Helping you break up with bloating, constipation, and SIBO without restriction. My weekly newsletter dishes out simple, science-backed gut fixes so you can eat, travel, and live without your digestion calling the shots.
Still bloating every single day even though you’re eating “clean”???
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What if I told you, it might not be SIBO. And honestly, Reader, even if it is, jumping straight to antimicrobials without understanding why the overgrowth developed in the first place is exactly why so many women end up right back where they started six months later. I know that's not what Google told you and it's probably not what your naturopath told you either. But it's what I see over and over again, and it's exactly what happened with one of my recent clients – I'll call her Chloe. Chloe is in her 60s, incredibly health-conscious, and the kind of woman who does her homework. She'd spent the better part of a year deep in research mode – reading everything she could find and running tests that ultimately just wanted to sell her their expensive supplement protocols. She was dealing with constant nausea, daily bloating even though she was eating really “clean”, 4-5 loose stools a day, and mysterious itchy, irritated skin that wouldn’t go away. She was sure her symptoms pointed to either a parasite or SIBO. By the time she found me, she'd already tried probiotics, a strict low FODMAP diet, and a parasite cleanse she'd found on Google. And while she did find some relief for a little while, eventually she hit a wall and knew something was still missing. Within our very first call it was clear to me that she wasn’t eating enough to support her digestion’s needs. Months of restrictive eating had left her digestion genuinely depleted because when your body doesn't have enough fuel, digestion is one of the first things it de-prioritizes. The low FODMAP diet that was supposed to manage her bloating and reactions to food, was quietly making things worse. So instead of handing her another generic protocol and list of even more foods to cut out, we started with information. We ran a GI MAP stool test to see what was actually going on, then we paired those results with her full health history and symptom patterns to build her personalized healing plan. This part sounds simple, but it gets skipped constantly because we’re frequently told that our lived experiences aren’t as important as the results on the test. I don’t subscribe to this. Your body has been sending you SOS messages for months, maybe even years, and it takes just a little bit of detective work to figure out exactly what those messages are saying. A test gives you data. Your history gives it context. Together, they tell a story that no breath test or Google search ever could. From there, we slowly expanded her diet and gave her body what it had been missing. Within 3 weeks her nausea was gone and she was eating foods she hadn’t touched in months: And after 2 months: This is why I use a GI MAP instead of a SIBO breath test. It gives us a full picture of how your gut is actually operating – what's there, what's missing, what's out of balance – and that's the information you need to achieve results that last longer than a few weeks (whether you have SIBO or not). Because knowing you have an overgrowth without knowing why it developed, keeps you stuck on the symptom treadmill forever and ever… and ever... The right data (and knowing what to do with that data) changes everything. Next week I'm dropping a special summer offer that utilizes this exact framework and was made specifically for the woman who is dealing with unexplained bloat, unpredictable bowel movements, suspects she might have SIBO, and doesn’t want to feel self-conscious in her bathing suit all summer long. 👉 Click here to join the waitlist and be the first to get all the details. 🤩
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Nutrition with Grace
Helping you break up with bloating, constipation, and SIBO without restriction. My weekly newsletter dishes out simple, science-backed gut fixes so you can eat, travel, and live without your digestion calling the shots.
Hi Reader! I recently got back from a trip to New York. Most of the time was spent with family about an hour north of the city at our annual family reunion pig roast — yes, a full pig roast (see photos below), it's as chaotic and wonderful as it sounds — but my husband and I were able to sneak into the city for a couple of days on our own. NYC is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been visiting my grandparents there once a year since I was five years old and have been daydreaming...
After working with over 80 women through their gut healing journeys, I've started to notice a clear pattern. The clients who get the biggest transformations (the ones who go from unbuttoning their pants by 3pm and planning trips around bathroom access to eating ice cream with their kids without a second thought) aren't necessarily the ones doing the most. They're the ones doing the right things, consistently and strategically. And here's exactly what that looks like, Reader. 6 Things That...
Today I want to walk you through my client's GI MAP results and show you exactly how they connect to the symptoms she's been living with every day. Then next week I'll break down the step-by-step plan we're using to fix the root causes, so she can be fully present and actually enjoy her trips to Turks and Caicos and Hawaii this summer. 🏖️ Let's get into it! 📣 Announcement July coaching spots are officially open… and I'm down to only 2 openings left! If you're dealing with constant bloat,...