Chronic or recurring diarrhoea is one of the most common digestive complaints I encounter in nutritional practice, and it is almost always a signal worth investigating. Diet, gut flora imbalance, food intolerances, and stress all play a role. This section covers practical, nutritionist-backed strategies for firming up digestion, restoring electrolyte balance, and identifying your personal triggers.
Alex Mercer · July 24, 2026
Someone sat across from me last month describing an unexpected pattern: loose stools that seemed to intensify right after her weekly semaglutide injection, then settle down midweek, only to flare again as the next dose approached. She’d read plenty about nausea with GLP-1 drugs — that topic dominates online forums — but felt oddly isolated … Read more
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…
Alex Mercer · March 25, 2026
If you have been struggling with unpredictable, urgent, or chronic loose stools, you are not alone — and you are not without options. One of the most effective tools I reach for in practice when a client presents with IBS-related…
Alex Mercer · March 24, 2026
One of the most common questions I receive from clients is a simple one: which are the best probiotics for diarrhoea? And my honest answer is always the same — it depends. Not every bout of loose stools has the…
Alex Mercer · March 23, 2026
When a client presents with chronic loose stools, my first instinct is not to reach for supplements — it is to identify the trigger. In my years of clinical practice, the same six chronic diarrhoea nutritional triggers come up again…