Chris McAtomney

Chris McAtomney Chris McAtomney

Clinical Naturopath
Self Mastery Coach

I help people function at a higher level physically, mentally, and emotionally.

05/06/2026

Red meat consumption is commonly perceived as being a significant risk factor for chronic disease and colorectal cancer.

The reality is that much of that risk has a lot to do with what kind of red meat, how you cook it, what you eat it with, and your overall fitness profile and inflammation status.

And if you get savvy about these nuances, you can significantly skew the risk:benefit ratio in your favour.

01/06/2026

The most interesting insight that my CGM experiment yielded was that CGMs aren’t very useful for people without diabetes.

I’d hoped to identify which foods, training styles, supplements caused pronounced deviations outside my fasting blood glucose levels. And it turns out, as you’d expect- oats, potatoes, bread, all caused a rise. But being extremely insulin and glucagon sensitive, any deviation was rapidly corrected.

The only other standout was that my BGL regulation was a fraction looser after a night of restless sleep (as expected).

The key takeaway?

Unless you have diabetes, you don’t need a device to tell you what’s causing insulin resistance. We already know what drives it- poor sleep, sedentarism, unmanaged stress, and excess consumption of calorie dense high GI foods.

Over the coming months, I’ll be opening up limited availability for online Clinical Naturopathy consultations.My areas o...
09/05/2026

Over the coming months, I’ll be opening up limited availability for online Clinical Naturopathy consultations.

My areas of particular interest include metabolic health, fatigue, gut health, stress physiology, sleep, mood, hormonal health, and sustainable behaviour change.

My clinical approach draws from physiology, pharmacology, nutritional medicine, herbal medicine, and behavioural science. The focus is always pragmatic, evidence-informed, and tailored to the individual.

Having navigated many of these challenges personally, I understand how profoundly they can affect energy, confidence, resilience, and vitality.

My goal is not simply to return people to baseline, but to help them function at a higher level physically, mentally, and emotionally.

This is Clinical Naturopathy for people ready to take ownership of their health.

If you’d like to join the waitlist, you can do so here:

chrismcatomney.com/waitlist

07/05/2026

Most people assume their blood sugar is fine.
They’ve just never actually measured it.

I’ll be running a CGM for the next 10 days.
Meals, sleep, stress, training.

I’ll be using MacroFactor to log everything I eat and drink, so I can overlay a time stamped diet diary onto my CGM data.

Not looking for perfection.
Just seeing what’s actually going on under the hood.

I’ll share what shows up.

05/05/2026

Iron deficiency isn’t always an intake problem.

You can be eating iron-rich foods… even supplementing… and still not move the needle.

Because absorption is regulated.

When inflammation is present, the body raises hepcidin and effectively blocks iron from being absorbed and released from storage.

From a survival standpoint, that makes sense.

From a modern lifestyle standpoint… not so much.

Poor sleep, chronic stress, sedentary, alcohol, and ultra-processed diets high in wheat and refined sugar…

All keep that signal switched on.

So if your iron isn’t improving, it’s worth asking:
Is it really a lack of iron… or is the brake still on?


02/05/2026

If there’s one domain where binary thinking won’t get you very far, it’s health.

Nor will dogma or idealism. We all (even me) have our preconceived notions of what’s great versus what gives us the ick.

But more often than not, those notions are based on sentiment and emotion, when in fact they should be based on context and data.

The key message- tools, foods, medications… they’re almost never good or bad.

And if you’re asking that, it suggests you don’t know what you’re trying to achieve.

To know what the best tool for the job is, first, define the job.

And if you’re not sure, that’s when it’s worth speaking to someone who can help you find out.


Many people get this backwards.They reach for herbs hoping they’ll fix what their daily habits are quietly breaking.Herb...
23/04/2026

Many people get this backwards.

They reach for herbs hoping they’ll fix what their daily habits are quietly breaking.

Herbs aren’t a substitute for the fundamentals.
They’re a tool. And like any tool, their value comes down to when and how they’re used.

There are a few situations where they actually shine.

First is when someone’s capacity is low.

They’re eating garbage, sedentary, dysregulated. Sleep is off, energy is flat, and even simple things like gentle exercise or preparing a decent meal feel like a stretch.

In that state, telling someone to “just be more disciplined” misses the point.

This is where herbs can act as a bridge.
Not to replace the basics, but to help restore enough baseline function that the basics become doable again.

Second is where most people sit.

They’re doing some things right, but not consistently. Energy fluctuates. Sleep is hit and miss. They have good days and then fall off.

Here, herbs can help stabilise things.

Smooth out the peaks and troughs.
Reduce friction.
Make it easier to show up the same way day after day and build behavioural frameworks that eliminate the requirement for herbs.

And then there’s the third group.

The ones who already have the fundamentals locked in.
They’re eating well, training consistently, sleeping properly.

At that point, herbs become a precision tool.

A way to pull specific levers.
Improve sleep quality a few percent.
Support recovery.
Refine focus.
Nudge physiology in a very targeted way.

Different use case entirely.

The mistake most people make is trying to use herbs to avoid doing the work.

That’s not what they’re for.

Used properly, they can be incredibly effective.
Used poorly, they just become another layer of noise.

The tool matters far less than the foundation it’s sitting on.

And whilst the tools change based on the context, the foundations of health remain static- they’re great sleep, clean diet, and regular exercise.

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