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Summary
In this first episode of the new series, Reed Davis provides a fascinating discussion around hormonal health and key principles for managing our health and wellbeing, especially in managing body weight. He discusses the importance of an individualised approach and how hormonal imbalance can lead to weight gain.
Guest biography
Reed Davis, 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. Reed served as the Health Director and Case Manager at a Wellness Center in So. California for over 10 years and now teaches the FDN Course with over 2500 trainees or graduates in 50 countries. Today, Reed is known as one of the most successful and experienced clinicians in the world, having provided functional lab assessments to over 10,000 clients. Reed is also a Clinical Advisor for BioHealth Laboratories and lives in the US, teaching the FDN Certification Course and helping his graduates build robust private practices.
Website: www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com
Episode content: Hormonal health and weight management
In this episode with Reed, we discuss a wide range of vital topics in regards to hormonal health:
- 1.35 – What is Functional Diagnostic Nutrition?
- 4.45 – Reed defines the acronym DRESS for success
- 8.34 – The importance of the root cause in preference to relying on symptoms alone
- 15.47 – Accessible tools for health and fitness professionals to monitor client health
- 24.50 – What factors are the top priority in managing body weight? Calories? Hormonal health?
- 33.45 – Which hormones are commonly out of balance in the overweight/obese?
- 38.02 – Cortisol as a catabolic hormone may still, counter-intuitively, impact weight gain
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