
15 Minute Matrix
The podcast that brings you bite-sized insights and lessons on how to use the most important tool in Functional Medicine and Functional Nutrition. Download this week’s matrix: fxnutrition.com/15-minute-matrix-podcast
Latest episodes

Jan 8, 2021 • 20min
Mapping Post-Workout Recovery with Kylene Bogden #191
Today on the 15-Minute Matrix Kylene Bogdan speaks into post-workout recovery and what the body needs to repair after training. And she should know! Kylene is the Dietician and Nutritionist for an NBA basketball team. Whether you’re working with elite athletes, weekend warriors or cross-fit newbies, you’ll want to glean some good (and functional) tips […]
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Jan 6, 2021 • 19min
Mapping Nutritional Lithium with Dr. James Greenblatt #190
Aggression and irritability are not symptoms that are commonly or successfully addressed in our current psychiatric model. But Dr. Greenblatt has made it a part of his mission to understand the nutritional deficiencies associated with these behaviors and address them with a functional medicine approach. As you’ll hear today, his approach includes the use of […]
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Jan 1, 2021 • 22min
Mapping Creativity with Farzana Khan #189
As we leave 2020 behind and welcome 2021, I hope we can all do so with some renewed creativity. On today’s episode we’ll kick off the new year with Farzana Khan who speaks into the role of creativity in the healing journey. “Survival is a creative process”, and one that we practitioners can reflect to […]
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Dec 30, 2020 • 22min
Mapping Breastmilk with Lily Nichols #188
Breastfeeding history is one of the antecedents we collect in a Functional Nutrition Intake, and today on the 15-Minute Matrix Special Nutrition Therapy Series Lily Nichols shares why breast milk makes such a difference in health outcomes. This episode is rich with grounded information about breast milk, a dynamic, evershifting nutrient that can have profound […]
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Dec 23, 2020 • 21min
Mapping the Low FODMAP Diet with Gabriela Gardner #187
Everything about the low FODMAP diet is a process. It takes patience–from the removal of triggering foods, all the way to their reintroduction, and everything in between. Today on the podcast Gabriela Gardner helps us embrace the journey when working with clients who are experimenting with a low FODMAP diet. This episode sheds so much […]
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Dec 18, 2020 • 20min
Mapping Grief with Jasmin Jenkins #186
Today’s podcast on grief is near and dear to my heart. Jasmin Jenkins defines grief as a complex multilayer experience and shares that everyone’s grief journey is unique. Grief is an invitation for transformation and as practitioners, our ability to hold space for our clients grief experience is an integral part of the healing process. […]
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Dec 16, 2020 • 18min
Mapping Conditioned Food Hypersensitivity with Wendy Busse #185
When it comes to the topic of conditioned food hypersensitivity we clearly cannot separate the mind from the body. Today on the podcast Wendy Busse takes us into the inner workings of the limbic system and how “poor health self-perception” leads people to feel that food is dangerous. This is such a rich and important […]
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Dec 11, 2020 • 24min
Mapping Mouth Taping with Dr. Mark Burhenne #184
Today I’m excited to bring Dr. Mark Burhenne back to the mic to talk about mouth taping. Sleeping at night with your mouth open (hello to most of us!) alters the microbiome of the mouth and today Dr. B illuminates issues ranging from the root causes of mouth breathing to the role that nitric acid […]
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Dec 9, 2020 • 44min
Mapping Glutamate with Dr. Katherine Reid #183
Glutamate is an amino acid that acts as a neurotransmitter, and it also plays a role in energy regulation. While we naturally produce it and can get it from whole foods, our current food supply introduces excesses that lead to over-stimulation and neurotoxicities. Dr. Katherine Reid illuminates the many problems that glutamate can cause in […]
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Dec 4, 2020 • 19min
Mapping SNPs with Dr. Yael Joffe #182
I’m excited to introduce you to Dr. Yael Joffe. In today’s episode she’ll speak into the importance of understanding nutrigenomics in relation to low penetrance SNPs. This reframe around what gene variants mean in our practice and how we can work with them to influence outcomes was music to my ears. Get ready for a […]
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