The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Ozempic culture is officially here, and after last week’s GLP-1 episode with Jessica Brown, Erin has more to say.
This time, she’s getting into the side effects practitioners are seeing and the “microdosing” marketing language that’s gotten wildly out of hand. Erin talks about the difference between using GLP-1s skillfully vs. going a little willy nilly with telehealth prescriptions, and people chasing quick weight loss without understanding what’s happening physiologically.
This is an important “part 2” conversation around why these medications can be an incredibly effective tool… while still requiring education, self-awareness, support, and a whole lot more nuance than the internet shows.
In this episode:
Why Erin thinks we’re wildly underprepared to use GLP-1s correctly
What “Ozempic culture” gets right… and where the conversation completely misses the mark
“Food as skinny vs. food as fuel” and why micronutrients matter more than ever if you’re on a GLP-1
How Erin’s client used tirzepatide without jumping to higher and higher doses
The GLP-1 side effects Erin is seeing most often, including SIBO flares and reflux

Resources mentioned:
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Episode 410: GLP-1s Are Not Just About Weight Loss with Jessica Brown

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Oh boy… Erin is FINALLY having an unfiltered GLP-1 conversation with the person she wanted to have it with first: Jessica Brown, a clinical nutritionist, Stanford-trained teacher, founder of the GLP-1 Nutrition Academy, author of The Loving Diet and Beyond the Shot, and one of Erin’s longtime mentors.
This is not a “GLP-1s are good” or “GLP-1s are bad” episode. It’s the difference between semaglutide and tirzepatide, what “microdosing” means, and why these medications are being studied for so much more than weight loss. Erin and Jessica also talk about identity, worthiness, body positivity, and the role of social media influencers when it comes to GLP-1s.
In this episode:
Why Jessica believes GLP-1s could become one of the biggest disruptions in modern healthcare
Erin’s thoughts on influencers, GLP-1s, and the pressure to maintain a certain identity online
How AI is impacting lab analysis and why consciousness matters (it’s AI-proof!)
Why GLP-1s are not powerful enough to change your beliefs about worthiness and identity
What practitioners NEED to know as GLP-1s and metabolic health reshape the future of functional medicine

Resources mentioned:
Manifest Your Health is our neuroscience backed membership designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and finally break out of the symptom loop.
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Learn more about Jessica on her website, The Loving Diet.
Check out Jessica’s bestselling books, Beyond the Shot and The Loving Diet.

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If you feel like you’ve done EVERYTHING to support your fertility journey, cleaned up your diet, worked on your gut health, taken all the supplements, tracked alllll the things and you’re still not pregnant… this episode will speak to you.
Erin and TFN Practitioner Nicole Antes are walking through a fertility case study for a client who came to them after trying to conceive for a year with a 16+ supplement routine that wasn’t necessarily supporting her body in the way it needed.
Together, they get into the downstream effects of overly aggressive gut protocols, hyper-fixation, nervous system regulation, and how easy it can be for TTC to feel like a full-time job. There were some subtle shifts that helped this client finally move the needle and get a positive pregnancy test!
In this episode:
The role of methylation, mitochondrial health, and antioxidant support in egg quality and embryo development
Why herbal antimicrobials can sometimes “kill the good guys” after aggressive gut protocols
How Dad’s health influences a healthy fertility journey, and how sperm quality can shift within 3-6 months
Why taking a month off from tracking could be the most supportive nervous system shift
The surprising thing this client did before finally getting a positive pregnancy test

Resources mentioned:
Real Food For Fertility by Lily Nichols and Lisa Hendrickson-Jack (see Chapter 9!)
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There’s a version of functional medicine that works, and then there’s the version that leaves people with a stack of labs, a cabinet full of supplements, and a whole lot of confusion. In this conversation, Erin is joining holistic nutritionist Ali Shapiro on the Truce with Food podcast to get candid about the difference, what she’s seeing in her own practice, and why things have gotten a little “wonky” in the wellness space.
Erin gets into the trenches of how her work has shifted, why she’s no longer looking at the physical body in isolation, and what happens when you bring the nervous system, your patterns, and your lived experience into the room.
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In this episode:
Erin’s definition of intuitive functional medicine, and why it’s not about choosing between the body, mind, or nervous system
How to self-source and trust your own body vs. outsourcing to experts
Why more data (labs, trackers, testing) isn’t always better, and how it can disconnect you from your body
The “and both” approach to health and why this is where real transformation happens
What it looks like to work with a practitioner who co-pilots with you

Resources mentioned:
Manifest Your Health is officially open! Join our neuroscience backed membership designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and finally break out of the symptom loop.
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Learn more about Ali Shapiro and Truce With Food.

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Transcending chronic symptoms, reclaiming your vitality, and no longer making your health your whole personality? That’s exactly what this episode is about. Erin is breaking down the five stages of healing, and the EXACT patterns her clients go through before they feel free in their bodies.
Erin gets into the nocebo effect, health hyper-vigilance, the medicine spiral, and the kind of inner work that will move you into a new identity. She also connects the dots between how your brain processes labels, how fear and focus can reinforce symptoms, and why so many people stay stuck in loops even when they’re doing “all the right things.”
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In this episode:
Erin’s favorite stage of healing (Stage 4) and why the real work happens there
Our cultural obsession with labels, and why getting a diagnosis can feel like “sweet relief”
How the medicine spiral creates deeper healing every time you move through it
The identity shift that allows you to stop constantly monitoring your body and finally feel free in it

Resources mentioned:
Manifest Your Health is officially open! Join our neuroscience backed membership designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and finally break out of the symptom loop.
Subscribe to Erin’s Substack for a no-nonsense space about health, entrepreneurship, and manifestation.
Apply to work with us 1:1 here.
Episode 258: Using Manifestation to Heal Your Body
Episode 404: From Symptom Obsession to Freedom In Your Body

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