Mt.Taylor Functional Medicine,Nutrition &Muscle

Mt.Taylor Functional Medicine,Nutrition &Muscle Mt.

Taylor Functional Medicine works with women who have overcome Trauma and are ready to heal their gut in order to achieve the health they want💪We look forward to meeting you!

High blood pressure is not always a “heart problem.”Most of the time, it’s a metabolic problem first. 🩸Your arteries wer...
05/27/2026

High blood pressure is not always a “heart problem.”
Most of the time, it’s a metabolic problem first. 🩸

Your arteries were designed to relax.
They have an internal pathway called the eNOS pathway that helps produce nitric oxide — the molecule that tells blood vessels to open, soften, and relax.

But when insulin resistance develops, that signaling cascade begins to break down. ⚠️

The scary part?
The body often shuts OFF the relaxation signal while leaving the constriction signal fully active.

The result?
⬆️ Tightened blood vessels
⬆️ Rising blood pressure
⬆️ Increased vascular stress

Even when the heart itself is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do.

If you recognize these symptoms, your insulin signaling cascade may already be compromised:

⚡ Energy crashes 1–2 hours after meals
⚖️ Stubborn weight that will not move
🩺 Blood pressure creeping up despite “eating healthy”
😴 Fatigue that sleep never fixes
🧠 Brain fog
🍩 Constant cravings

Make no mistake:
These are not simply “normal aging.”

This is often metabolic dysfunction happening silently for YEARS before disease is diagnosed.

Functional medicine asks a different question:
WHY are the vessels constricted in the first place?

At Mt. Taylor Functional Medicine, we look upstream:
🧪 Insulin resistance
🩸 Inflammation
🥗 Nutrition status
💪 Muscle mass & glucose disposal
😴 Sleep & stress physiology
🦠 Gut health
🚶 Movement patterns & lifestyle

Because the body does not randomly malfunction.
The symptoms are signals. 🔥

📍 Mt. Taylor Functional Medicine
🌐 MtTaylorFunctionalMedicine.com
📞 580-743-6577:)

Sometimes the problem isn’t that the body is “deficient.”Sometimes the body is overloaded, inflamed, under-muscled, unde...
05/26/2026

Sometimes the problem isn’t that the body is “deficient.”
Sometimes the body is overloaded, inflamed, under-muscled, under-slept, under-nourished, overstressed… and stuck in a cycle. 🔁

One medication leads to another.
Then another.
Then another to manage the side effects of the first one.

At some point, we have to stop asking:
“Which medication do I add next?”
…and start asking:
👉 WHY is the body struggling in the first place?

At Mt. Taylor Functional Medicine, we look deeper:
🩺 Gut health
🩸 Inflammation
🧠 Stress & nervous system function
💪 Muscle mass & metabolism
🥗 Nutrition deficiencies
😴 Sleep quality
🧪 Functional lab testing
🚶 Lifestyle & environment

The goal is not to “cover symptoms.”
The goal is to create a body that functions better. 🌿

That may include:
✔️ Better nutrition
✔️ Resistance training
✔️ Sleep optimization
✔️ Nervous system regulation
✔️ Root-cause lab work
✔️ Movement instead of more sitting
✔️ Personalized protocols

Because feeling better should not require a growing list of prescriptions forever. 🔥

Your body is always communicating.
The symptoms are not the enemy.
They are the message. ✨

📍 Mt. Taylor Functional Medicine
🌐 MtTaylorFunctionalMedicine.com
📞 580-743-6577

05/25/2026

Resistance training is a whole lot cheaper than an old folks’ home 💪🏽👵🏽

I lift weights because I’d rather build muscle now than lose independence later.
Muscle helps you get off the floor, carry groceries, travel, garden, play with grandkids, and keep living life on your terms. 🏋🏽‍♀️✨

And respectfully… I’m not interested in bedsores, walkers, or needing help to stand up.
I’m interested in strong bones, strong legs, strong lungs, and a strong future. 🔥

Aging is coming either way.
You can train for it… or not. 💯

— Dr. Baker | Mt. Taylor Functional Medicine

🚨 Your body was designed to MOVE. 🚨One of the biggest things I see after injuries, surgeries, pulled muscles, or sprains...
05/25/2026

🚨 Your body was designed to MOVE. 🚨

One of the biggest things I see after injuries, surgeries, pulled muscles, or sprains is people following OLD science for too long. For years, people were taught the RICE method:
❄️ Rest
❄️ Ice
🩹 Compression
⬆️ Elevation

But newer recovery science has shifted toward movement-based healing approaches like the MEAT protocol:
🏃 Movement
💪 Exercise
🩹 Analgesics
🛠️ Treatment

Why? Because the body adapts to what you do with it.

When you stop moving completely, muscles weaken. Joints stiffen. Circulation slows down. Balance declines. Energy crashes. Recovery often takes LONGER.

That doesn’t mean go deadlift the day after surgery 😅 — it means appropriate movement matters. Walking. Mobility. Gentle resistance. Blood flow. Rebuilding function. Re-teaching the body how to work again.

This is why you’ll often see people who recover well getting up, walking, doing therapy, and gradually rebuilding strength instead of living on the couch for months.

Movement is medicine.
Muscle is metabolic insurance.
And the body LOVES a reason to heal. 🔥

So if you’re injured, recovering, or rebuilding:
➡️ Don’t surrender your body to the couch.
➡️ Don’t let fear steal your function.
➡️ Move what you CAN move.
➡️ Build from where you ARE.

Your future mobility depends on what you do TODAY. 💪🧠

Stop asking:“Why is my cholesterol high?” ❌Start asking:“What signal is telling my liver to produce more cholesterol?” ...
05/24/2026

Stop asking:
“Why is my cholesterol high?” ❌

Start asking:
“What signal is telling my liver to produce more cholesterol?” 🔬

Your liver makes about 80% of your cholesterol. Diet contributes roughly 20%.

Cholesterol is not automatically the villain. Chronic inflammation is the real issue. 🚨

When the body is inflamed, the arterial walls become damaged. The liver responds by producing more cholesterol as a repair mechanism. In an inflamed environment, that cholesterol can oxidize and contribute to plaque buildup.

The problem is not simply cholesterol itself.
The problem is inflammation + oxidation + dysfunction.

An inflamed gut can drive cholesterol higher every single day. 🦠

When the gut lining becomes compromised, bacteria, toxins, and inflammatory compounds can leak into the bloodstream. The liver then works overtime to manage that inflammatory burden.

At the same time, gut inflammation can impair bile flow — and bile is one of the major ways the body clears cholesterol. When bile flow slows down, cholesterol can accumulate.

That same gut dysfunction causing:
▪️ bloating
▪️ food reactions
▪️ fatigue
▪️ constipation
▪️ brain fog

…may also be contributing to your cholesterol patterns.

And one of the biggest overlooked drivers of elevated cholesterol? Your thyroid. 🧠

Low T3 function can reduce the receptors responsible for clearing LDL cholesterol from circulation.

Add inflammatory processed oils and chronic oxidative stress into the mix, and the body becomes even more inflamed.

Functional medicine asks different questions:
✔️ Why is the body inflamed?
✔️ Why is the liver compensating?
✔️ Why is cholesterol clearance impaired?
✔️ What systems are out of balance?

Don’t just chase numbers.
Investigate the environment creating the numbers. 🔥


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Do you struggle with seasonal allergies, food sensitivities, eczema, rosacea, headaches, sinus congestion, skin flare-up...
05/21/2026

Do you struggle with seasonal allergies, food sensitivities, eczema, rosacea, headaches, sinus congestion, skin flare-ups, or even rashes from the sun? 🌿🤧☀️

What if the problem isn’t just “allergy season”?
What if the problem starts in the gut? 🦠

I often find that people don’t have a “Claritin-D deficiency.”
They have a gut imbalance. 👀

When certain bacteria are overgrown or undergrown, the immune system can become overstimulated. Add in sluggish detoxification pathways, inflammation, poor digestion, nutrient deficiencies, and an irritated gut lining — and the body can begin reacting through the skin, sinuses, immune system, and digestive tract.

Your gut and immune system are deeply connected. 🧬

Functional gut testing can help uncover:
✔️ Bacterial imbalances
✔️ Gut inflammation
✔️ Food sensitivities
✔️ Detoxification issues
✔️ Leaky gut patterns
✔️ Nutrient deficiencies

Instead of only masking symptoms, it may be time to investigate the root cause. 🌱

📍MT Taylor Functional Medicine
📞 580-743-6577

What people don’t want to hear is this… 👇Muscle is not built in 30 days.Not from a detox.Not from an ab challenge.Not fr...
05/20/2026

What people don’t want to hear is this… 👇

Muscle is not built in 30 days.
Not from a detox.
Not from an ab challenge.
Not from a “reset.” 🚫

It takes YEARS of consistency, resistance training, recovery, movement, nutrition, and repetition. 🏋️‍♀️🧬

When I started my journey, I truly thought I’d have a fit body within a year if I stayed consistent. The truth? I’ve been on this path for 9 years, and the last 3 years have been extremely disciplined and consistent.

Trips? I still exercised. ✈️
Airport days? I still walked. 👟
Busy days? I still moved my body.

Because health is built through standards, not motivation. 📈

And here’s the part no one talks about… this lifestyle can feel lonely sometimes. Your circle changes. You stop aligning with quick-fix mindsets and start aligning with people focused on longevity, strength, discipline, and metabolic health. 🧠🔥

That’s why I have full respect for people with muscle, low inflammation, healthy body composition, and visible strength. I know exactly what it took to build that. 👏

Muscle is metabolic insurance.
Muscle supports the brain, bones, hormones, glucose control, and longevity. 🦴🫀🧠

Stop chasing shortcuts.
Start building a body that supports you for decade

💪

I have one opening left, for transition training! 580-743-6577. In person or online through Telehealth;)

Disease doesn’t usually happen overnight. 👀The body is always communicating through symptoms, labs, hormones, minerals, ...
05/20/2026

Disease doesn’t usually happen overnight. 👀
The body is always communicating through symptoms, labs, hormones, minerals, stress signals, sleep, inflammation, gut health, and energy levels.

Sometimes it’s not just about what’s “high.”
Sometimes it’s about what’s too LOW to support the body properly. ⚖️

Low nutrients.
Low hormones.
Low minerals.
High stress hormones.
High blood sugar.
High inflammation.

Your body is constantly trying to adapt and survive. 💚

This is why at Mt. Taylor Functional Medicine, we look deeper than symptoms alone. We look at labs, lifestyle, environment, stress, nutrition, sleep, movement, and root causes to help support the body as a whole. 🩺✨

The goal isn’t to guess.
The goal is to understand what the body is trying to say. 🌿

05/19/2026

💪 Nine years ago today, there is NO WAY I could have done this stomach strength exercise.

No way.

I didn’t wake up one day magically strong. I built it. Rep by rep. Choice by choice. Day by day.

So if you’re the person that:

✨ Doesn’t know where to start
✨ Wants to lose weight but feels stuck
✨ Starts and stops over and over again
✨ Feels weak, tired, inflamed, or uncomfortable in your own body
✨ Wants muscle but doesn’t know how to build it

Come work with me.

At MT Taylor Functional Medicine, I work one-on-one with women to build the FOUNDATION of the body through:

🏋️ Resistance training
🥗 Nutrition
😴 Recovery and sleep support
🧠 Lifestyle changes
💪 Building muscle and strength safely for beginners

I don’t just focus on workouts.
I focus on helping your body function correctly.

Your body rebuilds, repairs, detoxifies, and restores while you sleep in the “rest and digest” state. What you feed your body matters. How you move your body matters. Your habits matter.

You deserve to wake up feeling stronger, healthier, and more capable every single year of your life.

Average health creates average outcomes.
If you’re ready to stop settling and start changing your trajectory, contact me. 🔥

📍Located in Milan, New Mexico
💻 Telehealth available
🏋️ Virtual gym/exercise appointments available
📋 Beginner exercise routines and protocols available

If you need structure, accountability, and a personalized plan built FOR YOU — let’s go.

📲 1-580-743-6577
(Text messages accepted

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I don't speak or act old, why? Your body listens to the words your mind repeats. 🧠✨The famous 1979 “Counterclockwise” st...
05/18/2026

I don't speak or act old, why?

Your body listens to the words your mind repeats. 🧠✨

The famous 1979 “Counterclockwise” study by psychologist Ellen Langer explored something powerful:

When older adults were immersed in an environment that made them think, move, and speak as if they were younger… their bodies responded. 🔄✨

Participants showed improvements in:
✨ Strength
✨ Memory
✨ Dexterity
✨ Posture
✨ Energy
✨ Overall well-being 💪🌿

Words matter. 🗣️
Mindset matters. 🧠
Identity matters. ✨

Stop introducing yourself as:
❌ “I’m so old.”
❌ “My body is falling apart.”
❌ “I can’t do that at my age.”

Your nervous system is always listening. 👂⚡
Your body adapts to the standards, movement, thoughts, and language you repeat daily.

Speak life over your body:
✔️ “I’m getting stronger.” 💪
✔️ “My body is capable.” 🔥
✔️ “I train for longevity.” 🏋️‍♀️
✔️ “I’m building a future where I stay independent, mobile, and powerful.” 🚶‍♀️✨

Aging is inevitable.
Becoming fragile is not. 🚫🦴

Muscle. Mindset. Movement.
They all work together. 💪🧠✨🌱

— MT Taylor Functional Medicine

Address

1403 U.S. Highway 66
Milan, NM
87021

Opening Hours

Tuesday 2pm - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 2pm - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15807436577

Website

https://trokie.com/drs/baker/, https://elliemd.com/Mttaylorfunctionalmedicine,

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