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08/06/2026

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Hot take from a functional medicine dietitian: the wellness industry has made health feel like a full time job with no d...
08/06/2026

Hot take from a functional medicine dietitian: the wellness industry has made health feel like a full time job with no days off.

I'm not here for it.

There are things worth being rigorous about — knowing what's actually going on in your gut, understanding your labs, addressing root causes. Those things matter enormously.

But interrogating restaurants about their cooking oil? Panicking because you had a latte before breakfast? Feeling guilty about birthday cake?
No. We're not doing that here.

Functional medicine should make your life better. Not smaller.

Save this. Share it with someone who needs permission to relax a little.

And if you want to know what it could look like to work with a functional medicine practice like this- comment DISCOVER below 🫶

I have two toddlers. My eldest was called picky for a while — by others, not by me — and now has a more varied diet than...
08/05/2026

I have two toddlers. My eldest was called picky for a while — by others, not by me — and now has a more varied diet than most adults I know. My
youngest has put us through the spitting-food-all-over-the-house phase, the super varied to only a few foods-will-do phase, and back again.

I also know — professionally and personally — that most picky eating is completely normal and completely solvable. It takes the patience of a saint and powering through the chaos. But it's doable.

Swipe through for what actually works — from a mom who has been exactly where you are and a practitioner who built a program for when the basics aren't enough.

If your child's food refusal feels like more than typical toddler behavior — gut health, nutrient status, and sensory processing are always worth a closer look. That's exactly what we do with the GHT Method for Minis.

Comment MINIS to learn more.

This is what healing can actually look like. Just a body that works quietly in the background while you live your life. ...
08/05/2026

This is what healing can actually look like. Just a body that works quietly in the background while you live your life. That's what we're working toward at GHT. Not perfection. Just you feeling like yourself again. If that sounds far away right now — it doesn't have to be.

The honest answer is that most acute gut symptoms have a boring explanation. New magnesium, restaurant week, your period...
07/29/2026

The honest answer is that most acute gut symptoms have a boring explanation. New magnesium, restaurant week, your period, a protein bar full of sugar alcohols. Look there first.

But cyclospora has its own signature: watery, prolonged, real fatigue, appetite loss, and a tendency to relapse right when you think you're better. That last part is the tell.

If you're dealing with persistent diarrhea right now, here's what to do:
→ Rule out the boring stuff first — medications, sugar alcohols, hormones, recent dietary changes
→ If it's been more than 2 weeks, watery, and comes with fatigue and appetite loss — get tested
→ Ask specifically for cyclospora — it will not show on a standard stool culture

Support your gut while you wait:
→ BRAT diet to calm things down — bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. Boring, gentle, effective.
→ Add in boiled potatoes, plain chicken, broth, and cooked carrots if you need more substance
→ Avoid raw vegetables, high fiber foods, caffeine, alcohol, and sugar alcohols — all will make it worse
→ Electrolytes — not just water. You're losing sodium, potassium, and magnesium with every episode.

Support your gut lining: zinc carnosine, SBIs, DGL — calming and protective while things resolve
→ S. boulardii — the queen of gut infections, specifically researched for parasitic and infectious diarrhea

The good news: cyclospora outbreaks typically peak in summer and decline significantly after August as contaminated produce cycles out. If you're symptomatic right now, you're likely at or near the peak. Treatment is straightforward once it's identified — but you have to get the right test first.

A normal morning in my inbox 😂CDC has confirmed just over 4,100 US cyclospora cases since May 1. But that's lab-confirme...
07/29/2026

A normal morning in my inbox 😂

CDC has confirmed just over 4,100 US cyclospora cases since May 1. But that's lab-confirmed only - states counting suspected cases put it closer to 12,000. Michigan alone is over 9,000.

Same window last year: 249.

WHAT'S BEEN IMPLICATED
Bagged and pre-washed greens. Iceberg specifically. Fresh herbs - parsley and cilantro. Other culprits to be determined.

WHAT ACTUALLY HELPS
🔥 Cook it. Heat above 158°F kills it. Soups, stir-fries, roasted everything. This is the only one that's close to a guarantee.
🍓 Buy local. This is a commercial import supply chain problem, not your farmers market.
🧼 Wash it — but know the limits. The oocysts cling to produce surfaces. A soak reduces surface contamination. It does not eliminate risk.

⚠️ A standard stool culture will not catch this. You have to specifically request cyclospora testing by name. If you've had watery diarrhea, cramping, and fatigue for more than a few days - ask for it directly. Don't assume it got covered.

Untreated, this can drag on for weeks or months.

Loose stool after a travel day and half a box of Cheez-Its is a different conversation 😅

Stay safe out there- I'll post more considerations if you're having bowel changes later today ✌️

Wellness burnout is real. And I think I know why.We've built an entire industry around the performance of health — not t...
07/28/2026

Wellness burnout is real. And I think I know why.

We've built an entire industry around the performance of health — not the pursuit of it.

And somewhere along the way, optimizing became exhausting, restriction became identity, and tracking became anxiety.

The irony? Most of it isn't making you healthier. It's just making you more stressed. And stress is the most underrated gut destroyer I know.

The basics are boring. They're also where most people need to start — and where most people never actually land because the industry keeps selling them something shinier.

Go back to the basics. Your body will thank you.

And if you've done all of this and still don't feel right — that's when you come find us. Because sometimes it really is something worth testing for and getting guidance SPECIFIC to you…not what some internet influencer said might be wrong.

As a dietitian and a mom — I am begging you to stop letting wellness influencers make you afraid of fruit.A banana in a ...
07/27/2026

As a dietitian and a mom — I am begging you to stop letting wellness influencers make you afraid of fruit.

A banana in a smoothie is fiber, potassium, natural sugar, and something you and your kid will actually drink. That's a win. Full stop.

We have spent so much energy fearing individual foods since wellness culture took over Instagram. Meanwhile most people aren't eating enough, aren't hitting their fiber, do not eat enough fruits or veggies, and are definitely not getting their kids enough variety and calories.

Half the coffee on the shelf has mold in it. This is not a oh 🤬 be scared of your coffee post but more of a if theres an...
07/26/2026

Half the coffee on the shelf has mold in it.

This is not a oh 🤬 be scared of your coffee post but more of a if theres an option to choose better why wouldn’t you post?

A review of 3,182 samples found ochratoxin A in 53%. The FDA has no limit for it in food. Nobody is checking.

That's why I drink Purity Coffee - every batch independently tested for mold, mycotoxins, pesticides and heavy metals - and the actual lab results published on their site. Not "sourced responsibly." Numbers you can read.

☕️ EASE if coffee upsets your stomach
☕️ FLOW for everyday
☕️ PROTECT for the lightest roast + most antioxidants
☕️ COLD BREW for my cold brew besties

Grabbing a cup out? Fine. Not the end of the world. But if you drink multiple cups of coffee daily like I do, knowing what's in the bag is a perk.

Comment PURITY and we will send you our link so you can try it for yourself 👇

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07/18/2026

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