Hey guys and welcome back to another episode of The Need to Know podcast. Thank you guys so much for taking the time out of your week, to learn and grow with me and hear from some of the top performers in the world in a wide range of fields. I've thoroughly been enjoying the ability to speak and meet with my amazing guests and hope that you have enjoyed it as well! If you have been enjoying these episodes, I would love it if you took a few seconds to go to the iTunes store to rate my podcast as that would mean so much to me!

Today's guest on the podcast is leading functional medicine expert and best-selling author, Dr. Will Cole. As a functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Cole works closely with patients on a daily basis to investigate the underlying factors of chronic disease and create health plans and programs to help eliminate many of the chronic ailments that they face. Implementing changes in diet and other lifestyle changes like stress and exercise, Dr. Cole has seen incredible success in his work and was named as one of the top 50 functional-medicine doctors in the nation.

On top of his continued success with his patients, Dr. Cole has written multiple best selling books titled Ketotarian and The Inflammation Spectrum to help educate anybody on these topics and get started on their journey towards better health. His website, drwillcole.com is also jam packed with information and valuable resources to learn more about his work and funtional medicine in general.

In today's discussion with Dr. Cole, we discuss what exactly functional medicine is and how it differs from traditional medicine, how he got started in the field and the impact that he has had within it, how inflammation can lead to many chronic illnesses and the ways in which you can reduce inflammation in the body and much more!

Super excited to share this with you and hope that you will enjoy it!

Show notes at: stephanzimm.com/podcast