Joe Miller is the founder and CEO of "1st Optimal", a telehealth functional medicine company dedicated to helping high performing men and women optimize their hormones, longevity, and overall health through personalized treatment plans that integrate lifestyle, exercise, supplementation, nutrition, and medications. With a deep passion for evidence-based medicine, functional health, and precision diagnostics, Joe has built a platform that bridges the gap between traditional healthcare and modern, proactive wellness strategies.

On this episode Joe discusses how "1st Optimal" utilizes extensive testing to provide an optimal treatment plan to improve health and function, how the current healthcare model treats around "sick care" which limits treatment options as opposed to a Functional Medicine, gut health and what negatively effects it, recommendations for improved recovery, when to utilize carbohydrates for performance, energy, and recovery, common things that negatively impact hormones, the difference between total testosterone and free testosterone, natural supplements to boost testosterone production, negative effects from Testosterone, thoughts on steroids, and resources for supplements.

To work with Joe and his team and learn more about "1st Optimal" head over to https://1stoptimal.com/

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