Mt.Taylor Functional Medicine,Nutrition &Muscle

01/27/2026

01/26/2026

January 26, 2026 — Reflection creates refinement.

I took the last couple of weeks to reflect on the clients and patients who’ve come through my clinic. And here’s what became very clear:

When you create change, you create growth.
And that kind of growth is yours—no one can take it from you. ✨

Watching women choose discipline, standards, and consistency reminded me that growth doesn’t come from motivation. It comes from structure. From preparation. From deciding in advance who you are going to be.

So I decided to up my own game.

This year, I’m choosing discipline before distraction.
I’m training for the week ahead—laying everything out so there’s no wondering, no scrambling, no nervous system chaos. 🧠

I will build muscle before I build excuses.
I don’t need motivation. I need a warm-up. 💪

That’s how I’m living the rest of this year.

My goal is to be so optimized—mentally, physically, metabolically—that by the end of this year, I can choose bigger, better things for 2027 with clarity and confidence. 🚀

I love what I do.
I love working with high-vibration women.
Women who want to be strong. Capable. Grounded. A little badass.

They remind me what it looks like to raise standards, honor boundaries, and go after what you want without apology. They make me better—at my work, at my discipline, and at how I show up for myself.

Growth isn’t loud.
It’s quiet, consistent, and earned.

And January did exactly what it was supposed to do.

01/23/2026

Let’s be very clear about something 👇

Left Side western medicine -obese, diabetes 2, inflammation that lead to autoimmune disease, vision blurry, arthritis in my left elbow to the point I couldn't bend it. 💊

Right Side Functional 🌿 Medicine- gut cleaned.

In America, emergency medicine is hands down number one 🚑🇺🇸
Trauma care. Acute care. Life-saving interventions.
We execute emergencies better than almost anyone in the world.

But when it comes to chronic illness, chronic disease, and chronic dysfunction, hospitals are not temples for healing.

And here’s why 👇

Hospitals are largely run by MBAs, not MDs 📊
MDs are trained to execute procedures and manage acute events.
MBAs are trained to run systems, maximize revenue, and move money to the bank 💰

That matters.

An MBA-driven system is built for:
• Speed🚀🥇🏎
• Throughput
• Billing codes
• Procedures
• Pharmaceutical management

That system is excellent for emergencies ⚡
It is not designed to reverse chronic illness.

Chronic disease does not heal in 7–10 minute visits ⏱️
It does not resolve through symptom suppression 💊
And it does not improve when diet, sleep, stress, and movement are ignored.

This is not a personal attack on hospitals or physicians.
It’s a structural reality.

If you are dealing with chronic fatigue, hormone dysfunction, metabolic disease, inflammation, autoimmune patterns, or symptoms that keep getting brushed off because “labs look normal” — you need a different model of care.

In functional medicine, we focus on D.R.E.S.S. 🌿
• Diet
• Rest
• Exercise
• Stress management
• Supplementation (targeted, clinical-grade)

This is how the body actually heals.

If you’re ready to stop managing symptoms and start addressing root causes,
get on the website and hit the Make an Appointment button ✅

Healing doesn’t happen by accident.
It happens by design!

01/22/2026

I cringe when I hear this advice😳

One of the worst pieces of advice given to women—especially women 40 and older—is to lower calories 🚫

I do not teach that in my practice.

( by the way, have you looked around at women taking this advice? I was one of them before I was educated on this topic.. I looked like 💩)

Yes, anyone can lose weight by eating less.
But when you chronically under-eat, you are not fixing the problem—you are stressing the body ⚠️

Here’s what doesn’t get talked about enough 👇

Your hormones are built from food 🧠
Your adrenals and cortisol system require healthy fats 🥑
Your brain, thyroid, and reproductive hormones do not function well in a starved state ❌

When women under-eat:
• Cortisol rises 📈
• Muscle is lost 💪➡️⬇️
• Metabolism slows 🐢
• Hormones down-regulate 🔻
• Weight almost always returns—often with more fat 🔁

This is why “eat less” works temporarily and fails long-term.

Instead of teaching women to starve themselves, I teach them to change food quality 🍽️

✅ Protein first
✅ Vegetables
✅ Healthy fats (olive oil, avocado oil—not refined oils)
🚫 Nothing in a box
🚫 Nothing in a bag

Vegetables are carbohydrates—and yes, they do convert to sugar 🍠
That’s why we choose real vegetables, not processed carbs.

There is nowhere in human history that proves we need potato chips, breads, crackers, or industrial seed oils 🛑

But there is everywhere in history that proves we need:
• Protein to maintain muscle 🥩
• Healthy fats to make hormones 🧈
• Real food to regulate cortisol 🌿

The goal is not eating less ❌
The goal is eating in a way that supports your hormones ✅

This is how women stop dieting.
This is how metabolism heals.
This is how weight stays off. 💥

01/21/2026

Your body is a direct reflection of your self-discipline, your self-respect, your self-motivation, and your self-love 💪🧠❤️

Being healthy takes a lot of you.

It takes a lot of you to learn new habits 🔄
It takes a lot of you to break old ones ⛔
It takes a lot of you to decide that you are worth consistent effort ✨

This is why I do not focus on goals in my practice.

A goal has an end date ⏳
A standard does not 📏

A standard is how you live 🧬
A standard is how you eat 🥩🥦
A standard is how you move 🏋️‍♀️
A standard is how you treat your body and your mind every single day 🌱

Look down for a moment 👀
How much muscle do you have?
Are you carrying excess weight?
Are you under-nourished?
Are you eating foods that support your brain and hormones? 🧠⚖️
Does your body feel strong? 💥
Does your mind feel clear? 🌤️

Health is not something you can buy 💳❌

You can buy lip fillers 💉
You can buy Botox 💉
You can buy a BBL
You can buy a tummy tuck
You can buy cosmetic change ✨

But you cannot buy discipline 🚫
You cannot buy metabolic health 🔥
You cannot buy muscle 💪
You cannot buy a regulated nervous system 🌊
You cannot buy self-respect 🧘‍♀️

At some point, no matter what you enhance on the outside, you must show up on the inside 🔥
You must eat in a way that honors your biology 🧬
You must move your body 🏃‍♀️
You must rest 😴
You must make choices that align with who you say you are becoming 🎯

Self-love is not indulgence 🍰❌
Self-love is standards 📐
Self-love is consistency 🔁
Self-love is doing the hard things long after motivation fades 🧱

Your body tells the truth.
Every. Single. Day. 🪞

01/20/2026

🫀🚀🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️

01/20/2026

Who’s doing exercise SNACKIN today🎯

01/20/2026

In my practice, I work primarily with women—and most of them are mothers.

One of the core principles I teach is this:
Your children learn more from what you do than from what you say.

• Eat whole, nourishing foods → your kids learn how to eat
• Stop grazing and constant snacking → your kids stop snacking
• Eat enough at meals → your kids don’t overeat later
• Move your body → your kids move their bodies
• Strength train → your kids want to strength train

And yes—kids can and should weight train (appropriately and safely). Building muscle supports confidence, bone health, metabolism, coordination, and lifelong resilience.

Instead of telling your kids how to live…
teach them how to live by example.

Health is not a lecture.
Health is a lifestyle they grow up watching.

This is how generational health is built.

01/19/2026

📌This post isn’t for everyone.
It’s for the women who are done.🔑

The women who quit sugar are not the majority.
They never have been.

But history has never been changed by the majority.💣

It’s not normal to be exhausted every day.
It’s not normal to gain weight no matter how hard you try.
It’s not normal to crave things you promised yourself you didn’t want.
It’s not normal to feel foggy, anxious, inflamed, or ashamed in your own body.

And it is not normal to be diagnosed with multiple chronic conditions
and handed multiple lifelong prescriptions💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊
to manage symptoms of a metabolic problem that started with sugar.

What is normal is that we were taught to accept it.

Sugar doesn’t just hijack metabolism, hormones, and the gut.
It hijacks attention, discipline, emotional regulation, and choice.

When a woman removes sugar, she doesn’t just change her diet.
She changes her nervous system.
She changes her brain chemistry.
She changes how clearly she sees.

And that is why only a FEW 💃🏻 ever do it.

Sugar-free women aren’t dangerous because they’re angry.
They’re dangerous because they are awake.👀🧠

They cannot be manipulated by cravings.
They are no longer distracted by comfort.
They are not controlled by dopamine hits or emotional eating cycles.
They make decisions instead of reacting.

And when a woman does this, it doesn’t just affect her.
Her children eat differently.
Her family functions differently.
Her standards rise.
Her legacy shifts.

This is how history changes.
Quietly.
One woman at a time.
One body reclaimed.
One nervous system regulated.
One household transformed.

Not everyone will do this.
But the few who do will change everything. 🧠🫀🫁!!

01/18/2026

🧠🧬 Cholesterol: The Most Misunderstood Molecule in Health

In functional medicine, cholesterol is not the enemy. Cholesterol is foundational to human physiology.

Every single s*x hormone—estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, DHEA—starts with cholesterol. No cholesterol means no hormone production. Period.

Cholesterol is also essential for:
• Brain health and cognition
• Cell membrane integrity
• Vitamin D synthesis
• Bile production for digestion
• Nervous system signaling

Yet in Western medicine, elevated cholesterol is often treated with statins, which block cholesterol synthesis at the liver level. While statins can lower lab numbers, they can also:
• Reduce hormone production
• Deplete CoQ10 (critical for heart and muscle energy)
• Contribute to fatigue, muscle pain, brain fog
• Worsen metabolic and mitochondrial health in some people

👉 The question in functional medicine is not “How do we suppress cholesterol?”
👉 The question is WHY is cholesterol elevated?

Root causes of high LDL or “bad” cholesterol often include:

• Insulin resistance
• Inflammation
• Poor bile flow
• Liver congestion
• Low thyroid function
• Gut dysbiosis
• Chronic stress

Natural, functional ways to support healthy cholesterol balance:

✔ Improve insulin sensitivity (protein-forward, whole foods diet)
✔ Reduce inflammation and oxidative stress
✔ Support liver detox pathways
✔ Increase bile flow and fiber clearance
✔ Optimize thyroid and metabolic health

Evidence-based supplements often used in functional medicine:

• Berberine – improves insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism
• Red Yeast Rice (clinical-grade, monitored) – supports LDL reduction naturally
• Omega-3 fatty acids – lowers triglycerides and inflammation
• Artichoke extract – supports bile flow and liver cholesterol clearance
• Citrus bergamot – improves LDL, HDL, and particle size
• CoQ10 – essential if cholesterol-lowering strategies are used

✨ Cholesterol is not the villain.
✨ Dysfunction is the signal.
✨ Labs need context, not fear.

If you’ve been told you “just need a statin” without looking at your gut, hormones, liver, thyroid, or metabolic markers—there is a deeper conversation to be had.

📩 Message me to run functional labs and uncover why your cholesterol is elevated instead of simply suppressing it.

01/15/2026

Muscle is not cosmetic tissue.
Muscle is metabolic insurance.🔖

Muscle is a metabolic organ.
It regulates blood sugar, protects bone, stabilizes hormones, and determines how well you age.

Longevity and muscle mass go hand in hand.🏋️‍♀️

When muscle declines, capacity declines.🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️
You stop climbing.
You stop running.
You stop getting up and down off the floor with ease.

Not because of age—
but because the foundation of the body is gone.

At MT Taylor Functional Medicine, resistance training is non-negotiable in every protocol. Without muscle, you cannot be metabolically stable—or resilient in the face of injury, illness, or trauma.

Muscle protects your independence.
Muscle protects your future.🌸

Strength is not optional.💪

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MT Taylor Functional Medicine