🌿 Naturopathy & Integrative Health

Functional Nutrition & Gut Health

Food as precision medicine — resolving gut issues and fatigue at their root.

Ancient Origin

Functional medicine was founded by Jeffrey Bland in the 1990s as systems-oriented, root-cause care; its nutrition branch has grown rapidly alongside the explosion of microbiome research.

What It Helps With

Bloating, brain fog, fatigue and food fears — tired of guessing which foods are friends.

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About This Practice

Functional nutrition starts from the finding that most modern chronic issues — fatigue, brain fog, inflammation, autoimmunity — trace back, in part, to the gut. Testing what is actually happening in your digestion and microbiome turns food from guesswork into targeted medicine.

How a Session Works

Practitioners use functional testing (microbiome mapping, food sensitivity, nutrient status) to see the gut's true state, then build staged plans: removing triggers, repairing the gut lining, re-inoculating beneficial flora, and rebuilding nourishment — with meals that are realistic and good.

Modalities & Practices

Microbiome & gut testingElimination & reintroduction dietsGut repair protocolsPersonalised meal planningNutrient optimisation