Alex Mercer 
Alex Mercer · April 6, 2026
If there is one topic that comes up again and again in my practice, it is colonoscopy prep hydration tips. Clients come to me frustrated, exhausted, and genuinely surprised by how physically depleting the preparation process can be. And honestly?…
Alex Mercer · April 5, 2026
If you’ve just had a colonoscopy and you’re wondering what to eat after colonoscopy recovery begins, you’re not alone — and you’re asking exactly the right question. In my practice, I’m consistently surprised by how little post-procedure dietary guidance clients…
Alex Mercer · April 4, 2026
If you have a colonoscopy coming up, you have probably been handed a single sheet of instructions and sent on your way. In my practice, I see this constantly — clients who are anxious, confused, and genuinely unsure what they…
Alex Mercer · April 2, 2026
Let me be straightforward with you from the start: supplements are never a substitute for a well-rounded, fibre-rich, plant-forward diet. But when it comes to supplements for bowel cancer prevention, the research has reached a point where I genuinely cannot…
Alex Mercer · April 1, 2026
Barely a week goes by in my practice without a client walking in clutching a printout of the latest alarming headline about meat and cancer. The question is almost always the same: “Do I need to give up meat completely?”…
Alex Mercer · March 31, 2026
In over a decade of nutritional practice, I have had more than one client mention, almost as an afterthought, a symptom that turned out to be something serious. It usually happens at the end of an appointment — almost like…
Alex Mercer · March 30, 2026
If there is one area of nutritional science I return to again and again with every single client I work with, it is the relationship between dietary fibre and bowel cancer risk. The evidence supporting a high fibre diet for…
Alex Mercer · March 29, 2026
Bowel cancer is largely preventable — and that prevention starts on your plate. As a nutritionist, I focus my energy on the modifiable bowel cancer risk factors nutrition can directly influence, because those are the ones we can actually do…
Alex Mercer · March 28, 2026
When a client comes to me frustrated with loose, unpredictable stools, my first question is always about diet — not which over-the-counter medication they should be taking. In my practice, foods that firm up loose stools naturally are almost always…
Alex Mercer · March 26, 2026
One of the most common and genuinely worrying things I see in my nutrition practice is clients who are drinking litre after litre of plain water during a bout of diarrhoea — and still becoming dangerously dehydrated. They cannot understand…