Gut Health

There are many causes that we could explore including:

• Low bile production
• Poor hydrochloric acid levels in the stomach
• Low digestive enzyme production from the pancreas
• Poor chewing or saliva production
• Low levels of beneficial bacteria
• High levels of unhelpful bacteria
• High levels of yeast in the gut
• Poor levels or imbalances in short chain fatty acids (the by-products beneficial bacteria make)
• Leaky gut (when the gut wall is compromised)
• Auto immunity
• Hormonal imbalances
• Menopause
• Andropause
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Medication side effects
• pH highs or lows
• Food allergies or intolerances
• Low digestive immunity
• Low digestive motility (movement of food through digestion and movement of the stool out of the colon)
• Gut/brain signalling
• Fast eating
• Eating late
• Not eating enough
• Eating too much
• Exercise - too much or too little
• Poor levels of serotonin in the gut (yes, there is more in the gut than in the brain)
• Eating while distracted
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Stress impacting all of the above
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

I am an expert in how all of the above processes work in the body, and I know how to find out how your symptoms, diet, environment, medical history etc can be impacting your health.
More importantly I know how to unpick these influences to improve symptoms and improve your health
My approach is a root cause approach that gets to what is underlying these problems. We can then start to change things from a fundamental level. This is always the best approach as anything else is like sticking a plaster over the problem. Your body is sending you a message, let’s not ignore it!

Contact me for a gut detective approach getting to the cause of your issues.
We can meet up online, or in person, in Lewes or Seaford