Phase 1 has been put on pause as a fair bit of die off from a pretty full on protocol, up to 10+ supplements a day. Mainly because I’ve gone on holiday for a couple of weeks, which I wanted to enjoy and have been able to!! Eaten all sorts and even had a drink and been ok! I know for me personally travel days are one I fear, so would be great to hear how people manage them!

Ideally with a practitioner to review them and explain effectively. 1. Sibo breath test 2. Full GI Map 3. Full bloods Optional, Organic acids test (likely only if Candida present in GI Map, or lived in mould filled environment)

I haven't been posting as much as I would have liked to. The main reason for this is my gut health has not been where I hoped it would be, and I didn't feel like it would be fair for me to be giving advice when my gut health isn't in the place I want it to be. I'm still battling these issues, however, as a result have kind of come to the conclusion that actually this is about community and this is about helping as many people as I can and being together. I'm doing the research on my side so that I can share it with people and hopefully help people. For full transparency, I am also working with a functional health doctor who I'm paying a lot of money for and will hopefully not only teach me a lot of things but help me to understand. The first stage of that is I've done more testing with the GI map, another SIBO test, to see whether my symptoms are as a result of the same things coming back or something's changed. I invite any questions. I invite you to ask things. I don't promise to know it all. I'm learning. I'm doing as best I can, but my goal is to help as many people as possible.

What was the moment you realised your gut wasn't normal? For me it was a flight home from Portugal in 2022 that I won't describe over breakfast. What was yours? Drop it below.