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Welcome to the Natural Healing with Stephie blog
A growing blog, where you can find articles on physical and mental health, nutrition and gut health, written by me, a certified naturopathic nutritional therapist and student clinical nutritionist who specialises in gut health, women's health, longevity, cancer prevention and plant-based and plant-forward diets.
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The Latest Food Guidelines from the USA: What It Gets Right – and What It Doesn’t
The 2026 U.S. food guidelines mark a welcome shift by addressing the harms of ultra-processed foods, added sugars, and refined carbohydrates. The inclusion of beans and legumes reflects strong evidence for metabolic and gut health benefits. However, placing red meat and full-fat dairy at the top of the food pyramid is difficult to justify scientifically. High intakes of red meat are linked to chronic disease, while dairy is not essential.
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Jan 146 min read


Creatine - Not Just for Athletes
If you’d asked me a year ago what I thought about creatine, I probably would have said no thank you, but after diving deep into the research, I have changed my mind.
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Oct 30, 20256 min read


Don't Ignore Your Gut Issues
Medications can be lifesaving, but they’re not always the answer. Long-term use can even make gut problems worse. Learn why treating your gut holistically - through diet, sleep, stress management, and movement - is the real foundation for healing
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Sep 6, 20252 min read


kōneki (更年期)
In Japan, menopause is referred to as 更年期 (kōneki) . The term is beautifully layered in meaning: 更 (kō) = change/renewal 年 (nen) =...
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Sep 4, 20253 min read


Burning sensation in the bladder or ovary region after a glass of wine, or during a very stressful moment? Pain in that area when pressure is applied?
Have you (or your clients) ever noticed an internal burning sensation in the bladder or ovary region after drinking alcohol - but your urine test came back normal?
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Sep 2, 20253 min read


The impact of stress on our gut
Over the last few years there has been an increase in mental conditions. One in five experienced some level of depression with stress and...
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Feb 2, 20243 min read


Understanding Probiotics and Prebiotics
The Gut Microbiome Firstly you need to know a bit about the microbiome. The gut consists of a number of colonies of good bacteria...
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Sep 11, 20233 min read


Tips to balance those gut hormones
We have over 50 hormones in our body that play a part in several regulatory processes such as growth, mood, reproduction, sexual health...
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Sep 11, 20233 min read


What times should we eat and how often?
Nutrition is a topic full of contradictions. There is a lot of misinformation, fad diets that promise quick fixes, retracted studies that...
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May 29, 20235 min read


Breath work
Breath work can have a highly positive impact on our health, from reducing anxiety, pain, depression and anger to helping us sleep...
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Sep 13, 20223 min read


The White Bread story
Before the 1920' s most people made bread at home and in many countries still did all the way up until the 1970's. In Western Europe and...
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Sep 3, 20223 min read


The effect of breathing
The way we breathe has a direct effect on the part of our brain responsible for our emotions. This part of the brain is called the...
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Sep 1, 20222 min read


Sound Healing
History of sound healing Using sound as a form of healing therapy has likely been around for thousands of years. Around 500BC Pythagorous...
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Aug 30, 202211 min read
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