188. Breaking Down Functional Lab Testing with Taylor Dukes, NP

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Taylor Dukes is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She owns a private practice in Fort Worth, Texas where she works with patients 1:1 to get to the root cause of their symptoms. She also owns a wellness center in Fort Worth, Texas that includes everything from IV Vitamin Therapy, saunas, and physical therapy. She focuses on taking a root-cause approach to her patients' health and uses specialty functional medicine laboratory testing to develop personalized protocols. Taylor was first exposed to the field of functional medicine as a patient when she was really sick. Once she healed, she had the opportunity to work for Amy Myers, MD a two-time NY times best-selling author. Taylor is a wife and has two sons that she absolutely adores.

This episode kicks off with Taylor sharing her personal health journey and how it got her to where she is today.

The conversation moves to Julie and Taylor discussing some of the most common functional medicine tests and some common symptoms that may prompt someone to seek out testing. Julie and Taylor share more detail about what a visit with a functional medicine provider will look like and how you could prepare before a visit.

The episode wraps with Julie and Taylor sharing about some of things we can start doing today to build a good health foundation, even before seeking out a practitioner.

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