Has Functional Medicine Created More Problems Than Solutions? | Ep 326
The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast
Erin Holt
4.9 • 759 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Inflammatory title? Totally. In this think piece, Erin discusses the drawbacks, red flags and potential issues with certain functional medicine philosophies. She's getting honest with caveats to consider with functional lab testing — including how both the placebo and nocebo effects can play a role in a patient's healing process. This episode is not only geared for practitioners who are practicing functional medicine and analyzing lab tests, but also for the client on the receiving end.
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Timestamps
(9:30) Is lab testing the only way to validate health?
(10:53) Interoception: what it is and why it's relevant
(20:54) Functional medicine fear mongering
(25:59) Understanding that lab tests are not perfect
(28:27) The Nocebo Effect: How you communicate lab results can impact your client’s ability to heal
(37:54) Using symptoms as a data point
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Erin Holt, and this is the Functional Nutrition Podcast, where we lean into intuitive |
| 0:07.2 | functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions, and our beliefs |
| 0:12.5 | all affect our physical health. This podcast is your full-bodied, well-rounded resource. |
| 0:18.7 | I've got over a decade of clinical experience, and because of that, |
| 0:22.2 | I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model. |
| 0:26.4 | They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made |
| 0:31.3 | out to be either. We've got some work to do, and that's why creating a new model is my life's |
| 0:37.0 | work. I believe in the ripple |
| 0:38.7 | effect. So I founded the Functional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners |
| 0:43.5 | who want to do the same. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about |
| 0:48.6 | your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. Please keep in mind |
| 0:53.6 | this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never |
| 0:57.2 | be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. |
| 1:00.7 | I would love for you to follow the show, rate, review, and share because you never know |
| 1:05.5 | whose life you might change. |
| 1:06.7 | And of course, keep coming back for more. |
| 1:12.4 | Hello out there, my friends. |
| 1:13.9 | Happy September. |
| 1:15.2 | So I recognize that the title of this podcast is a little inflammatory. |
| 1:20.7 | So I will preface it all by saying, first and foremost, I love functional medicine. |
| 1:26.9 | I practice functional medicine. We work with people |
| 1:29.9 | one-on-one here at the functional nutritionist. I have a 14-month academy where we've trained |
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