In what is arguably the most heart-wrenching episode of the The Health Detective Podcast to date, our guest tonight, Steve Baum, will teach you exactly what it means to persevere. 
Steve has been helping people get into the best shape of their lives for almost 40 years.  
When he was a kid, he idolized a boy that he thought was ripped and muscular, and he wanted to look like him. Then, on a family float trip, he took his shirt off, and the boy said, "OMG, you have tits!"  
Steve could think of nothing else but transforming himself and getting lean and muscular from that moment on. So, he talked his parents into buying a weight set and devoured the muscle mags, following every program he could find.  
Fortunately, his parents didn't want him to hurt himself, and they hired a professional to work with him.  This person taught Steve how to lift weights and eat right to reach his goals.  
Learning from a pro had an immediate impact and set the stage for the rest of his life. After that, fitness and nutrition became his passion at 14 years old.  
At 16 years old, Steve started coaching and training clients.  He got certified as a personal trainer by the American College of Sports Medicine. Then, he went on to earn certifications from The National Strength and Conditioning Association, The National Academy of Sports Medicine, Poliquin Strength Systems, Cross Fit, The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, Precision Nutrition, Metabolic Typing, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Performance Enhancement Therapy, and The CHEK Institute.  
 
In 1997, Steve moved to Scottsdale, AZ to open his dream training facility, including an incredible gym and a state-of-the-art physical therapy clinic.  
 
While in Arizona, he got married and had a beautiful baby boy named Steven Austin Nicholas Baum. Being a dad was a whole new ball game! Austin followed him everywhere and was always around the gym, even in diapers!  He taught Steve what unconditional love was all about. 
In 2004 Steve and his family moved to St. Louis, and he opened a new gym. Then, in 2010, tragedy struck, and he learned the definition of the word "persevere." He faced the most significant battle any parent could ever have to face, the death of his precious little boy.  
 
The stress from this had a devastating impact on Steve. He became so exhausted that he could barely get out of bed.
Steve gained over 70 pounds in less than six months, and regardless of how healthy he ate or how hard he exercised, nothing he had learned up to this point was helping him.
He went from doctor to doctor searching for answers, only to hear everything looked fine and maybe he was "depressed."  He knew deep down something other than depression was causing his issues, but he couldn't figure out what.
That's when a colleague introduced Steve to Reed Davis and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®.  Reed had Steve run some functional lab tests, and he finally identified some weak links in his metabolism that were causing his health issues.  Correcting these helped Steve get back into the best shape of his life. After that, he knew he could use FDN to help other exhausted business owners and entrepreneurs regain their health, so he became a certified FDN practitioner.  
In 2020, Steve decided to sell his gym to focus 100 percent on functional health coaching.  
Now, he's using all of the tools he's gathered, including FDN, to help other entrepreneurs and professionals identify and correct their health issues.   
Steve is also happy to report that he's happily remarried and has an awesome wife who's a great mom to FIVE kids and a soon-to-be certified ADAPT health coach. Together they're helping burned-out professionals increase their energy, lose stubborn fat, and get in phenomenal shape so they can create more success and live life instead of feeling like zombies.  
Steve has given our audience both his personal e-mail AND phone number. They are sbfitness@mac.com and 3142653503, respectively. 
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