Dr. Patrick Hanaway: Beyond Conventional Medicine: An Exploration into Diagnostics and Functional Medicine

In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder Podcast, our guest Dr. Patrick Hanaway joins our host Boomer Anderson to give one-cent solutions to life's $64,000 questions that include: What is the NutreVal Metabolomics Test and how does it transform the approach to understanding patients' unique nutritional needs? How can diagnostic testing and understanding the metabolites produced by the microbiome significantly contribute to functional medicine? What are the five critical factors identified for the long-term management of long COVID, and how has his work with the Wixarika people of Sierra Madres in Mexico influenced his approach to treating this condition?   Dr. Patrick Hanaway, MD is a board-certified family physician trained at Washington University. Dr. Hanaway served on the Executive Committee for the American Board of Integrative Medicine and is Past President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. For more than 20 years he was worked with his wife, Dr. Lisa Lichtig, in clinical practice at Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Health Care in Asheville, NC, and Weaverville, NC.   What We Discuss: 10:25 - Developing the NutriVal Metabolomics Test 14:49 - Testing and Advances in Functional Medicine 22:42 - Metabolic Data 24:52 - Developments of Epigenetic Testing 29:28 - How To Work with a Practitioner and How Does Testing Work 40:11 - The Future of Gut Health 49:38 - Education in Medicine 59:17 - Long COVID Treatment and Research Find more from Smarter Not Harder: Website: https://troscriptions.com/blogs/podcast | https://homehope.org Instagram: @troscriptions | @homehopeorg   Find out more from Patrick Hanaway: Website: https://www.familytofamily.org/about-us/meet-our-team/dr-patrick-hanaway-md/ Get 10% Off Your Purchase of the Metabolomics Module by using PODCAST10 at https://www.homehope.org   Get 10% Off your Troscriptions purchase by using POD10 at https://www.troscriptions.com   Get daily content from the hosts of Smarter Not Harder by following @troscriptions on Instagram.