The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Inflammatory title? Totally. In this think piece, Erin discusses the drawbacks, red flags and potential issues with certain functional medicine philosophies. She's getting honest with caveats to consider with functional lab testing — including how both the placebo and nocebo effects can play a role in a patient's healing process. This episode is not only geared for practitioners who are practicing functional medicine and analyzing lab tests, but also for the client on the receiving end.

The Funk’tional Nutrition Academy™, our 14-month functional nutrition certification program, is open for enrollment. We'd love to see your application!

(9:30) Is lab testing the only way to validate health?

(10:53) Interoception: what it is and why it's relevant

(20:54) Functional medicine fear mongering

(25:59) Understanding that lab tests are not perfect

(28:27) The Nocebo Effect: How you communicate lab results can impact your client’s ability to heal

(37:54) Using symptoms as a data point

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https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/326-functional-medicine-more-problems-than-solutions

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In a recent Instagram poll, Erin saw that 70% of practitioners want to run their own practice, while 30% do not. This week, Erin speaks to the 30% of practitioners who are looking to work for another company and offers some pointers from her perspective as someone in a position to hire. While credentials matter, being able to apply what you’ve learned and having the skillset to help your clients is non-negotiable. Leave this episode with tangible steps to approach a practice you'd like to work for.

The Funk’tional Nutrition Academy™, our 14-month functional nutrition certification program, opens for enrollment on September 1. We'd love to see your application!

(8:16) The beauty behind not wanting to run your own practice

(16:44) The reason behind why most practitioners want to hire

(19:46) The value behind continuing education

(23:30) Credentials versus having the skillset to help people

(27:39) How to approach a practice you’d like to work for

(34:48) Getting clear on what you do & how you can help

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This week, we discuss how the body and brain are connected through the gut-brain axis. Learn how supporting yourself on a physical level via decreasing systemic and chronic inflammation can allow your brain and mind to rewire and therefore allow for new ways of thinking (& healing!)

In our Manifest Your Health™ mini series, Erin continues to offer up new ways to think about your health via our Intuitive Functional Medicine™  approach.  You'll walk away with perspective shifts to help you view your own healing potential!

(7:14) Why healing is not a linear track

(9:18) The differences between the modern medicine and Intuitive Functional Medicine™

(13:58) Neuroplasticity and the brain’s ability to rewire itself

(16:01) How the brain and immune system are connected

(21:01) Signs and causes of inflammation of the brain

(27:57) Ways to decrease inflammation in your brain and body

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https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/317-chronic-inflammation-neuroplasticity-healing-manifest-your-health

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Part three of the Understanding Autoimmunity series explains why autoimmunity is becoming so prevalent. Erin dives into the roles our modern food sources, microbiome, and environmental chemicals each play in autoimmunity. If you have been diagnosed with autoimmunity, this episode should help you understand your own unique story.

Erin also provides information to help you understand ways to prevent autoimmunity. Even if you carry the underlying genes for autoimmunity, you have a lot of influence over whether or not these genes are expressed.

In this episode:

Autoimmunity statistics and causes [5:30]

The role that our food source plays in autoimmunity [17:30]

The link between autoimmunity and glyphosate [27:30]

Why our immune system is dependent upon the health of our microbiome [33:30]

How environmental chemicals can trigger autoimmunity [38:00]

The good news: autoimmunity responds well to a healthy diet, lifestyle, and mindset [42:30]

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

https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/228-autoimmunity-series-part3-genetics-microbiome-chemicals-environment

In part two of the Understanding Autoimmunity series, Erin unpacks the immune system. If you missed part one of the series, Episode 226, it is recommended you go back and listen to that episode first.

Today, Erin discusses the components of the immune system, things that can get dysregulated with autoimmunity, and some conventional lab testing you can use to establish a baseline that will help you monitor your progress. She will provide some more clarity on what to look for in your lab results and some guidance on how to interpret the numbers.

If you have questions about autoimmunity, shoot us an email with your question and we will capture some of them to share more information in future episodes.

In this episode:

-How to submit listener questions [3:30]

-Two parts of the immune system: innate and adaptive [4:30]

-Key features of autoimmunity [15:30]

-Two types of autoimmunity: systemic and organ-specific [18:00]

-Using the Cyrex Array 5 lab test to test for tissue-specific antibodies [26:30]

-Three stages of autoimmunity explained [30:30]

-Conventional and routine labs for autoimmunity [38:30]

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https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/227-autoimmunity-series-part2-components-stages-conventional-testing

When Erin was diagnosed with an autoimmune illness, she found herself in a new, somewhat unknown, world. Her autoimmune illness allowed her to grow to a new level in her career and expanded her understanding of her body and health. She realized that autoimmunity is widely misunderstood by both professionals and patients.

Many people are searching for information on autoimmunity and they don't know what to do or where to turn. Erin's goal with this series is to thoroughly explain every aspect of autoimmunity. This series will provide you with information to help you understand autoimmunity and act as a resource you can share with people in your life who can use it. In this episode:

- Celebrating The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast's 5th anniversary [1:01]

- Why it's important to share information on autoimmunity [4:45]

- Disclaimers and intentions of the series [8:00]

- We need to create better resources, understanding, and treatment for autoimmunity [14:00]

- What is autoimmunity? [21:00]

- Red flags that you might be dealing with autoimmunity [24:00]

- Is there a cure for autoimmunity? [28:00]

- Two different ways of looking at autoimmunity, conventional health care and functional medicine [33:30]

- What causes autoimmunity? [39:00]

- Contributing factors to autoimmunity [48:30]

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/226-autoimmunity-series-part-1

One of Erin's Instagram posts recently received a lot of attention and A LOT of comments. The post was a video showing how to make a no-soak, no-strain (read: CONVENIENT) nut milk. Many of the comments expressed the concern for antinutrients in nuts. Today Erin sits down with nutrition vet Deanna Minich to tag team the antinutrient discussion and answer the question: how concerned should you be with antinutrients?

Deanna Minich is a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, teacher, and author. She has over twenty years of experience in academia and in the food and dietary supplement industries.

This discussion will provide you with more context and perspective on antinutrients and dietary diversity, equipping you to make the best - and safest - choices for your health.

In this episode:

- Why we're talking about antinutrients [2:30]

- All about Deanna [6:00]

- Nutrition is not black and white [8:00]

- Deanna's background and education [9:30]

- Digging into the literature to see what the data says about antinutrients [12:30]

- What are antinutrients? [16:00]

- Environmental contaminants are a bigger concern than antinutrients [18:00]

- What do we have control over when it comes to environmental contaminants? [20:30]

- Lectins explained [35:30]

- Oxalates explained [40:00]

- The importance of diversity in all things [45:00]

- What does clear communication have to do with health? [49:00]

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/225-antinutrients-deanna-minich

Have you ever wondered what Erin means when she talks about “going deeper” with her clients? This episode explores exactly that.

Functional medicine promises a “root cause approach” but in order to do this, we must go deeper than blind testing and cookie cutter protocols. Critical thinking, individuation & a deep reverence and understanding of the mind-body connection is key.

Approaching health from a subconscious, brain & emotion-based level creates the most profound, long lasting and sustainable change in the body.

In her practice, Erin demystifies the seemingly “magical mystery realm” of the mind-body connection to bridge it with practical strategies that work.

If you feel like you’ve tried everything and you’re still stuck…

If you’re looking for a new approach to health…

This episode is for you.

In this episode:

-Why there is hope for healing autoimmunity, despite the grim stats [6:11]

-Erin’s education background - why she loves functional medicine AND why it’s not a panacea [10:48]

-When the “root cause” is deeper than the physical body [12:37]

-Can your mind, thought process & beliefs prevent your body from healing? [13:47]

-Funk’tional Alchemy: creating a process that actually works [19:46]

-A body-up AND mind-down approach to health [23:08]

-Somatic work & the gut-brain connection [24:11]

-Medical intuition and collecting energy data: why it matters [25:04]

-Clearing and recoding for optimal health [40:18]

-How belief patterns permeate all aspects of our lives [44:00]

-An exclusive and limited time offer from Erin [51:38]

-Advice for practitioners who want to get more into the mind-body connection [54:04]

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/224-alchemy-clearing-coding-rewiring-health

In this re-release, Erin answers your questions about the effect of fragrance on your hormones - plus what to be aware of with the products we use on our bodies and in our home.

Most people have no idea how harmful synthetic fragrances can be - or how often we are using them! The chemicals used to create or prolong these “fresh” scents impact our neurological health, metabolism, and immune system.

We’re bringing this topic back to the forefront because Erin will be doing a deep dive on autoimmunity here on the show soon, and exposure to certain chemicals is part of why autoimmune diseases are on the rise.

Tune in to hear why cutting out fragrance is a simple, easy step to healthy living.

In this episode:

-Small steps we can take to get closer to non toxic living [9:04]

-Starting with the basics [11:08]

-Fragrance and endocrine disruptors [12:22]

-“Overly sensitive” or canaries in the coalmine? [14:37]

-A non exhaustive list of product types that contain artificial or synthetic fragrances [16:29]

-The real problem with fragranced products [20:44]

-How these fragrances can affect our health [22:56]

-Why and how synthetic fragrances linger [28:03]

-VOCs: what they are and common sources [29:22]

-Best way to protect yourself from outdoor pollution [31:14]

-Let’s talk about phthalates [31:56]

-Xenoestrogens and estrogen dominance [33:46]

-How these chemicals impact our metabolism [34:43]

-Mitochondrial dysfunction symptoms [36:55]

FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/223-fragrances-hormones-healthy-living

There is this old, pervasive omnipresent idea that women can’t handle information about our own bodies. We’ve been fed a storyline that our bodies are too complex – AND that we’re ill equipped to handle information about the complexity.

This is bullshit, and it’s one of the reasons so many of us are so twisted up about our bodies.

Today on the show Erin is discussing why knowledge is power…but *just* having the information doesn't necessarily create the changes we desire.

Creating space to integrate that information is KEY, and Erin is unpacking exactly how to do that in today’s episode – including how to cultivate intuition and inner guidance to assist your own health and healing.

In this episode:

-Cultivating balancing between the Divine Masculine & Feminine [2:20]

-The one question to ask yourself every morning [7:30]

-An outdated (and bullsh*t) reaction from a pediatrician [12:26]

-How the idea that women can’t handle information about our own bodies causes harm [14:28]

-The link between your hormones & your gut - and why you CAN handle it [15:45]

-Why integration is the missing link to your healing journey [17:51]

-Why “I already know this” blocks you from transformation [19:59]

-Subconscious reprogramming work and somatic release to clear and recode [21:43]

-Energy audits: one of the most important thing you can do for your health [23:28]

-The link between ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), empaths & health struggles [26:24]

-Practicing conscious consumption (and why it matters) [29:45]

-What is “energy data” and how do we access it? [35:10]

-3 steps to cultivating self trust [43:00]

-Your experience IS evidence: why this is a radical concept in healthcare [46:08]

-An update (and a little secret share) from Erin [51:24]

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