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.