Achieving Overwhelming Clinical Confidence Through Systematic Functional Nutrition and Hormone Education

Anthony (00:00) I thought I was going to get education in functional nutrition, which I did get, but what I actually got is an overwhelming confidence to take on way more different client scenarios than I ever would have thought possible. My name's Anthony and I'm from Australia, Melbourne, and I'm a functional nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and I work out of a health and wellness center called Fifth Element Wellness. I had graduated from the NTA, and I just wanted to build on those skills. I just really wanted to make sure I had a very clear process in order how to address different systems. They're not just teachers, they're actually people that have had experience with hundreds of clients, and their systems are constantly being upgraded, but also being taught in a way that I can trust and apply in a systematic fashion. Working on using a systems-thinking approach where you're not just looking at their specific symptom, but you're going deeper, and you've got all this data to make these decisions with. I find it's kind of like peeling back, the layers of an onion. A lot of the times people come in to see me with gastrointestinal issues. And a lot of that is actually still contributing to whether that's their gut health and how that's contributing to inflammation in their body or even in their dietary patterns, and it's just allowed me to see the link and, you know, see that continuum of, you know, this process of The way that they broke down how to understand hormones, using like the, you know, the foundational approach, and just breaking it down in ways where you can really grasp hormones as a concept. It's helped my practice to just unlock another layer. Once, you know, we're getting on top of their gastrointestinal issues or concerns that they have. Sometimes some people come in to see me for hormones, and then it actually leads to doing some really deep gut work as well. It allows you to be really flexible, and it allows you to really understand what's going on for your client, and what to prioritize. And also makes me feel really confident that now I can offer that in my practice.