Addressing the root cause with Reed Davis, Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

In this episode I sit down with Reed Davis to have a fantastic conversation about functional health.  Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine.  He is the Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and the FDN Certification Course with over 3000 graduates in 50 countries. Reed served as the Health Director at a Wellness Center in Southern California for over 10 years and with over 10,000 clients is known as one of the most experienced clinicians in the world. Reed serves on the Advisory Board of the American Natural Wellness Coaches Board and the American Association of Natural Wellness Coaches.  He lives in the US and when not teaching the FDN Certification Course and helping his graduates build their private practices, he is usually found gardening or riding motorcycles. What are you interested in? Proudest Accomplishments? Other than building my business and world-wide community of FDN Practitioners?  I love riding motorcycles and try to get into the nearby wine country, mountains and desert once a week or so, where I stop at out-of-the-way antique and gem shops or the odd biker bar.  I have made many cross-country trips including motorcycle rallies in Nevada and South Dakota.   I love gardening and have planted over 2000 succulents in my gardens, planters and property in So. Cal.  I own and operate a mini resort in the hills East of San Diego, overlooking a vast natural landscape and huge reservoir, and spend 1-3 hours per day outside working on my property. I love to entertain and am known for small catered gatherings, wine-tastings, hiking and almost year-round dazzling sunsets. Who or what has been the greatest influence in your personal health journey? Working in a natural wellness center and learning from many of the top pioneers in “alternative medicine” has had a tremendous effect on my own personal health journey.  The primary three people who mentored me in the early years were Drs. Bill Timmins, Bill Bailey and Bill Wolcott.  Timmins taught me to use functional lab work to identify the underlying causes of almost every chronic stress-related condition.  Bailey gave me insights and guidelines that helped refine my approach to identifying “healing opportunities” and how to address each problem using general principles of healing vs specific treatment.  Bailey helped to define the distinct lines between “practicing medicine” and “building health” and is still a friend and mentor over 20 years later.  Wolcott taught me how to see food as medicine and how to determine the correct diet for each individual based on his system of Metabolic Typing®.  While other mentors were very instructive, these three Bills were the most significant in the early years and, combined with my own observations from running thousands of labs on thousands of people, helped shape the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) Methodology and the DRESS for Health Success® Systems. You can follow Reed at:  https://www.facebook.com/FunctionalDiagnosticNutrition/  https://twitter.com/FDNtraining  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7xDnEKCe9gKeWZ2vbE3C8w  https://www.instagram.com/fdntraining/  https://www.instagram.com/fdntraining/ And as always, like, share and follow the podcast!! Emails for interviews and questions: [email protected]