A naturopath for gut health and digestive comfort

My approach

Getting to the guts of the matter

In your first consult, we go through your digestion in detail, including what you notice, when it shows up and what seems to make it better or worse.

Then we look further, at your diet, stress, sleep, cycle and skin, to see how your gut fits with the rest of your health.

If your gut and skin seem linked, my skin health page explains how I look at the 2 together.

I like to turn off the dripping tap rather than place a bucket underneath it, so we look at what may be driving your symptoms as well as the symptoms themselves.

When your tests come back in range

Many women come to me after their blood tests, stool tests, colonoscopy or endoscopy have all come back within range, while they still feel unwell.

Your symptoms are real, and they're worth looking into, whatever your results say.

So I take a full health history and look at how your digestion, diet, stress, sleep and hormones fit together, and build your plan around how you actually feel.

Bring those results along, since they're a useful part of the picture.

Stool testing and microbiome mapping

Testing is always optional, and we decide on it together.

Where your history points to it, I may suggest a comprehensive stool test or microbiome mapping to get a detailed look at your gut.

I'll explain what each test looks at and what it costs, so you can decide with all the information in front of you.

If you go ahead, we book a 45-minute results consult to go through your results together and shape your plan around them.

What a gut health plan may include

Your plan is personal to you and built around your everyday life.

Depending on what we find, it may include:

• Food changes that suit your tastes, your schedule and your household
• Ideas on how and when you eat, as well as what you eat
• Practical support for stress and sleep
• Support for your cycle, where hormones are part of the picture (more on hormonal health)
• Where it suits you, natural medicines, explained clearly

Every body responds in its own way, so your plan is built around you and reviewed as we go at 30-minute follow-up consults.

Where to start

If you're new to naturopathy, what a naturopath does explains how a first consult runs and what to expect.

For more on the gut itself, my post on gut health and what to actually do about it is a good read.

For a lighter read, my gut health quickie on raspberries shares 1 easy food to add to your week.

Every consult is by Zoom, and how online consultations work covers the set-up from home.

When you're ready, you can book a first consult, which runs for 60 minutes.