This is a 5 week nutritional mastermind for people struggling with gut health. We spend the 5 weeks exploring and identifying your triggers and figuring out the underlying issues. Then we look at ways to support you to feel better. We study foods that help your gut lining stay healthy, that stimulate digestive secretions you might be lacking, look at links between the brain and gut, and you’ll learn practical tips every step of the way. 

I’m not in the nutritional world to make people’s lives miserable! I got into this business to make a difference and help people like you. Stellar Health came to fruition after years of my own struggles, and wanting to find solutions. But I understand that not everyone has time to study for years to learn about nutrition like I did! 
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I get it! You’re busy, even in these bizarre times of coronavirus. You need practical tools that’ll help you rebuild your gut health. And I’ve designed this 5 week group programme to do exactly that. 

We’ll be doing a live cook-a-long in Week 3 and throughout the programme I’ll share sensible and delicious recipes you can cook and adapt easily (ones that don’t involve weird and wonderful ingredients that you can only buy in that one random shop in London!).  

Gentler ways of eating

This is not 5 weeks where we stop eating everything in order to work out where your problem stems from. Ease your gut, beat the bloat is all about developing gut health through nourishment, and taking the time to understand what’s really going on inside you. 

Elimination diets work for some people, but in my experience it's listening to our bodies that gets results. And it's hard to listen properly when we're tired, hungry and cranky, unable to enjoy food right?! Which is why I don't follow that path with my clients.

Save money

Working with me—an experienced and well-qualified nutritional therapist—on a 1-2-1 basis isn’t an option for everyone financially and I only work with those clients over 90 days, but not everyone has that time spare. So joining my group programme is a brilliant way of accelerating and optimising your gut health while accessing my wisdom at a lower price. 

On a logical level, think of the money you’ve saved from not going to eat out for the last few months. For less than the cost of a pub dinner for two each week, you can instead learn how to nourish your body with the things it truly needs. You’ll get a toolkit of resources and a new network of support to help you on your journey to food freedom. 

So you'll finally stop feeling worried about whether you should go for that night out (because where is the nearest toilet?!) and instead - when lockdown’s over - you’ll be able to confidently head out with your friends and make food choices you know won’t make you feel grim. 

(Plus you'll save a tonne of money on pointless supplements that won't alleviate symptoms or help your gut! Hurrah! If you do need supplements, I will give you guidance on what will truly support you, based on evidence, rather than expensive second-guessing.)

But you've tried everything?
Quite often, I am a last resort for clients who are at the end of their tether. You've tried the GP, you've exhausted the library of healthy eating cookbooks and have watched every food health programme on TV.  And now I'm suggesting that a 5 week programme could be what you need? I know it sounds mad. 

But I haven't spent the last 7 years helping people just like you to work out what's really going on inside their digestive system to make them feel so unwell, just to fob you off with a programme that doesn't work! I know that by nourishing your gut with the right foods, rebuilding the gut lining, and teaching you how to choose foods that will work for your body and your lifestyle, we can work together to make a real difference to your well-being. 

So what have you got to lose? Ease your gut, beat the bloat starts 5th March 2021. Find out more here and book your spot on the group programme today! 

Opening up to people about the pain you’re suffering and sharing embarrassing moments can be like medicine in itself. And it’s a huge benefit of being on a group programme. You are learning on this gut health journey together! 
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Knowing you’re not alone, and being able to lean on each other for motivation and encouragement, is massively underestimated. You cannot get this on a video course. Live human interaction and experiencing transformation together is quite literally life-changing.

Meeting online every week with friends to learn and cheer you on is quite simply brilliant. Asking each other questions and giving each other respectful and reciprocal support in the group sessions, but also in a private community, is invaluable. 

• Do you skip meals?
• Do you get "hangry"? (hungry and angry)
• Does your mood fluctuate throughout the day?
• Do you crave sweet treats after meals?
• Do you experience a slump in energy and mood at certain points in the day?

​Certain foods including:

1. Sugar
2. Foods that contain sugar
3. Foods that quickly convert into sugar once ingested, such as breakfast cereals, white bread, white rice and pasta

can literally shock and panic the body.

Shortly afterwards, our blood sugar levels can rapidly crash which is usually when we start to feel hungry again or our sweet cravings kick-in.

You may be familiar with the term, "hangry", which describes a person who is hungry and angry, usually from prolonged fasting and low blood sugar. Perhaps you experience it first-hand yourself, or know somebody who does? This is a classic sign of low blood sugar and will have a very negative impact on mood and anxiety. 

When your blood sugar crashes, your body produces "fight or flight" hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. At this point you may start to experience:

• Light-headedness or dizziness
• It becomes much harder to concentrate 
• You’re more prone to headaches
• Feeling down

These stress hormones send alarm signals around your body warning that the foods are “shocking” and “scaring” and to "please eat something again" in order to get blood sugar levels back to normal. Cortisol and adrenaline can lead to feelings of anxiety and “jitteriness”. The long-term effects may include panic attacks.

​To minimise our risk of low mood, depression and anxiety our aim is to focus on eating foods that keep our blood sugar stable such as good quality protein, like eggs, and healthy fats such as almonds and avocados. 

Could your anxiety or low moods be symptoms of blood sugar imbalance?
I’ll explain step-by-step how to avoid this from happening in my upcoming online masterclass: Nutrition, Anxiety and your Gut on 8th September 2020 at 7pm. Grab your ticket here. 

Did you know that hidden in the walls of our digestive system, we have a second brain called the gut-brain-axis and it is transforming our understanding of the links between good gut health and mood?

​​The gut-brain-axis (GBA) consists of a two-way communication between our brain and our enteric nervous system, (neurons in our gut that control the function of our gastrointestinal tract).

This system of nerves in our gastrointestinal system has over 100 million neurons!!! This system has so many nerves our gut has earned the nickname “the gut brain” or “the second brain”.

​Our “gut brain” is influenced by our sympathetic (“fight or flight”) and parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) modes and sends signals along the vagus nerve (an information highway) to our brain, relaying important messages about what’s going on.

This can influence how well our gut functions and helps explain why during times of worry, anxiety and stress (fight or flight) we may experience:

• Constipation
• Sudden unexpected evacuations
• A flare-up of IBS 
• Bloating, pain and cramping 

This two-way communication between our brain and our gut brain influences how we feel and think on a daily basis. A prime example of this in action is the feeling of butterflies in our stomach when we feel nervous or anxious before an important meeting or exam. 

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The balance of our gut bacteria matter when it comes to mental health. ​Recent advances in gut health research has highlighted the importance of certain gut bacteria in this bi-directional communication.

The health of our gut and the variety of our gut microbes influence how we think and how we feel.

Addressing leaky gut or any other gut imbalances is an essential step when it comes to supporting mental wellbeing, such as: 

• Inflammation in the gut
• Excessive gas
• Bloating
• Bacterial, yeast or parasitic infections
• IBS symptoms 

Our gut bacteria chat with our brain and vice versa and use different modes of communication, including:

1. They're physically connected by the Vagus Nerve. Think of this as an information highway between your brain and your gut. Like a telephone wire connecting microbes in the gut with messengers in the brain. 
2. Wirelessly through chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers which are produced in the gut and send messages to the brain, influencing how we feel. An example of this is serotonin, the happy hormone, which is predominantly produced in our gut (regulated by our gut bacteria) and communicates with our brain. 

The health of our gut has an effect on our brain and how we feel from day to day. Inflammation, a lack of microbial diversity and even specific species of gut bacteria have been linked with poor mental health including anxiety, low mood and depression. Research shows that altering bacteria in the gut through specific dietary changes may help to treat stress-related mood disorders and anxiety.

Contact me now to find out more about my 90-day personalised 1:1 support package to nail your nutrition and solve your anxiety and gut symptoms for good.