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196: How To Take Care Of Your Man with Micheal Rutherford, FNTP

Chelsea Blackbird

Cholesterol, faith, testosterone, stress, love languages…we’re covering ALL aspects of men’s health in this week’s episode.
Michael Rutherford is a brilliant health practitioner who’s happily married and loves the Lord. He offers his professional and personal insight on how we can help keep our guys healthy. Tune in for this very interesting conversation!

EPISODE 196: How To Take Care Of Your Man with Micheal Rutherford, FNTP

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(0:00) Intro

  • Hello my friend, welcome back to the club, how are you today?

  • In honor of Valentine’s Day and at the request of a listener, we’re going to talk about men’s health and how to take care of your man.

Welcome Michael Rutherford  to The Christian Health Club podcast.

  • The Iron Episode 152

  • Michael is an expert in Functional Blood Chemistry. In fact, he teaches it to other practitioners and so let’s start there. Let’s talk through some important markers of men’s health.

(2:03) Giving blood to get rid of excess iron:

  • Vast majority of men could benefit from giving blood 2-3 times per year.

(4:57) Key markers that we want to be aware of:

  • The basics:

    • Comprehensive metabolic panel

    • Complete blood count

  • Standard lipid panel

  • Total and free testosterone

  • SHBG

  • Full iron panel and ferritin

  • Zinc and copper

  • CRP

  • Homocysteine

(11:14) Cholesterol Panel

  • HDLC & Triglycerides give us the most insight into metabolic health

  • Age dependent

  • LDLP vs. LDLC

  • NMR Panel

    • #1 step is to get diet and lifestyle in place if the standard panel does not look good.

      • Mediterrean paleo diet

    • Risks of statins

(23:45) What is your advice on how to guide husbands to a healthier lifestyle?

  • Stewarding the home

  • Cooking the meals and doing the grocery shopping

(30:43) Impact of receiving compliments, etc.

  • Cognizant of needs

  • Mold tangent!

    • Covid

    • EMFs

  • Small kind gestures

(42:20) The value of learning about your partner:

  • The Four Tendencies

    • Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin

  • Love Languages

  • Helping to reduce stress and decision making

(53:30) The value of reducing stress in each other’s lives

  • Tending to each other’s needs

  • Men and women are (in general) better at different things.

  • Complimenting each other in your gifts and being grateful

(1:01:41) How did you become a Believer? How does your faith play a role in your life and health?

  • How belief is interwoven into all aspects of life, career, etc.

  • Importance of fellowship

(1:13:40) Anchor Questions:

  • Anchor meal:

    • Chicken wings with Frank’s sauce

  • Anchor verse:

    • Ephesians 5:25

(1:19:19) Where can people find you / work with you?

  • IG: functional_blood_chemistry

(1:21:05) Outro & Disclaimer


Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!




XOXO,

Chelsea