Unlock Hidden Clues in Your Lab Work with Dr. Chris Magryta and Dr. Erik Lundquist
The Root Cause Medicine Podcast
Kate Kresge
4.8 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Kate Kresge sits down with Dr. Chris Magryta and Dr. Erik Lundquist to explore the transformative power of standard blood lab testing in clinical practice. You'll hear us discuss: 1. How to get deeper insights from standard lab work 2. Why traditional lab ranges may miss early warning signs 3. The connection between stress hormones and cholesterol 4. The role of functional biomarkers in preventive care 5. Understanding the story behind "normal" lab values Dr. Chris Magryta is a pediatrician at Salisbury Pediatrics with experience in functional and integrative medicine approaches. Dr. Magryta has extensive experience looking at how lifestyle, diet, and environmental factors impact health through lab biomarkers. Dr. Erik Lundquist is an internal medicine family doctor at Temecula Center For Integrative Medicine, treating both kids and adults. Dr. Lundquist focuses on using advanced testing methods and biomarkers to identify root causes of health issues. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the root cause medicine podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | Well, hello there. I'm your co-host for today, Dr. Kate Kreske, and we've got a really exciting episode for you today. |
| 0:10.0 | It's with my friends, Dr. Chris Magrita and Dr. Eric Lundquist. |
| 0:13.5 | We're going to explore the transformative power of what seems like basic blood labs testing in your clinical practice if you know how to do it right. |
| 0:21.8 | Now Dr. Chris is a pediatrician at Salisbury Pediatrics and Dr. Eric is an internal medicine |
| 0:27.8 | family dog at Temecula Center for Integrated Medicine. So they treat both kids and adults. |
| 0:32.4 | And turns out there's a ton you can do with what seems like basic labs for kids and adults |
| 0:37.0 | to gain really |
| 0:38.0 | important early insights into things like cardiovascular health, metabolic health, immune system |
| 0:43.1 | health, thyroid health. We're going to cover it all today, but we cover it in even more depth |
| 0:48.1 | in the upcoming boot camp that we have with these two amazing physicians. It launches in January |
| 0:53.0 | 2025 and you want to be on the list because |
| 0:55.9 | you're going to learn optimal lab values for dozens of biomarkers. You're going to learn how to create |
| 1:00.7 | a custom cardiac screening panel that looks for more than just your standard lipids. And most |
| 1:05.5 | importantly, you're going to understand why. So this really helps you stay on the leading edge of |
| 1:10.1 | what's optimal in a time when patients |
| 1:12.1 | are asking more for this than ever. And these docs are also going to equip you to understand |
| 1:16.7 | how to do this in an insurance model. So what ICD10 codes are you going to use to get these |
| 1:21.1 | labs cover for your patients and more? You're going to love this conversation today and you'll love |
| 1:25.6 | the course even more. If after it, like |
| 1:27.7 | me, you want to spend more time with these docs, ask them your questions in six weeks, |
| 1:31.6 | six hours of live Q&A, and a ton of recorded lectures that our students routinely rave about. |
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