Finally, a Reasonable Dialogue on Methylation with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
4.5 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You’ve likely heard something about methylation as it’s an area of functional medicine that is ‘hot’ right now. I’ve been very cautious regarding ‘methylation testing and treatment’ recommendations for a number of reasons. In today’s episode we speak with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald and I share some of my concerns. Dr. Kara provides an excellent overview of how we can optimize methylation and do so reasonably and safely. Things you should know: testing is way overhyped, and over supplementation can actually harm you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and |
| 0:13.8 | functional medicine. |
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| 0:22.9 | That's d r-R-R-U-S-C-I-O.com. |
| 0:26.9 | The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat |
| 0:32.1 | any disease. |
| 0:33.3 | Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor. |
| 0:37.2 | Now let's head to the show. |
| 0:42.1 | Hey guys, I just wanted to make one quick announcement before we start the show. |
| 0:46.9 | If you are a healthcare practitioner, I'm very excited to announce that we just released |
| 0:51.3 | the Future of Functional Medicine Review. |
| 0:53.6 | This is a monthly practitioner training tool that will allow you to |
| 0:57.0 | sharpen your clinical skills and enhance your ability to practice cost-effective |
| 1:02.0 | functional medicine. |
| 1:03.0 | You've probably heard me say, like a thousand times, that we need to make functional medicine |
| 1:08.0 | more cost-effective to be able to get better patient outcomes with less time and less money, so that we need to make functional medicine more cost effective, to be able to get better patient outcomes with less time and less money, |
| 1:14.2 | so that we can reach and help more people. |
| 1:16.8 | Well, this monthly review will be a big step in that direction. |
| 1:20.9 | It will consist of four sections, a case study, research study reviews, |
| 1:25.5 | the practitioner question of the month, and the practice tip. And all of this |
| 1:29.6 | will be very helpful in making you a better clinician and steering you toward practicing a more |
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