The Functional Pharmacy Podcast

The Functional Pharmacy Podcast

Hosted by: Robert Kress Functional RPh

Welcome to Functional Pharmacy, where we are putting the function back into pharmacy. In addition to my conventional pharmacy studies I have received by Certification In Clinical Nutrition, the art and science of...

Episodes

Going Beyond Cholesterol- A Healthier Look at Heart Health

Season #1

Have you ever wondered why we are not wining the war on heart disease, even though our nation does the most cholesterol testing and dispensing the most statin drugs? Why upwards of 75% of people admitted to the...
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Managing Cortisol and Adrenal Health with Exercise

Season #1

There can be a fine line between whats needed out of cortisol for optimal physical performance, and the negative effect chronic elevated or suppressed adrenal and cortisol activity can have on your body. Tune in to...
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Cultivating a Positive Mental and Emotional Landscape

Season #1

Let’s talk about cultivating a positive mental and emotional landscape. ——- Part of my memorial day celebration has been some landscaping, which i came to realize is an external analogy of the work we have to do...
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Sprinting...The Why's and the How's

Season #1

Sprinting is one of my favorite exercises...delivers results, feels great, and it aligns us with our primal "designed for health" genes. Although there are some nuances to doing it right! Tune in...join me in the...
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How to find quality nutritional supplements- Episode II

Season #1

Here's part II...if you have not listened to part I yet, check it out, it lays the ground work for the "how to find" which we will be discussing now. Also, if you want to see this in print, here's the blog post link...
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How to find quality nutritional supplements- Episode I

Season #1

Quality nutritional supplementation is critical if yearning for results for ones health- the thing is...not all supplements are alike. Tune into this two part podcast where I share some examples, as well as what to...
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Simple shifts in perception, tiny tweaks in action & habits

Season #1

Often times its the smallest steps that can make the biggest impact. Whether you are a practitioner, a teacher, or on your own path of healing, recognizing that a simple shift in perception can lead to tiny changes in...
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Part II: Autoimmune arthritis

Season #1

Hey everyone...so we left off talking about some foundational elements for autoimmune arthritis...now we are going to dive a bit deeper- first we will talk about natural supplements (what most want to hear)- but then...
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Autoimmune inflammatory disease-going deeper than mainstream

Season #1

Today will be a "Ask the Root Pharmacist" episode...as the question was posed to me, "What alternatives can I take in place of ibuprofen?" by a patient who has an autoimmune arthritis. I love this topic because there...
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Episode 5: The thyroid conversation- hashimoto's

Season #1

Join Robert Kress in talking about some glaring factors that need to be addressed in the path of treating hashimoto's...and understand that it is curable, and often the conventional medicine approach of only treating...
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Part IV : The Thyroid Conversation

Season #1

Welcome back! I hope you have been enjoying and getting a ton of value on these recent conversations related to thyroid. As you know, we left off talking about a complete thyroid panel. Today I want to talk about...
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The Thyroid Conversation Part III: The Complete Thyroid Panel.

Season #1

All too often practitioner will only test a free T4 and a TSH- which in itself can lead to "cloudy" results, leaving a patient falling through the cracks on thyroid, and overall health management. Tune in to see the...
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