Digestive issues
are among the top concerns encountered
in naturopathic practice.
Whether that’s undiagnosed/unexplored concerning symptoms or management of chronic digestive diseases this is easily the most common area of concern for patients seeking Naturopathic care. There’s a reason it’s all too common, there are a lot of unrecognized challenges to healthy digestion in our modern society. The commonality of digestive issues even normalizes symptoms that are not physiologically normal.
Just because other people around you might struggle with their digestion too, doesn’t make your symptoms normal and you don’t have to live with it!
Complex concerns in other areas of the body such as inflammation, pain, skin conditions, fatigue and autoimmunity (to name a few) are heavily influenced by the gastrointestinal tract. The ability of your gastrointestinal system to properly break down food, absorb nutrients, keep a healthy intestinal barrier and flora will greatly affect the health of your body. Optimizing this key system will help you improve issues in all other areas of your body.
There are so many tests that can give helpful, actionable information to start working on your digestive health. While we don’t have to test, the options are here. Should we find that there are some critical tests that would impact our course of treatment I will review them with you, what they are for, why it’s important and how the information will affect your health and our treatment plan.
“The road to health is paved with good intestines!”
Comprehensive Digestive Testing
3 hr Lactulose SIBO Testing (Hydrogen & Methane)
Trio Smart SIBO Test (for suspected hydrogen sulfide SIBO)
Food Intolerance Testing
Comprehensive Stool Analysis (GI-MAP & GI Effects)
Celiac & Gluten Intolerance Testing
Microbiome, Yeast and Dysbiosis Stool Cultures
Leaky Gut (Zonulin) Testing
GI Inflammatory Testing (calprotectin, lactoferrin, etc) for IBD monitoring
Parasitology Testing
Nutritional status testing - OMX, NutraEval, OAT
Histamine intolerance
Iron panel
B vitamin testing and injections
Vitamin D testing and injections
“thoughtful, thorough and caring”
“Stephanie is always thoughtful, thorough and caring in every interaction. She's the first naturopath I consulted for my insomnia who suggested Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and recommended
a book on Amazon. (rather than trying to sell me a bunch of supplements like the other guys.)
I would recommend her to anyone, and always do!”
-Morgan J.
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