In this episode I chat with Alissa Mack, a qualified naturopath who consults with clients online from Esperance. She also partners up with Gut Aid Health. She loves talking about the gut as it influences everything.
Having never suffered from significant gut problems before, Alissa had never really given much thought to gut health. During her studies to become a Naturopath, it was constantly talked about and she started to get a fascination for gut health and see the utmost importance for a healthy gut. Even for herself who had “no gut issues”, she started to notice things she hadn’t before. She noticed her skin breaking out when she ate more sugar, the bloating after pasta, the lethargy when her nutrition was lacking and so on.
After graduating as a Naturopath, she was constantly in contact with people chatting about health whether it be mental health, pregnancy, tiredness or many chronic diseases. She noticed that everyone had gut related symptoms, but many just thought that was a part of life. She started to realise she was unable to help these people with their health, without starting with their gut. Her eyes were opened to the health of one’s gut being the foundation for their health.
As her passion grew, it became contagious to those around her, she wanted to help everyone. Her sister also caught this bug. After struggling with gut issues since her teenage years they were adamant to fix her gut and as kids came along, they were just as passionate to see her kids be setup with a good foundation and address any gut issues that came along.
Gut health is simple but complex - there are so many simple things you can do and lifestyle changes you can put into place to help you. They are quick and easy and you can do them today!
Alissa believes that although very common, poor gut health and consequent symptoms are indicators that something is not right, this is not something to ignore or learn to cope with but something to be paid attention to and fix.
Her aim is to help others to take notice, understand and take charge of fixing their gut. Through education, tools, nutritional advice, recipes and supplement recommendations they hope to empower those around us to heal their guts and in turn influence the rest of their health and wellbeing - this is why Alissa is on my podcast today.
We also chat about digestive enzymes the little guys inside who job it is to break things down and the incredible job they can do for us.
She also shares with us 4 steps of how to heal your gut.
If you would like to get in touch with Alissa please click on the link below:
@alissamacknaturopath
Gut Aid Health = https://gutaid.com.au
