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…
Alex Mercer · March 22, 2026
Gluten-free baking has a reputation for producing dry, crumbly results — and honestly, for a long time, that reputation was well earned. I have spent years testing flour blends in my own kitchen and working through options with coeliac clients…
Alex Mercer · March 21, 2026
I am often asked whether at-home coeliac tests are worth it. My answer depends entirely on what the client is testing for. Over the years, working with dozens of clients who suspect gluten is at the root of their symptoms,…
Alex Mercer · March 19, 2026
One of the most common misconceptions I encounter in my practice is the belief that a coeliac diagnosis, followed by a strict gluten-free diet, is the end of the story. In reality, for many of my clients, it is only…
Alex Mercer · March 18, 2026
In my practice, I work with many newly diagnosed coeliac clients who arrive convinced they have already mastered the gluten-free diet. They have cleared out their bread bin, switched to gluten-free pasta, and stopped eating at their favourite pizza restaurant….
Alex Mercer · March 17, 2026
If you have just received a coeliac diagnosis, I want you to take a breath. The flood of information, the questions about what you can eat, and the worry about accidental exposure can feel completely overwhelming — and that reaction…
Alex Mercer · March 16, 2026
Almost every new client I see living with Crohn’s disease arrives with at least one significant nutritional gap — and more often than not, several. Crohn’s disease nutrient deficiencies are not a side effect or an occasional complication. They are…