Reed is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and

With having had over 10,000 clients and more than 20 years of experience, Reed is the Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and has trained over 4,000 graduates worldwide. He and I share a background rooted

Reed's dedication to helping others achieve optimal health led him to become an expert in functional lab assessments. He's also the co-author of "The Gap: Simple Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Reverse Most Chronic

Show Notes:

3:00 – An easy transition from environmental law to mission-driven health program

4:00 – Approaching health improvements when we are toxic, without diagnosis

7:37 – Looking at the underlying stressors instead of

9:43 – HIDDEN stressors, an acronym to address hormone, immune, digestion, detoxification, energy production and nervous system

16:29 – Functional ranges versus standard ranges in blood

20:15 – Why medication to fix test results isn’t the answer

21:16 – How stress can cause dysfunction and where it begins (HPA axis)

26:55 – Caught in the cycle of trial and error and forming “good” habits aka DRESS for Health Success

29:30 – What are the stressors that we need to work on

29:55 – The 4 S’s of Supplementation: Substitution, Support, Stimulation, Self-Treatment

33:00 – Running the program, receiving support throughout

34:10 – Actionable data back in the hands rather than complete reliance on doctors

36:10 – Prescribed drugs like Ritalin (class II narcotic)

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FDN Directory available under the Association of FDN Practitioners