75 - Gut Health, The Adrenal Fatigue Myth and Andropause with Reed Davis

In this week's episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my teachers, Reed Davis. Reed is a Double Board-Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT) and a popular expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine.

Reed is the Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®  and the FDN Certification Course with over 4000 graduates in 50 countries.

I really wanted to pick Reed brain on a few questions that I had floating around in my head on gut health and hormones.

We discussed:

2:30

Reed's background

9:07

Why the gut & the gut microbiome are crucial to overall health

29:46

The 4R Protocol

35:03

Reed's top 3 gut health tips

43:30

Stress hormones and steroid hormones 

50:24

The Adrenal Fatigue Myth

58:40

Andropause

1:04:15

Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and free Testosterone

You can find Reed @:
https://fdntraining.com/radicalhealthrebel
https://www.instagram.com/fdntraining/
https://www.facebook.com/FunctionalDiagnosticNutrition/
https://www.youtube.com/@FDNtraining

Chapters

• 2:30 Reed's background
• 9:07 Why the gut & the gut microbiome are crucial to overall health
• 29:46 The 4R Protocol
• 35:03 Reed's top 3 gut health tips
• 43:30 Stress hormones and steroid hormones
• 50:24 The Adrenal Fatigue Myth
• 58:40 Andropause
• 1:04:15 Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and free Testosterone