Nourishing Your Body for Longevity and Wellness

So Function Health is a platform that's used , used um , to get over a hundred labs and biomarkers to see where you are and not just a basic annual panel and to see kind of what is going on in your health . So I went and did it for myself and I wanted to even see my biological age and I wanted to then .

So now I'm going to share my screen so you can see it and okay , so I'm sharing my screen . So you'll see , over here I have my your Health and then it'll have clinician's notes and it'll show what was in range , what was out of range and what means improving . You'll see , here I had 90 in range , 14 out of range , and improving .

You'll see , here I had 90 in range , 14 out of range , and improving Things that we're going to go over today real quick is like autoimmunity what was in range , what was really out of range that's what I want to chat about , and then what's my biological age . So I'm in my 40s but my biological age is 29 and a half . So what that is it's like .

Lets me know that what I have been doing has been working and the past year and a half to two years I have been working more about my longevity and what I'm putting in my body , what I've done mindfully with food , nutrition and overall health , and it has been working and I'm so grateful for that .

And you can see , I'm in my forties but my biological age is in my twenties and I really do feel like I'm 10 years younger and I feel that way . So why is this important ? What it means is that when it comes to longevity in your DNA and what you are producing and things , um , it will affect your health . Um , so that's just in the biological Now .

Does that mean I was perfect ? No , I do have markers that were irregular and you'll see here , um , the mean corpuscle hemoglobin concentration . I am iron anemic . I've always had a little bit of deficiency , but lately I'm a little bit more . So I have to kind of work on that Over here . These are heart markers and that's important .

You know , I thought it was kind of always all situated and I noticed that I wasn't . So what this means is I really need to kind of up these or lower them depending upon the need , and it also means that I need to work on it .

So you'll see here these are markers you probably have not usually seen HDL large , ldl , medium , particle numbers , peak size , small , and what this is letting you know is the size of the lipid proteins and the lipid fats .

So instead of just like total cholesterol , triglycerides , hdl , ldl , this actually breaks it down and gives you more of a number , and so it'll even give you the notes here of what it's supposed to be where it's at . So over here you'll see I'm at 370 . I should be below 215 . What this means is that there's still presence of small dense particles .

When I go back to look at that range , this is high . I'm at 1600 . You know I do take omega-3 , but that's more than it should be right . That should be a lot lower for my age and that's something I need to work on and eventually even maybe get some cardiac workup . How do I work on this ? More cardiovascular , more , you know , checkup .

I probably will get a clearly test with my functional cardiologist and you know kind of see if there's any sort of blockages . What can I improve ? Yes , I've lost a lot of weight . Yes , I've improved , but you know I still have to do work . So what this is letting you know is that , like there is more to be there that is called prevention .

So , if nothing else does for you , it should open your eyes and say hey , how do I prevent myself from heart attack , how do I prevent myself from X , y , z , how do I increase my longevity within my life ? And how do I be happy with that ?

Instead of just like you know , you know , closing your eyes and being naive to what things are , or your primary or your provider is telling you that you're just fine . Sorry to tell you , most probably you're not , because 85 to 90% of my clients and patients are not fine and they their blood work comes off somewhere .

Now , just because their blood work is off does not mean necessarily that I have to go and give them a medication , but that does mean that there needs to be some sort of intervention and conversation . And what that means is the conversation has to be what's ? What are you eating ? What are you putting in your body ? Lifestyle management , things , sleep , you know ?

Food , um . Nutritional supplements Are they needed ? What's going on , um , and then is there some sort of irregularity that's come up , and so what these markers are doing for me is saying , hey , I'm not perfect , right , I've got that going on . So , you know , my heart needs to be regulated . Even my immune regulation . It's a little lower than it should be .

It should be a little bit more elevated . It means that I think , need to work on some aloe vera echinacea , you know , maybe more exercise , maybe more sleep , and then my metabolic health very poor . Lately I was on a fasting one . That still means I'm insulin resistant . That still means I need to work on , you know , trying to not get type two diabetes .

That means I have to work on my things . I'm not perfect in any way , but I'm trying to change my habits and my life and that's what I want for you . It's , you know , a process , it's ongoing , it's optimal health , meaning where were you ? Where can you be ? Where are you right now ? And then where will you like to be ?

And if you don't change small things each and every day , you're not going to make a difference . So for me , yes , I have iron deficiency , so that means I have to have more iron in my diet , but then that also means where is my microbiome , my heart , you know I have to then get rechecked . I then may have to get a clearly check with my cardiologist .

I may need a cardiologist . Didn't think I needed one , you know . I need to see . Maybe I need a full MRI panel . Let's check it out . See what that means . My immune system it should be a little bit more up . Why is it down ? What's going on Metabolically ? I shouldn't have insulin resistance . I do . I'm still having a touch of insulin resistance here .

My glucose is low , my insulin was high and my leptin was low . Leptin means that's what stops you from wanting to eat more . And just because my leptin is low , you would think oh wow , I'm not going to eat as much , but maybe I'm not picking the right foods . You got to have a wake-up call .

You got to let yourself know what's going on by not getting enough protein . Obviously I'm not , because if I was , my protein levels would have been better . But my iron is super low . I'm around seven . It should be a lot higher . I am iron deficient , so that is normal for me . But I'm a lot lower than that and that's not good .

So I will have to work on that and improve that . So these are things that I need to work on .

The cool thing about this site is that it gives you foods to eat , supplements that you could also take . And then what are causes for this ? So , for example , I'm low iron and you'll see here iron deficiency , which I am iron deficient . I could improve my diet . Genetically . I have some absorption issues .

But it also lets me know that I really need to work on what I'm putting in my body . So maybe I need some bone broth , maybe I need more collagen . These are vegetables . I could benefit from more fruits , more beans . You know what am I putting in my body that you know could benefit ?

You know , increasing the iron intake and then , of course , when you're taking iron , for me vitamin C will help absorb that . So that is just a quick overview . With function health is . If you would like a link for me to invite you , I'll send you a code , but you know basically the reason I do like it for individuals that it's it's $500 .

You get two sets of labs . It's so much cheaper than what's been available online and you know for what I have to order people . Sometimes they have to pay thousands of dollars and it's an opportunity for them to have kind of a look there . If you have any questions , reach out to me and I'd be glad to talk with you and have a great rest of your day .