Why can two identical patient situations have drastically different outcomes? Join Dr. Watts in this episode of the Nutrition Hero Podcast as he uncovers some hidden art in functional medicine. In this installment of the podcast, Dr. Watts looks at addressing the "whole patient" in a chronic disease setting. With recent clinical literature, uncover the hidden saboteurs of patient progress and figure out how overcome them!

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The psychological aspect of the clinical world [5:30]

The “body-brain loop” [9:30]

The Observer Effect [11:00]

Breaking through the loop [19:00]

Help customize the patient [32:00]

Our guest today is Staff Sergeant Jeff Wildes of Army Special forces, Green Beret, an ODA Team Member of the THIRD SPECIAL FORCES GROUP. Jeff is a highly skilled individual with unique perspective on both institutional and personal leadership. Jeff serves those coming out of the military looking to acclimate themselves back into civilian life. He is an advocate for functional medicine and its application in serving the special forces and special operations soldiers of the United States.

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The beginning of Jeff’s military career [2:00]

What it takes [10:00]

Experiencing his journey [30:00]

Jeff’s first day in Afghanistan [44:00]

Stress management [47:30]

The effects of extreme stress [58:00]

Life as a busy FM provider can be downright hectic. Balancing the clinical side with everything else that tries to weave its way into your day often leads to loss of productivity and decision fatigue. Productivity hacks come in handy when you know how to use them! Join Dr. Watts as he describes some of his favorite things that allow him to spend more time with his family and doing what he loves instead "daily fluff".

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Show-notes:

Parkinson’s law of productivity [3:00]

Spending time on YOU [6:00]

A deeper look into the law [11:00]

Some great tools for your use [14:00]

The perfect analogy of health vs healing [25:00]

Dr. Rob Vasquez from the Happy Healthy Guys is a passionate doctor focused on bringing weight loss solutions into the natural healthcare space. His unique story and clinical knowledge is filtered through a story telling approach to educating his patients. Enjoy this interview with Dr. Rob Vasquez! 

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The tough points in teaching patients [3:40] A brief story of Dr. Vasquez [11:00] A new facet on changes [20:00] Some of the ways to coach a patient to take responsibility [32:45] A good hands on supervision on the patient program [47:50]

Kegenix - http://bit.ly/ketodiscount (discount code: AHAV) Dirty Genes - http://bit.ly/drlynch Three symptoms that can walk into your clinic on a daily [2:30]A resolution to patients that are not getting better [5:00]Genetic detoxification profiles [17:50]Categorizing the three symptoms [19:50]

Dr. Houston is Director of the Hypertension Institute and is tripled boarded in hypertension as an American Society of Hypertension (ASH) specialist and Fellow of the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), Internal Medicine (ABIM) and Anti-aging medicine (ABAARM). He also has a Masters of Science degree in Human Nutrition and is pursuing as Ph.D. in Functional and Metabolic Medicine from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Functional Medicine University: http://bit.ly/2miYA4Q Mark Houston MD: HypertensionInstitute.com Getting more continued education [2:30] CE programs: https://www.a4m.com/ [10:20] Dr. Mark Houston’s book [12:00] Treating your community vs getting the message out [17:40] Dr. Houston’s weight loss strategy [27:50] Obesity and surgical intervention [35:10]

Dr. Fab Mancini is America’s #1 Healthy Living Media Expert, a world renowned Chiropractor, Hay House’s international best-selling author of The Power of Self-Healing and host of his popular radio show, Self-Healing with Dr. Fab. He is also the best-selling author of Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul, an internationally acclaimed educator, business leader, speaker, and President Emeritus of Parker University. He has been featured on Dr. Phil, The Doctors, Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, Telemundo and others. Here is his website: http://www.jointhefablife.com/ A brief history on Dr. Mancini’s book, “Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul” [00:45]Dr. Mancini’s transition into the Parker University [5:00]His story behind the motto “live everyday like it’s your last” [14:00]The goal of Dr. Mancini’s new book, “The Fab Life” [21:50] About Dr. Fabrizio’s talk show [42:20]

Dr. Bryan is a recognized world authority in Nitric Oxide research. He is credited with a multitude of significant discoveries in Nitric Oxide function and metabolism, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals in the field. He’s been awarded, or has pending, nine patents related to Nitric Oxide. He lectures frequently on Nitric Oxide, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Nitric Oxide Society. Dr. Nathan S. Bryan’s website: https://www.humann.com/authors/dr-nat...The immune system effect of nitric oxide [2:20] Avoid having an opinion before any good research... [5:20] Correlating a genetic SNP with endothelial nitric oxide synthase [10:45] Research and applications with Dr. Bryan’s company [15:45] The benefits of Neo40 and nitric oxide [21:55]

In this interview Dr. Brad Watts delves into the history and passions of Dr. Tom O’Bryan and his work. You will learn the many facets of work in the field of auto-immune diseases, and the life changing loss that drove him to discover these issues. The auto-immune industry in Dr. O’Bryans words [4:15]Solutions and passions [11:50]Some information on gluten [22:20]How much testing is done for a treatment plan? [29:00] Dr. O'Bryan is thrilled to share a free gift, his Docuseries, Betrayal-The Autoimmune Disease Solution They’re Not Telling You.  http://bit.ly/2EWQmIm

Dr. Christopher Shade, PhD continues to be a driving force of development and innovation in the FM world. He has lectured and trained doctors in the U.S. and internationally on the subject of mercury, heavy metals, and the human detoxification system. Dr. Shade developed the patented liquid chromatographic mercury speciation technology used at Quicksilver Scientific while conducting his PhD dissertation work with advisor Robert Hudson at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This technology was used to create the Mercury Tri-Test. You can find more information on mercury and detoxification at his website: http://bit.ly/2G8lo0H Mercury Tri-Test origin [2:35]Blood metals test [13:30]Some healing measures for doctors [16:50]How did Dr. Shade develop the dosing strategies? [22:30]