Let’s start by reviewing the basic approach that you’re likely familiar with…

Typical lab tests most doctors run during annual ‘comprehensive checkups labs’ will include:

> Complete blood count.

> Generic metabolic panel.

> Lipid Panel.

> TSH for thyroid function.

> General biomarkers for liver and kidney function.

As articulated HERE, general physicians use markers that fall outside the “normal” to diagnose and assess disease and monitor sickness. However, various cutting-edge tests have now been developed to identify imbalances and interactions among your body’s many organs and systems, all thanks to functional and nutritional techniques and laboratories’ commitment to healthcare.

The great news is that consumers like yourself have access to these screenings too. 

And here is how Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and  Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioners (FDN-Ps) can help you…

Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) is an opt-in model of self-care (vs forced-in disease care model) that includes cutting-edge functional lab testing which goes far deeper than what’s commonly available through the traditional medical system.

Reed Davis, the founder of FDN, says it best…

“We (FDN) don’t diagnose or treat anything specifically. We work on everything non-specifically.”

My role as a certified FDN-P is to NEVER give a diagnosis or attempt to treat any medical conditions. The only non-medical diagnosis I give as an FDN-P, when granted, is of Metabolic Chaos®.  Instead, I help you evaluate how well your body is (or isn’t) functioning or performing over what is considered a normal spectrum of health.

A Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P) acts as a health detective on a mission to help you discover and handle physiological imbalances in your body before they manifest as outright illnesses.

This is because they are able to identify obstacles to healing,  weak links, or dysfunctional areas based on the lab tests they carry out. These tests can provide the information necessary for practitioners to take a more holistic approach to restore overall health.

As an FDN-P, I will ask you to check with your medical doctor before making changes in diet, supplementation, and exercise!

Unfortunately, many symptomatic people are unknowingly taking steps that do not address the root cause of health issues and/or Metabolic Chaos®. 

Oftentimes, they seek relief care through the latest supplements, diets, exercises, or therapies to fill in the “needs gap” between symptomatic to non-symptomatic. At the end of the day, we need to push through, right?

But at what cost? At whose expense?

While there is nothing wrong with relief care strategies, we all do it, ignoring the signals your body has been sending for weeks, months, and years isn’t ideal at ANY AGE!

An FDN-P employs a non-specific approach (=looks at you as a whole human being) and uses results obtained from different functional lab tests, clinically correlating the lab results with YOU as a person (not what the paper/result says), and performing comprehensive health history.

Because this step-by-step assessment approach provides objective information, your FDN-P is equipped with the tools to create more individualized and targeted natural drug-free therapy protocols using D.R.E.S.S. (Diet, Rest/sleep, Exercise, Stress reduction, and Supplementation) protocol that can help improve the health of cells, tissues, organs, and overall body function over time.

No matter the diagnosis or symptoms you may have, our job is to get to the bottom of what is going on and help reestablish the normal balance and harmony needed for your well-being.

This is a key reason functional lab testing is so important. It provides detailed insights about obstacles to healing and insights into your symptoms before the significant deterioration in your health has occurred.

Metabolic Chaos is a state that exists in the body that originated from exposure to different HIDDEN internal and external stressors that were left unresolved for a prolonged period of time. This cascades throughout the body producing malfunction and symptoms that can often be very difficult, or near impossible to predict their root cause.

Dysfunction of one or more systems in the body can be the result of systemic poor health or vice-versa. This is especially true when we take into consideration that a person’s genetic predispositions and natural weak links can be contributors to imbalances and symptoms they’re experiencing.

When we combine all these factors, the, how, where, and why of the way symptoms express themselves are unique to each person making it difficult to identify the root cause of the problem (s). By running functional labs, listening and correlating results to your biodiverse body, and performing a health history, we are able to uncover obstacles to healing and find opportunities to improve function in the body by personalizing and helping you successfully implement the D.R.E.S.S. protocol (Diet, Rest, Exercise, Stress Reduction, and Supplementation).