Navigating PCOS Lab Testing with Dr. Kela Smith: Key Markers for Diagnosis & Management

The PCOS Podcast by A Cyster & Her Mister

PCOS Weight Loss

Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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#185: In this episode, Dr. Kela explains how functional labs can be a game changer in your PCOS journey and improving symptoms like weight gain, hormonal imbalances, and fertility! Dr. Kela Smith is a Holistic-Integrative Fertility and Hormone Doctor. She holds a Ph.D. in Natural and Holistic Medicine as well as Double Board Certification as a Doctor of Natural Medicine (DNM) and Doctor of Humanitarian Medicine (DHM). Dr. Kela is also a Board-Certified Functional Nutritionist (BCFN) and a 5x Board-Certified Health Coach (BCHC). She founded The Hormone Puzzle Society and the Fertility Coach University. Check out Dr. Kela’s free guide to start incorporating cycle optimizing into your life to put your body into the optimal state of health! You can also find daily tips on her Instagram and her website. Download The Cysterhood App, the largest community of PCOS women learning to lose weight & reverse symptoms with daily meals & workouts designed for PCOS! What’s Your PCOS Type? - Take the quiz! Metabolism Plus - Our PCOS Supplement Line! Ovasitol: 15% OFF CONNECT WITH US: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Pinterest While Tallene is a Registered Dietitian and Sirak a Personal Trainer, this podcast provides general information about PCOS. It is not meant to serve as fitness, nutrition or medical advice related to your individual needs. If you have questions, please talk to a medical professional. For our full privacy policy, please click on the following link: (bit.ly/PCOSPrivacyPolicy) Links included in this description may be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that we provide, we may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting our channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of a sister and her Mr.
0:03.8	Today we have Dr. Kayla Smith. She is a holistic,
0:07.6	integrated fertility and hormone doctor. She holds a PhD in natural and
0:12.0	holistic medicine and is also a board certified functional nutritionist.
0:16.6	She has made it her mission to help other women who are struggling with
0:20.0	infertility like she had to optimize their bodies and hormone levels.
0:24.8	In this episode we're going to discuss why functional labs are a game
0:28.8	changer for your health and tips to help you take charge of your hormones.
0:59.2	Thanks so much for joining us Dr. Kayla. We're so excited to chat with you
1:10.2	today. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Yeah, we're really excited to talk about
1:15.2	functional lab testing, getting a really deep dive into it because it's a very
1:19.3	common question that our listeners ask on the podcast as well as on our all of our
1:24.0	social media platforms. We always get the question about what kind of labs
1:27.3	we should get done, but I think before we even get into that, why is it so
1:31.6	important to get labs done specifically functional labs? Yeah, so functional labs
1:37.0	are going to look at the root cause of the issues. So if you're dealing with fertility issues
1:41.8	or if you're dealing with period issues, you know you have PCOS, whatever you're dealing with,
1:46.8	doing a functional lab or multiple is going to allow you to look deeper into those root causes
1:52.5	so we can heal naturally. Instead of just looking at the surface,
1:56.2	instead of just looking at like what with blood work, we're just getting a snapshot in time,
2:00.6	this is going to dive deeper and look at the full picture. What is a functional lab? Like,
2:05.6	what does it entail for anyone who's listening and who hasn't heard of this before and typically
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