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Ancient Health Podcast

231: How to Use Functional Lab Testing To Help Improve Health Outcomes With Dr. Kate Henry from Rupa Health

Ancient Health Podcast

Ancient Health Podcast

Medicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Join Dr. Axe and Dr. Kate Henry as they discuss how to use functional lab testing to help improve health outcomes. During this episode, compelling evidence is presented to support the notion that nutrients, particularly Omega-3s, can be as effective as pharmaceuticals in treating mental health disorders. Furthermore, the episode emphasizes the potential benefits of combining nutrients with psychiatric medications to achieve even better outcomes.
Other topics discussed in this episode include:


00:58 Using food as medicine.
04:48 Hormones, autoimmune disease, anxiety
08:47 The connection between mental health and natural medicine.
11:12 Deficiencies and mental health.
15:48 Nutrients for mental health.
17:14 Long-term nutrient deficiencies.
20:25 The importance of probiotics.
23:12 Antioxidants and inflammation.
29:19 Mold and Lyme Disease.
30:54 Lyme patients and root cause medicine.
34:13 Microbiome testing and personalized treatment.
37:05 Lab Comparison Tool
39:09 Insight and tools for healing.
42:02 Lab work and testing.
45:37 New comprehensive food sensitivity testing.
48:22 Lab testing and practitioner preparation.
51:18 Recovery from a spine infection.




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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, I think this is where testing can be valuable too, because so many of us normalize

0:05.6

our symptoms, where we think, I'm just getting old, or I'm just tired, I'm just stressed.

0:10.6

But when a doctor can look at your blood and actually show you, actually you have more

0:13.4

going on than you realized, and we can fix this.

0:16.6

And there can be more than blood testing that helps with this.

0:19.6

Many people with autoimmune disorders have gut issues.

0:22.5

And there's a principle with immune function called molecular mimicry, where for a lot

0:26.2

of our people with autoimmune disorders, they're also reacting to foods.

0:29.9

Their immune system is just on hyperdrive.

0:32.0

When we can heal the gut, calm down the immune system, in the gut, it actually improves

0:36.0

their symptoms of whatever autoimmune condition they've got.

0:39.2

And so finding a doctor who will help you do that general screening can really help you

0:43.9

find and heal multiple things and things you may not even know where wrong.

0:48.3

Hey, Dr. Axe here.

0:50.3

If you could discover how to add more healthy years to your life, would you want to know?

0:55.1

Of course, that's where Inside Tracker steps in, dedicated to enhancing your health

1:00.7

span for a more robust and thriving life.

1:04.5

Inside Tracker harnesses the intricate data of your body to formulate personalized strategies

1:10.6

that align perfectly with your unique needs.

1:13.3

By assessing your blood, DNA, and seamlessly sinking with your fitness device, Inside Tracker

1:19.8

gives you a clear roadmap backed by science-backed recommendations on things like nutrition,

1:26.3

exercise, supplements, and lifestyle fine tuning.

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