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You've felt it before... the pressure in your chest and that feeling of burning coming up your esophagus: it's acid reflux! But why does it happen? Let's get func'd about the root causes of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), what makes it worse and what we recommend to help it. Can’t get enough FUNC YOU UP? Follow @michellemiller_msacn and @physiologicnyc for more functional nutrition and health. Join us next week to talk about inflammatory foods! In the meantime, leave us a review...

In our previous episode, we got func’d about probiotics and the gut microbiome. Today, we want to teach you how to feed those probiotics and encourage diversity in your gut with prebiotics. What are some of our favorite prebiotic foods, how to create a good environment for the good bacteria to flourish and why it’s so important to rotate the foods in your diet to achieve optimal gut health. Here’s a link to the prebiotic powder we mentioned in this episode:...

100 trillion bugs make up our gut microbiome, and although we’re just starting to scratch the surface on how this “good bacteria” interacts and affects our overall health, we want to share with you what we know so far. Let’s get func’d up about probiotics! What they are, what they do for us, and how to flourish (and maintain) our gut microbiome through fermented veggies and supplements. Check out Viome https://www.viome.com/ and request a gut microbiome test kit. Can’t get enough Func You...

Iron is not only one of our favorite superheroes, but one of our favorite minerals as it’s an important component of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from our lungs through our bodies. This week, we talk about how important it is to have good levels of iron in your blood (spoiler alert: very important), tips for better iron absorption through foods and supplements, and why a parasite infection could be the real reason why you’re low on iron even if you’re eating yummy chicken liver every...

We never thought we'd use the phrase "expensive urine" but, we did. We're talking about nutrition through supplementation. The best way to get nutrients is with a healthy, diverse diet but, there are many factors that diminish the amount of nutrients in our food and our ability to absorb them. We're going discuss some of those factors and let you know what to look for when adding supplements to your daily routine. It's time to get func'd up!

In conventional medicine, there are lab ranges for each blood marker that are going to tell you whether or not you have a disease. In functional medicine, however, the ranges are much smaller because the goal is to make sure you're at your optimal health, not just free of disease. In this episode, we talk about what you should be looking for and why functional lab ranges are important. It's time to get func'd up!

One of our favorite supplements is Vitamin D. Most people know Vitamin D is good for your bones but it is beneficial in so many other areas of your life. Find out why you should be adding this supplement to your daily regime. It's time to get func'd up!

Let's talk about meat. With all the buzzwords out there; organic, grass-fed, pasture raised, it can get confusing trying to choose what's best for your body. Luckily, we can give you the lowdown in about 8 minutes. Let's get func'd up.