so much so, that she decided to return to graduate school and turn her passion into a profession. She subsequently came to FDN and found functional lab testing to be the missing piece in both her own healing and her private practice. Nicole is a state-certified dietician-nutritionist, certified nutrition specialist, board-certified holistic nutritionist, and FDNP. She has been in private practice for over a decade helping people recover from MCAS, histamine intolerance, and autoimmunity. Her mission is to teach people to approach healing holistically - addressing body, mind, and spirit in order to give the body the tools it needs to begin healing. Where to find Nicole: Facebook: Forging Health with Nicole Dube | Facebook (@forginghealthnd) Instagram: @forginghealth Website: www.forginghealth.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

Fun fact about Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (depending on how you define "fun"): The FDN methodology was actually created while Reed was working IN a chiropractor's office! In many ways, these different modalities actually share the same core principle: Remove or relieve STRESS from the body to allow it to benefit from it's innate healing ability. So, on today's episode of The Health Detective Podcast, we thought we'd bring on a fantastic chiropractor who loves his work, Dr. Anthony Ratkovic! Dr. Ratkovic has been practicing for over 20 years, and the passion he still holds for the work is obvious just by listening to his voice. In this interview, we'll cover things like: → The AMAZING way chiropractic medicine gained popularity in the west → How almost any client you have could benefit from chiropractic care → Why chiropractic medicine and FDN are, philosophically speaking, one in the same We hope you enjoy this episode! And since Dr. Ratkovic was nice enough to come on with absolutely nothing to sell or offer, we'd appreciate it you could at least send him a kind message or give him a follow @drtonychiro to show your appreciation 🙂. Where to find Dr. Ratkovic: Podcast: The Crooked Spine Show YouTube: @TonyRatkovicDC Website: www.euclidchiropracticinc.com Facebook: Euclid Chiropractic Instagram: @drtonychiro Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

Imagine that you are doing seemingly EVERYTHING right in terms of taking care of your health, only to get told things aren't going as planned. Worse than that, you receive one of the scariest diagnoses someone could possibly receive: cancer. For our guest today on The Health Detective Podcast, Angela Martinucci, this is precisely what happened. During this experience, everything Angela thought she knew about health was challenged. However, through her own perseverance, she was able to not only come out on top of her cancer diagnosis, but has been thriving cancer-free for over a decade now. During this time, she built the Bay Area Brain Spa, a highly advanced healing center for your brain and body! Nowadays, one of Angela's biggest passions is sharing information about Neurofeedback and hwo it can positively impact one's life with little to no effort from the client! We cover all of this and more in this episode 🙂. Where to find Angela: Facebook: www.facebook.com/bayareabrainspa Instagram: www.instagram.com/bayareabrainspa/ www.instagram.com/mindbalance_neurofeedback/ Website: https://bayareabrainspa.com/ and https://mindbalanceneuro.com/ Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

JUST in case you're listening to our podcast for the first time, no - we are not for one second suggesting that the SYMPTOMS of IBS are fake/not real. Let us explain... Our guest today, Sophie Shepherd, was actually diagnosed with IBS herself. It was through her own personal experience in dealing with the condition (and eventually OVERCOMING it completely) that she concluded SOME aspects of the diagnose may in fact be "BS". After all, the diagnosis (if you don't already know) is technically idiopathic, meaning that we don't know what causes it.  With so many people suffering with the symptoms associated with this condition, though, there must be SOMETHING going on. Sophie just may have figured out what that something is, and we share it all in this episode. About Sophie: Sophie Shepherd is the founder of SHE Talks Health & the creator of the SHE Talks Health Podcast. Sophie is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and NLP Certified Life Coach who helps women transform their hormone, gut and thyroid health. Using a combination of root cause functional lab testing, transformation subconscious mindset reprogramming, and diet and lifestyle science, Sophie and her team, partner with you to create a holistic approach to bringing your body and mind back into balance. Her mission is to revolutionize the way women claim their health and slay old stories of being in sick bodies. Where to find Sophie: Facebook links: https://www.facebook.com/SHEtalkshealth  https://www.facebook.com/sophie.quist.7/ Instagram: @shetalkshealth Podcast: https://shetalkshealth.com/podcast/ Tiktok: @shetalkshealth Website: www.shetalkshealth.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.

Imagine you go into the doctor's for something that SEEMS like it will have a simple fix, only to get told that, instead, you have a disease that every single one of us fear: cancer. For our guest today on The Health Detective Podcast, Annie Mabashov, this hypothetical scenario was once her reality.  Interestingly, this is NOT another story about someone beating cancer naturally (even though, obviously, these are all amazing stories/testimonials). In today's episode, we are focusing on dealing with "chemo-brain" and the main issues that arise AFTER someone has finished their cancer treatment. We have seen this to be a very underserved community in the functional medicine space, and we are so glad to have Annie on to share her knowledge/experience. In addition (since most of us are nerds with a bunch of side passions in the health space), we will also talk about a favorite topic of Annie's, which is how our lifestyle affects our mood and mental health.  All of this and more is going down in this jam-packed, inspiring episode! Where to find Annie: Instagram: @wellwithannie Website: WellwithAnnie.com Where to find FDN! Find all our free resources, workshops, and other channels at fdntraining.com/resources.