Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) Lunch & Learn

Endocrine disrupting chemicals are woven into modern life—found in plastics, personal care products, food packaging, pesticides, and household items—making chronic exposure nearly unavoidable.

In this practitioner-focused training, we break down how EDCs interfere with hormone signaling, gut integrity, detoxification pathways, and metabolic physiology so you can recognize clinical patterns, identify major exposure sources, and build practical, root-cause protocols that reduce burden and support long-term resilience.

What You'll Learn:

• What endocrine disrupting chemicals are and why low-dose, chronic exposure matters

• Common categories of EDCs (phthalates, BPA/BPS, parabens, PFAS, pesticides, flame retardants, etc.)

• How EDCs alter hormone receptors, synthesis, transport, and metabolism

• The relationship between EDCs, gut barrier dysfunction, microbiome imbalance, and inflammation

• How EDCs contribute to metabolic dysfunction, thyroid issues, reproductive hormone imbalance, and immune dysregulation

• Clinical signs and symptom patterns that may suggest EDC burden

• Testing considerations and lab markers that can help assess toxic load and detox capacity

• Why gut and bile flow must be supported before aggressive detoxification

• Nutrition, lifestyle, and supplement strategies to reduce exposure and support detox pathways

• A stepwise, organ-supported approach to lowering EDC burden safely

Who This Is For:

Health practitioners working with hormone, metabolic, fertility, thyroid, or gut cases

Providers seeing unexplained fatigue, weight resistance, or inflammatory patterns

Practitioners who want a physiology-based approach to environmental toxicants

Anyone looking to move beyond surface-level detox protocols

What’s Included:

On-Demand Lunch & Learn Training Video (~60–90 minutes)

Downloadable lecture slides / reference materials

Lifetime access to the training

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Lara Zakaria is a Pharmacist and Nutritionist with a focus in implementing solutions for Functional Medicine and personalized nutrition. A graduate of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, at Rutgers University (BSpharm) and the University of Colorado Skaggs College Of Pharmacy (PharmD), she spent 20 years in community pharmacy practice. After developing an interest in nutrition, she earned a MS in Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and subsequently qualified as a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) as well as an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP). Dr Zakaria’s practice focuses on a multi-disciplinary approach working both one-on-one with patients as well as creating implementation tools and systems for scale. She is also faculty at the Integrative Medicine program at George Washington University, as well as guest instructor for Functional Medicine at LECOM College of Pharmacy.. Lara is passionate about gut health and the prevention and reversal of metabolic, allergic, and autoimmune disease. There’s power in community, working with pharmacy professionals, nutritionists, and other clinicians to leverage their unique expertise to amplify the message of personalized nutrition and FxMed.

Your Next Step Toward Reducing Toxic Load

This training gives you the foundation to recognize EDC-driven dysfunction, lower exposure, and support detoxification in a way that protects physiology and promotes sustainable healing.