Tom Malterre is a well-known nutrition expert and a certified functional medicine practitioner. Not only did Tom write a pivotal book on the elimination diet, but he also lectures frequently on environmental toxins, coaches groups of clinicians in functional medicine, and educates patients in his own clinical practice.

In today’s episode, Tom Malterre touches on several topics including the elimination diet, the metabolic effects of environmental toxins, and using food to assist detoxification and optimize health.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:40 Meet Tom Malterre and hear about his path to functional medicine
• 7:20 Clinical pearls for using the elimination diet
• 12:35 Environmental toxic exposures and metabolic effects
• 17:55 Toxic foods
• 21:44 Promoting detoxification
• 24:10 Talking to patients about minimizing toxic exposures
• 27:45 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

• Tom's Website
• The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook
• The Elimination Diet
• Nourishing Meals Cookbook
• Broccoli-the DNA whisperer TEDx

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