Rachel Balm Naturopathy, Perth (2026)

I’m a gut health Naturopath with a passion for helping people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). I love helping people experience a lighter and ‘happy’ gut, because I understand it like nobody else – on a personal and professional level. My online practice offers 1:1 consultations, education, community support, and expertise in pathology testing, nutrition and herbal medicine.

31/01/2023

In my last post, I shared about the research that’s shown the importance of us eating 30 plant foods a week. By plant foods, I mean different fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, spices, legumes, and grains.

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Eating a varied diet has many health benefits from the range of vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, antioxidants and fibres that it gives you.

It’s also a great way to enjoy food without your regular meals getting stale! 😍

Nutritionists are now starting to see that diversity is more important than quantity when it comes to plant foods. Lots of different foods provide a range of fibres that your various gut microbes feed on to produce beneficial by-products, like short-chain fatty acids.

SO... HOW CAN YOU FIND YOUR 30 FOODS? 🤗

✨ Here are some tips to get started ✨

1️⃣ Buy a local fruit and veg box.
2️⃣ Keep a diary.
3️⃣ Make it a fun challenge.
4️⃣ Use fresh and frozen products.
5️⃣ Mix in some fermented foods.
6️⃣ Simple swaps.

⏰ Remember, most of all to create a rainbow. If your meal looks rather mono-toned - you need to mix it up!

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25/01/2023

✨ Here's my story ✨

I started getting stomach issues in my early teens. A major trigger for this was stress. Another major trigger was Helicobacter pylori.

After multiple rounds of antibiotics, the H. Pylori cleared but my gut didn’t recover. It got worse. 😟

I had burning pains in my stomach, regardless of if or when I ate. I bloated often, had abdominal pain, and altered bowel motions. 💩

My immune system was weakened, and my first defence - my stomach - was out of whack! This made me vulnerable to illness and food poisoning. 🤕

The effects of the food poisoning lingered, and I didn’t know until years down the track that the digestive symptoms I was experiencing were because of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗢, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗢 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲!! 😩

This affected my life in many ways...

👉🏼 I become sensitive to foods, and couldn’t enjoy eating without feeling the ‘side effects’ of it.

👉🏼 I lost weight, to the point where I weighed less than my 14-year-old self. It wasn’t healthy weight loss, but the SIBO was inhibiting my ability to properly absorb nutrients from the foods I was eating.

👉🏼 I started to become obsessed with restricting my diet.

👉🏼 My gut affected my mood, my sleep, and my relationships.. and I just couldn’t take it anymore!

𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 😃

So that's my story, what's yours? 😲

Let me know below👇🏼

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20/01/2023

💥 Let's talk IBS! 💥

Are you suspecting that you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?⁠ If so, you are in the right place to learn more and discover some simple strategies you can start implementing to ease your digestive distress. ⁠
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🤔 So let's begin.. What is IBS? ⁠

→ It is a gut condition that is intimately linked to our nervous system. Your brain sends messages to your digestive system every few seconds through your enteric nerve, which is located in your gut. This is directly impacted by things like constant stress and emotional turmoil. ⁠
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→ Something else that directly impacts people with IBS is food. In fact it is a major trigger for approximately 90% of IBS sufferers. I'll be talking more about this in the coming weeks because it is a cornerstone of treatment and getting well again. ⁠

🤔 What are the symptoms of IBS?

⁠→ Alternating bowel motions, going from diarrhoea to constipation.⁠
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→ Painful abdominal cramping. ⁠
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→ Bloating and discomfort.⁠
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If this resonates with you, and you suspect that IBS is the cause of your digestive distress, please stay tuned to learn more about how you can manage it.⁠

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18/01/2023

✨ Success ✨⁠
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Success in anything.. in your career, your relationships, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 - is never accidental. ⁠
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It takes:⁠

✴️ intentional action⁠
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✴️ determination⁠
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✴️ patience⁠
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✴️ support⁠
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✴️ a healthy mindset⁠
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✴️ willingness to learn and make mistakes⁠

✴️ awareness of what's truly beneficial for you
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✴️ and a solid 'why' to get you through it all!⁠
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What do you think you need for your success?
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Address

Perth, WA

Telephone

+61894636682

Website

http://www.rachelbalm.com.au/

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