Author: objectivehc

My name is Kit Brucker and I am a serial home remodeler. The nastier the house, the more excited I got about digging into all the projects to restore it to the beautiful building I knew it could be. I wish I knew when I started that all of my passion projects could be making my READ MORE

I was sick. Really sick. I didn’t look sick though. Friends thought I was just tired and a bit overweight, which didn’t make a lot of sense because I ate “better” than anyone and took TONS of supplements. I had spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to get better and many times barely got READ MORE

One of the labs I use to assess a person’s overall health is the DUTCH (Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones).  It is very easy to do and gives me a lot of data to evaluate.  It assesses your cortisol and cortisol pattern, your DHEA, estrogen and how you metabolize it, testosterone, progesterone (for women), READ MORE

“There are so many different types of mold tests, does it matter which one I run?” Yes… and no.  The biggest factor in choosing which mold test to run depends on what your objective is.  Just like with functional health labs, there is no one perfect mold test.  Each one will have plusses and minuses READ MORE

“Wait… you want me to WHAT?!?” This is the most common response when I introduce a client to stool testing.  Yes, it is a little gross and weird.  But, it is the most effective way to examine your gut for many common pathogens, bacteria, H-Pylori, microbes, and parasites.  Some of it belongs there, most of READ MORE

The Great Plains Lab Organic Acids Test (OAT) and Mycotoxins lab assessments are some of my favorites to run because they teach us so much about how the metabolism is working… or not working.  The simple to run, at-home test is looking for subtle abnormalities with the metabolites your body is releasing in your urine. READ MORE

That is a question I get a lot.  Quite simply, the only way to get a complete look at someone’s health from a functional perspective is to run a series of lab assessments.  Every area of the body is connected, if you try to isolate just one system you might experience temporary benefits in that READ MORE

Why did I choose to learn Functional Diagnostic Nutrition?  There are so many great programs out there, and each one has its place.  When I was trying to decide what my place in this space would look like, I looked at a bunch of different schools.  I decided on Functional Diagnostic Nutrition for several reasons.  READ MORE

I really struggled with what to write for our first article.  And then it hit me.  I would write about what it means to struggle.  Facing challenges is part of the human condition.  How we deal with our struggles can either make us stronger or break us down.  Sometimes we need a little help to READ MORE