As the host of the 15-Minute Matrix Podcast and the founder of Functional Nutrition Alliance, Andrea is leading thousands of students and practitioners around the globe in a revolution to offer better solutions to the growing chronic illness epidemic. By highlighting the importance of systems biology, root cause methodology, and therapeutic partnerships, she helps historically underserved individuals reclaim ownership of their health.


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Where to find Andrea Nakayama: Website: https://www.andreanakayama.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/15-minute-matrix/id1325256647 Twitter: @andreanakayama Instagram: @andreanakayama YouTube: @ReplenishPDX


00:00 How it works
00:25 Intro
02:20 Isamu (Andrea's late husband) and his illness
10:50 Nutrition as a calling
15:50 Finding Functional Medicine and Coaching
20:20 Working with the Mainstream
25:19 Why are intake forms so long?
28:25 Functional medicine losing its way?
35:50 Over-attachment to dietary theory
41:07 The future of functional medicine
43:56 Sympathetic dominant state
46:01 Advice to Andrea's past self
48:23 Functional practitioners and disparities