HeyJaredHealth Matters with Laura Kopec
Health Matters focuses on matters of health, and why our health matters and how we can take matters of our health into our own hands. Join your host Laura Kopec, Traditional Naturopath, Functional Nutritionist and Functional Genetic Specialist.
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When Your Body Still Thinks It’s in Danger (opens the original)
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If you feel like you’ve been doing everything right but aren’t getting the progress you expected, this conversation may give you another piece of the puzzle. This episode offers a different way to think about participating in your health: not by doing more, but by understanding what your body may still be responding to. You’ll learn why the body can continue responding to old patterns of stress, how trauma may leave a physiological imprint, and why simple practices like slower breathing, moveme
You Chose a Different Kind of Healthcare. Are You Ready to Be a Different Kind of Patient? (opens the original)
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Choosing functional or root-cause healthcare isn't just about choosing a different practitioner—it may require becoming a different kind of patient. In this episode Laura explores the expectations we bring to functional care: wanting deeper testing but expecting insurance to cover it, wanting alternatives to prescriptions but expecting equally effortless results, and wanting lasting change without always making lasting changes. She also challenges the functional medicine industry itself—because
Are We Raising Healthy Kids…or Healthy Patients? (opens the original)
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What if the greatest gift of health we could give our children doesn’t come from a bottle? In this episode of Health Matters with Laura Kopec , Laura sits down with Shazia Lackey, head of Optim8 Health and Wellness new Functional Pediatric department. Join Laura and Shazia as they explore what a truly healthy approach to Optim8's new brand of functional pediatrics Functional ParentingⓇ and what that can look like. We'll discuss when specialty testing and targeted supplementation may be appropria
The Fiber Gap: What Our Protein Obsession Is Costing Us (opens the original)
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In this episode Laura explores how protein has become the "celebrity nutrient" of today's wellness culture. While protein is essential for building and maintaining muscle, supporting metabolism, and healthy aging, has our focus on maximizing protein caused us to neglect other equally important aspects of nutrition? Discover why fiber may be one of the most powerful nutrients for overall health. Far more than just supporting digestion, fiber plays a vital role in feeding the gut microbiome, regul
Are your supplements actually helping you—or just emptying your wallet? (opens the original)
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The supplement industry is worth billions of dollars, yet many products on store shelves contain low-quality ingredients, questionable formulations, or doses that simply don't deliver meaningful results. In this episode Laura sits down with Casey Sartori, leading expert from one of the industry's most respected professional-grade supplement manufacturers Ortho Molecular Products to pull back the curtain on what most consumers—and even many healthcare providers—don't know. Together we discuss th
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