Navigating Health: Transforming Autoimmune Conditions
In this episode, Andrea discusses how diet, lifestyle, and even our mindset shape our health landscape. Andrea eloquently describes the 'tree of symptoms,' urging us to look beyond the branches and explore the roots, diving into the worlds of genetics, digestion, and inflammation. We also dive into the practicalities of managing conditions like lupus amidst the challenges of medical gaslighting, emphasizing the importance of self-trust and the art of narrative medicine.
Conventional Medicine vs Functional Medicine
In this episode, Andrea discusses the importance of understanding and addressing the root causes of health issues through a systems-based approach, investigating the roots (genes, digestion, inflammation), and encompassing food, movement, environment, and mindset.
Menopause, Disease Root Causes & Reversing Hashimotos
In this episode, Andrea discusses nutrition, autoimmune disease and some of the problems women face in menopause as well as what we can do to resolve them.
Exploring Functional Nutrition
In this episode, Andrea explores the realm of functional nutrition and how to apply what we learn to our lives for optimal health as we age.
Taking Care of Your LGBTQ Life With Functional Nutrition
Our LGBTQ bodies are beautiful machines, but not unless we take care of them. Now add the stress of being LGBTQ, plus normal life stuff, and it can easily become a recipe for disaster. But what if you had a plan that stoked your body full of good just by eating right and knowing what is best for your body, not the fit you in the box way most medical professionals try to make you fit into.
Functional Nutrition Self-Health
Andrea teaches us how we can take full responsibility for our health by looking at all aspects of what influences both our mental and physical wellbeing. After taking the reins on her own health in battling Hashimoto's disease, she's now able to provide her clients with the tools to flip the idea of "health" on its head and to embrace a lifestyle that leaves you feeling empowered to make choices about your health.
Understanding Your Midlife Health And Hormone Balance
In this episode, we delve into many topics including everything we need to be focusing on in between doctor visits; how to find and begin to work on the root causes of health issues; hormone balance and the hormone pyramid in midlife; and our responsibility as the expert of ourselves and our bodies.
Process Not Protocol Getting to the Root of Chronic Disease
In this episode, Andrea talks about her process-oriented approach to healthcare, based on Functional Medicine principles. She emphasizes the importance of looking at all aspects of our lives, both external and internal, to achieve optimal health. Andrea shares practical strategies and frameworks, to help you take control of your health. This info-packed episode offers insights for anyone seeking a more effective approach to healthcare.
Crash Course in Functional Nutrition
In this episode, Andrea discusses the state of chronic health conditions in the United States, gut health tests (when to test and why a diagnosis is just one piece), what is pre-diabetes and why 1 in 3 Americans has it, and finding diet health in a way that nurtures & includes instead of removes foods.
3 Tiers Of Poor Sleep - Part 1
In this episode you will learn the 4 ways that sleep supports the healing paradigm and the 8 aspects that constitute tier 1 aspects of sleep deficiency. Andrea synthesizes art and science, empathy and physiology, intuition and problem solving, into a system that truly helps people get to the root cause of their illness, create a path towards wellness, and find their way back to life.
3 Tiers Of Poor Sleep - Part 2
How do you modulate between deficiency and toxicity to arrive at sufficiency? How do you dose vitamin D to avoid deficiency and toxicity? What are possible deficiencies that impact sleep? When do we need to consider sleep challenges a tier 3 where we might need a diagnosis?
In Support of Gender-Affirming Care
This week was sort of a “coming out” for me. I was interviewed on the Life (Un)Closeted podcast with Rick Clemons to discuss my interests in expanding the reaches of Functional Medicine and Functional Nutrition to meet the unique needs of transgender patients.
Mapping Satiety with Andrea Nakayama Part 1
In this solo episode, I invite you into the world of satiety. In Part One of this two-part series on satiety, I focus on three of the five influencing factors involved in satiety. Tune-in to learn what those five physiological factors that impact our feelings of fullness are, and what we can do to help support them.
Mapping Satiety with Andrea Nakayama Part 2
For the final episode of the 15-Minute Matrix (sad, but true!) I finalize our deep dive into the topic of satiety, continuing the conversation from my first episode on the topic. As a bonus, I answer questions I received regarding the what, why and how of satiety.