Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. Over 20 years ago, Reed Davis recognized people were caught in a "cycle of trial and error" and he committed to being the last person they needed to see. While working with top leaders in alternative medicine, he ran thousands of labs on thousands of people and learned to identify "healing opportunities." Using all-natural, drug-free protocols, Reed made observations about who got better and who didn't, codifying which "general principles of health building" would outperform "specific treatments" being provided by standard and even alternative medicine. And through this work, he then developed the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Certification Course and D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success Protocol® to educate and empower as many people as possible about how to get well and stay well naturally, so they, in turn, may empower others to do the same.

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Reed talk about:

• (05:10) Reed's previous career as an environmental paralegal and his career shift to functional medicine
• (11:34) Conventional medicine versus functional
• (15:04) The "Sounds like" method
• (16:45) Why it is so important to treat the patient in front of you holistically
• (19:43) How to help a patient figure out what kind of test they need to get
• (24:30) What Reed's platform (FDN) teaches laypeople and clinicians about testing and metabolic health
• (31:04) Why we need to be mindful not to inadvertently let toxins into our bodies
• (37:59) Why sufficient sleep is crucial for health
• (43:20) Why you should not let stress build up unaddressed
• (49:27) Bio-individuality
• (53:23) The resources offered on Reed's website, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

Links:

Reed Davis:

• Functional Diagnostic Nutrition
• Facebook
• Environmental Working Group
• Get Real Results with D.R.E.S.S

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Linktree
• Instagram Account
• LinkedIn Account
• Ritmos Negros Podcast
• Q Med
• Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures
• How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life