Candida Parasites & Burnout? Labs Revealed About My Health

Candida, Parasites & Burnout: Summary

In this episode of the Health Detective Podcast, host Evan Transue, also known as Detective Ev, interviews Olivia Morrissette, a functional health practitioner and integrative health coach. Olivia shares her personal health journey, detailing the struggles she faced starting from high school, through college, and into her early career. She discusses her experience with various health issues, including anxiety, panic attacks, sinus infections, TMJ, fibromyalgia, candida, parasites, burnout, and endometriosis, and her journey toward healing with the help of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN).

Olivia emphasizes the importance of addressing both physical and emotional health and how finding the right functional health practitioner transformed her life. She also highlights the significance of personalized care and the inadequacy of one-size-fits-all solutions frequently found on social media. Olivia’s practice focuses on helping young women, particularly those in their 20s and 30s, who are struggling with similar symptoms or transitioning off birth control. She emphasizes the need for individual assessment and tailored approaches, using specific lab tests like the GI MAP, DUTCH test, and comprehensive blood work to diagnose issues like candida overgrowth, thyroid dysfunction, and leaky gut among her clients.

Olivia advocates for a balanced approach to health care, combining elements of Western medicine for immediate relief with holistic, root-cause solutions for long-term healing. She discusses the importance of being a supportive advocate for her clients and highlights a success story where she helped a client overcome chronic health issues, leading them to feel aligned with their body for the first time in years.