Most people believe they eat healthy and make smart eating decisions, but the truth is - you can eat well-balanced meals and still be malnourished. So, what are the factors that contribute to our overall nutrition status? How do we ensure we achieve optimal nutrition and nutrient absorption when there are so many factors that affect our overall nutrition status?

Today, we discuss the wide gamut of nutrition and how the food we eat fuels our cells, providing us with the energy we need to tackle the day. We discuss the connection between your nutrition and the gastrointestinal issues you may experience with poor nutrition and malabsorption. We discuss the role that the microbiome plays in your nutritional health and your body’s ability to absorb nutritional supplements. We discuss the difference between nutritional deficiencies and nutrition inadequacies and why it’s important to make the distinction. We also discuss why we believe most people have room to improve their nutritional status.

 

“The microbiome plays a BIG role in your nutritional status.” - Michael Chapman

 

This week on The Lab Report Podcast:

• The connection between your GI health and your nutrition status… and vice versa
• How the microbiome impacts your nutrition and ability to absorb vitamins, nutrients, and nutritional supplements
• The distinction between nutritional deficiencies and nutritional inadequacies
• Factors to consider to optimize your nutrition
• How conventional medicine takes nutrition into consideration compared to functional medicine
• Motivational issues deterring people from improving their nutritional health
• Nutritional risks involved in various diet plans
• Functional medicine assessments to help practitioners get to the root cause of nutrition inadequacies
• The best way to determine the status of nutrients

 

Question of the Day:

• Is the NutrEval test an intracellular test or an extracellular test and what is the difference?

 

Resources Mentioned:

• Methylmalonic Acid, Quantitative, Serum - MayoClinic citation

 

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