Audrey Christie, Naturopath

Audrey Christie, Naturopath I help women stop chasing symptoms, heal their body from chronic and autoimmune conditions and start their very own Root Cause Revolution.

I help people discover just how good they can feel. I blend science, eastern and western medicine, energy work, nutrition, ancient and modern techniques to help you live a well and nourished life.

03/20/2026

Metabolic Scorecard not where it needs to be? 😞

That’s okay! Let’s talk about what to do to help.

First…good news. These markers and the issues that stem from them are HIGHLY responsive to lifestyle signals. 🙌🙌

The first ones are going to talk about is Prioritizing Protein.

Look 👀 I know protein is having a moment right now. But please please ignore the marketing hype.

❌ Protein pop tarts
❌ Protein sodas
❌ Protein donuts

That isn’t food. Stay away from them. No pills, powders, potions. Just real food.

✅ Eggs (3-4)
✅ Grass-fed meat
✅ Fish
✅ Poultry
✅ Bone broth (not complete but supportive)
✅ organ meat if you can

Aim for 20-30g of protein per meal. Start with breakfast.

⭐️ hack - eat your protein first when you sit down

03/18/2026

ALK PHOS is a very useful metabolic marker and might be ignored if it is low or in range.

And it tells me one very important thing when it isn’t optimal:

👉 Do you have the capacity to heal… or are you running on empty?

Most providers only care if it’s HIGH.

As a functional health practitioner, I care when it’s LOW.

Because low ALP often means:
👉Zinc is depleted
👉Protein isn’t being utilized
👉Thyroid/metabolism is downregulated
👉Bile flow is sluggish
👉The body is in a conservation state

Now here’s where it matters 👇

Everyone wants to fast.
Detox.
Parasite cleanse.
Push harder.

But if your alk phos is low?

👉 You’re not in a healing state.
👉 You’re in a depleted state.

And fasting in that state, detoxing in that state, parasite cleansing, peptide dosing, all those “easy buttons” make you worse.

Had a great time with the Highlands-Lynchburg Chamber 🩷
03/14/2026

Had a great time with the Highlands-Lynchburg Chamber 🩷

03/12/2026

When energy production drops, the body conserves energy.
👉Slower metabolism.�👉Colder body temperature.�👉More fatigue.

Before blaming the thyroid, it’s worth asking a bigger question
:
🙋‍♀️ What signals is the body responding to?

03/11/2026

Is iodine a thyroid villain 🦹 or superhero 🦸?

The real story is way simpler and not nearly as exciting 🤓

Your thyroid needs iodine to make hormone —
but it also needs the right nutrients, balance, and metabolic environment to use it properly.

In other words - more iodine might not fix it.

What helps and is tastier?
👉eggs
👉oysters
👉sardines
👉beef liver (and other organ meat)
PS: the thyroid can’t function properly in metabolic dysfunction/insulin resistance (so you gotta fix that first)

03/07/2026

Conventional Lab Ranges vs Functional Lab Ranges 🤓

When we are looking at labs from a functional perspective we are looking outside the “normal ranges.”

Your conventional range is telling you if it’s urgent, emergent, or diagnose-able if it falls outside of normal ranges.

Functional ranges tell you what is OPTIMAL for health and longevity. Not just whether there is acute trouble. ❤

Conventional labs tell you where you’ve been. Functional lab values tell you where your going. Same labs. Different perspectives.

03/06/2026

How’s your hematocrit? 🫣

The last of the functional labs from conventional labs we are talking about as promised —hematocrit. 🩸

👉I will summarize Monday how to look at the big picture with all 5 numbers 👈

Hematocrit measures how much of your blood is made up of red blood cells.

Most folks only get the 🚩 it if it’s dangerously low (anemia) or extremely high (lots of big scaries).

From a metabolic POV 👉 hematocrit can tell us about blood thickness and oxygen demand.

When insulin is high or metabolism is stressed, the body can concentrate red blood cells and the blood becomes more viscous (thicker).

Which means that thicker blood means the heart has to work harder to move oxygen through the body.

Here’s the scoop 🧐 for ladies:
🟢 ~38–44% 🟰healthy blood viscosity
🟡 45–48% 🟰 metabolic stress possible
🔴 >48% → thicker blood / higher cardiovascular strain

Higher hematocrit is associated with:
👉insulin resistance
👉dehydration
👉sleep apnea
👉chronic inflammation

Your hematocrit (and other CBC markers) are checking for anemia BUT also gives you clues about your metabolic risk (and cardiovascular risk too) ♥️

03/06/2026

Sneak 🫣 peek into your cellular stress from your routine labs.

🩸 RDW 🩸

RDW (Red Cell Distribution Width) measures how uniform your red blood cells are. I misspoke in the video - is not on. CMP But often ordered along side it.

Healthy metabolism 👉 cells are all the same size.
Metabolic stress 👉 cells come out different sizes.

This happens due to:
Oxidative stress, inflammation, and glucose swings damage red blood cells and disrupt how new ones are made.

functionally, RDW can be a cellular stress marker.

Functional ranges:

• 11.5–12.5 👍 metabolically stable
• 12.6–13.0 🫳 early metabolic stress
• 13.1–14.0 🚩inflammation / insulin resistance likely
• >14 ⚠️ significant physiologic stress

Most folks don’t hear about their RDW unless they’re anemic — but an RDW trending upward is associated with metabolic syndrome, diabetes risk, and cardiovascular disease.

Your red blood cells live about 120 days, so RDW can be thought of like a 3-month snapshot 📸 of cellular wear and tear.

Sound off 👇 where are you at?

03/04/2026

Alrighty, get those lab results out 🧐

Today we are looking at Uric Acid 👉 and no we aren’t looking for gout.

Uric Acid is also a metabolic marker.

When your liver processes large amounts of sugar - especially fructose - it produces Uric acid as a byproduct.

A rising trend in uri acid can point to metabolic stress before diagnosable diabetes appears obvious to your doctor. 🧑‍⚕️

The ranges from a functional perspective are:

✅ 3.5 - 5.0 metabolically a-okay
🟡 5.1 - 6.0 early metabolic strain
🔸 6.1 - 7.0 looking insulin resistant
🚩 7.0 or higher - significant metabolic risk

Most labs from a conventional acute perspective consider up to 8.5 “normal.” But if your there your late ⏰ and you have been sugar overload 👉 liver stress 👉 metabolic dysfunction for a while.

You know the drill - sound off below 👇

03/02/2026

One of the earliest metabolic markers is hiding on your basic lab panel:

ALT

This is another one to look at in terms of standard blood work ➡️ functional insights.

Most people are told ALT = “liver damage.”

⚠️ Metabolically, ALT is often a fatty liver signal.

Your liver is the first place excess sugar gets stored as fat.

Before diabetes… before abnormal glucose… before symptoms…

ALT usually rises first.

Lab ranges often say normal is up to 40-56. BUT metabolically we like to see:

10–20 = ideal
20–30 = early metabolic stress
30+ = fatty liver likely
45 + = in some trouble now

When we talked about triglycerides, we learned they tell us what the liver is exporting.

ALT tells us what the liver is storing.

You don’t need new testing — just go look at your last CMP (Complete Metabolic Profile).

LMK your number below 👇

03/01/2026

First, general rule of thumb - ☀️ > 💡

The most basic form of improving your light environment involves 3 distinct signals. These signals tell your body what systems it should be working and how hard. Light is a signal for your metabolism for instance from the macro level down to the micro level of the mitochondria.

1️⃣ Morning Sunlight 🌅 - within 90 min of sunrise - get your naked eye out in the sunlight. Don’t stare at the sun 🤦‍♀️ but look at the horizon and the sky. Allow your eyes to receive the signal that it is daytime. (This is wha we do in stories each day here on IG with the “Sunrise HighFive”)

2️⃣ Midday sun 🌞- sometime around your midday or solar noon 🕛 head out to get 25 min of sunlight on as much of you (including your eyes) as possible. This helps with many metabolic functions including your cholesterol and raising your vitamin d level

3️⃣ Evening light 🌇- now ideally we’d all be walking around in the dark/candlelight after sunset but modern schedules don’t allow that for most. So here’s the scoop: get blue light blockers at night, avoid handheld screens after sunset, dim your lights, see the sunset if possible.

Let me know below 👇 do these steps seem doable?

If they don’t - pick the one that seems the easiest to shift. Practice it for a week. Then see what else you can shift.

02/28/2026

High cholesterol and low vitamin D often show up together — and it’s not random, but it’s still a 🚩

👉Your body actually makes vitamin D from cholesterol.

In your skin lives a cholesterol molecule (7-dehydrocholesterol) and when sunlight ☀️ hits it ➡️ your body converts it into vitamin D.

So cholesterol, contrary to popular belief, isn’t just a “heart number.”

💡It’s a raw material for hormones and vitamin D production.

If you’re indoors most of the time, heavily sunscreened, or getting only early/late sun, the conversion doesn’t happen.

Result:
Vitamin D stays low
Cholesterol stays higher

Sometimes the body isn’t over-producing cholesterol…

…it’s under-using it.

Before panicking about total cholesterol, always check vitamin D and sunlight exposure — you may be looking at a light signal problem, not a diet problem.

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Hi there! I’m Audrey Christie! I help women find relief and remission from autoimmune disease (and other chronic illness too). I’m a holistic wellness practitioner with functional medicine+ functional nutrition + energetic medicine approach to wellness. My processes are simple and get to the root cause using a holistic approach that includes the body, mind, and spirit.

My background and training includes several body and energy modalities, including Masters of Science in Nursing with a minor in Education, Registered Nurse, Medical Intuitive, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Reiki Master, Ripple Magic Facilitator, Certified Clinical Master of Aromatherapy, Certified Crystal Healer, Yoga Teacher, certification in Homeopathics, energy medicine, Ayurveda, Epigenetics, nutrition, and many other healing modalities.

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