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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.

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Unlocking the Myths of Health Hacking: You Can’t ‘Hack’ Your Health, Part 2

Unlocking the Myths of Health Hacking: You Can’t ‘Hack’ Your Health, Part 2

Last week, I recorded a podcast hosted by a naturopathic doctor. As we got into the conversation, we found ourselves talking about our personal journeys through perimenopause and menopause. While we both diligently drew labs and collected plenty of data and biomarkers, we each noticed that it wasn’t this quantitative data that shifted our symptoms.

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Unlocking the Myths of Health Hacking: You Can’t ‘Hack’ Your Health, Part 1

Unlocking the Myths of Health Hacking: You Can’t ‘Hack’ Your Health, Part 1

You can’t “hack” your health. If you don’t have a chronic health concern and you use biohacking techniques to optimize your physical performance, there’s no need to read any further. This post isn’t for you because you may be among the lucky few who can successfully hack a thing or two. But if you struggle with an unresolved health issue – whether it’s related to pain, fatigue, digestion, immune function, focus, or your ever-changing hormones – then I regret to relay that the hacks you seek may do more harm than good.

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Narrative Medicine & Whole Body Health

In this episode, Andrea discusses her origin story including mindset & health, cancer experiences and getting the full picture on your health. We also dive deep into Narrative Medicine (Timeline Medicine), how no food is good or bad, and nutrition and digestion.

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Unlocking the Power of Personalized Nutrition for Chronic Illness

In this episode, Andrea discusses how to navigate the risks and rewards of behaviors that impact your health, empowering you to make informed decisions. You will also learn how to set boundaries for self-care that prioritize your well-being and enhance your quality of life.

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The Healing Power of Functional Nutrition

In this episode, Andrea talks about leading thousands of students and practitioners around the globe in a revolution to offer better solutions to the growing chronic illness epidemic. She highlights the importance of systems biology, root cause methodology, and therapeutic partnerships and how that can help individuals reclaim ownership of their health.

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Healing Thyroid Autoimmunity Through Functional Nutrition

In this episode, Andrea discusses the interconnectedness of all aspects of our health, the role of diet in managing thyroid autoimmunity, why we need individualized nutrition plans, her perspective on the limitations of restrictive diets for long-term health, how to make sustainable changes to your diet and lifestyle, and more. Enjoy the episode!

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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.

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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.

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How Does Functional Medicine Work?

In this episode, Andrea talks about how nutrition became her calling; the future of functional medicine; how being in a sympathetic dominant state influences our healing abilities; advice she’d give to her younger self when navigating a challenging health diagnosis; and much more!

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How Functional Nutrition Serves The Need of the Individual

As a functional medicine nutritionist, educator and speaker, Andrea is a pioneer in the movement to transform healthcare into a system that works for all individuals and is regularly consulted as a top expert for the toughest autoimmune and chronic illness cases. In this episode, we discuss Andrea’s own journey and have a detailed conversation with tangible tips on nutrition and functional medicine.

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Functional Nutrition and Autoimmunity

In this episode, Andrea talks about the impact of a healthy diet on the body, autoimmunity, and epigenetics. She also speaks about medical gaslighting and why so many women navigating symptoms of chronic illness struggle to get an accurate diagnosis or receive sufficient care.

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Functional Nutrition in Healing Trauma

In this episode, Andrea Nakayama discusses the link between functional nutrition and trauma. She shares with us her story and lessons on navigating life adversities with grace, healthily moving through grief, the power of holistic healing, and how post-traumatic growth unfolds when you hold space for healing.

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From “Why Me” to “Oh, Me”: Healing Autoimmune Disorders

In this episode of The Dr. Kinney Show, I sat down with Andrea Nakayama, a functional nutritionist to have a chat all about autoimmunity. Andrea shares some ways that you can adjust and begin to heal your body. By highlighting the importance of systems biology, root cause methodology, and therapeutic partnerships, Andrea helps historically underserved individuals reclaim ownership of their health.

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