When Constipation Became My Own Problem to Solve After 15 years advising clients on gut health, I thought I had constipation figured out. Then a particularly stressful season of back-to-back clinic days, disrupted sleep, and travel caught up with me…
The first time I encountered a patient with SIBO — small intestinal bacterial overgrowth — I was three years into practice and genuinely puzzled. She had been told repeatedly that her bloating, cramping, and unpredictable bowel habits were simply IBS….
About three years into my clinical practice, I started keeping an informal tally. Of every new client who came to me with IBS, unexplained bloating, or a recent flare of inflammatory bowel symptoms, I asked them one question before we…
About eight years into my practice, I sat across from a client — I will call her Rachel — who had been following high-fibre dietary advice to the letter for six months. She was eating bran cereals, adding flaxseed to…
A few years into my practice, I started noticing a pattern. Clients would arrive clutching printouts from gut microbiome tests they had ordered online, convinced they had finally found the answer to their bloating, fatigue, or unpredictable bowel habits. Some…
The conversation almost always starts the same way. A new client sits down across from me — sometimes in my clinic, sometimes on a video call — and says something like: “My doctor thinks it might be IBS, but they…
Digestive enzyme supplements are one of the most commonly purchased gut health products — and one of the most frequently misused. People buy broad-spectrum “digestive enzyme” supplements without knowing which enzymes they actually need, or whether the problem they’re experiencing is even enzyme-related. This guide cuts through that. Here are the five key digestive enzymes, … Read more
When people search for “probiotic fiber foods,” they’re often looking for something specific: foods that don’t just contain live bacteria or just contain prebiotic fiber — but ideally both. This combination has an official name in nutrition science: synbiotics. The logic is sound. Probiotics (live beneficial bacteria) and prebiotics (the fibre that feeds them) work … Read more
Inulin is one of the most researched and effective prebiotic fibres for gut health — and most people have no idea how much of it is in their food (or how little they’re actually eating). As a prebiotic, inulin selectively feeds beneficial bacteria in the gut — particularly Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus species — producing short-chain … Read more
The short answer is yes — eating too fast is one of the most reliably bloating-inducing habits you can have. And the reasons why are more numerous than most people realise. If you find yourself consistently bloated after meals and you tend to eat quickly — at a desk, over a sink, between meetings, scrolling … Read more