#39 Functional Health with Ben Atkinson

<p>Today on the podcast I am speaking with Ben Atkinson.</p><br /><p>Ben is unique in his perspective having both a formal qualification in nutrition as well as&nbsp;training and an appreciation for functional and lifestyle medicine.&nbsp;Ben is a nutritionist with the core belief that a holistic and functional approach to health is&nbsp;fundamental to optimal well-being.&nbsp;He has held research and science communications posts&nbsp;at health institutes and charities, always aiming to empower individuals to take control of&nbsp;their health by increasing access to and understanding of health information.</p><br /><p>Ben now hosts the Functional Health Podcast and is setting up a platform to promote the&nbsp;integration of allied health professionals.</p><br /><p>Functional medicine practitioners, nutritional therapists, nutritionists, dietitians and CAM&nbsp;professionals all provide unique perspectives on patient-derived treatment protocols. The&nbsp;common goal of all health professionals must be considered greater than the differences&nbsp;that so often prevent collaboration. It is imperative that the myriad of conventional,&nbsp;complementary and allied nutrition professionals unite in order to prosper in the changing&nbsp;landscape of healthcare.</p><br /><p>Listen to the end for a summary of what we covered on the podcast, we talked through some of these points:</p><p><br /></p><ul><li>Being true to your interpretations on diet</li><li>Eat real food messaging</li><li>The idea behind Functional Health -</li><li>Utility of Functional Approaches - Timeline, Root Cause medicine, all have merit</li><li>Being intuitive to what serves you</li><li>Nocebo effect</li><li>Elimination diets pros and cons</li><li><br /></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mO0xyAM8A&amp;t=133s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to view the recipe video that I cooked for Ben on the show on my YouTube channel so you&nbsp;can see how delicious and easy it was to make .. even whilst recording a podcast!</a></p><br /><p>Don't forget to check out Ben on Instagram and the new Functional Health website and do have a listen to some of the other podcasts that Ben has recorded too - you will definitely enjoy them! You can find all the links on <a href="https://thedoctorskitchen.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Doctor's Kitchen website.</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>