Are you aware of how significant a role your genetics play in your overall health and wellness? Tanya Pennington is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Certified Diabetes Specialist. She works with clients who are in need of lab testing, which cannot be done through a doctor. Doctors treat disease, while Tanya is helping to optimize health through nutrition and lab testing. (https://tanyapennington.com/about) I learned a ton during our conversation, and I know you will, too.
What we discussed:
- How we met (2:59)
- Owning her store and ultimately selling it (3:39)
- Hypothyroid diagnosis (6:46)
- The threshold to what western medical doctors can provide (8:39)
- How to go about participating in intense sports that won’t cost you your health (8:49)
- What’s different about her way of looking at genetics (13:36)
- Her recommendation for a DNA testing company (14:14)
- How her program works in regards to analyzing her clients’ DNA (19:31)
- The importance of testing your DNA (22:11)
- Actionable results (25:42)
- Adrenal fatigue and how to treat it (27:42)
- The effects of living in a heightened stress state and her experience with that (33:58)
- Tangible things she does now to stay in a parasympathetic state (35:35)
- Sleep hygiene (39:16)
- Hormone replacement therapy (42:53)
- Taking lifestyle factors into account when you get blood panels drawn (52:10)
- Her protocol when working with clients (55:34)
- Carbs and female hormone health (58:48)
- Her new course (1:00:22)
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