The Healthy Gut Clinic

The Healthy Gut Clinic By colon cleansing and rebalancing their gut microbiome, we help people with digestive problems and health issues to regain their comfort and confidence.

At The Healthy Gut Clinic we offer a range of treatments, products and educational resources to those suffering from digestive discomfort, and those simply looking to maximise their health through prevention.

19/06/2026

A simple explanation of the physical aspect of your colon 🤩💩xx

I know as you look at these two images, you just see a few columns and some blue squares. At a glance it doesn’t mean mu...
18/06/2026

I know as you look at these two images, you just see a few columns and some blue squares. At a glance it doesn’t mean much, but the difference in these two sets of results is impressive.

This is information that we receive after clients complete a health questionnaire. The set on the left is the outcome before doing Purify - the 21 day gut reset programme. The set on the right is what we see after the process.

Notice the marked improvement in the health of this person’s digestive, nervous and immune systems.

This is how much a body can heal when it is given the right ingredients and a more suitable environment.

Purify continues to impress me as a gut health practitioner. It is just three weeks of your life, a recommended food list and five high quality scientifically proven supplements.

If you want to know more about this, please drop me a line.

Struggling with constipation?One of the biggest misconceptions I see is that more fibre is always the answer.Sometimes i...
12/06/2026

Struggling with constipation?

One of the biggest misconceptions I see is that more fibre is always the answer.

Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it makes things worse.

Bowel function is influenced by hydration, movement, stress levels, medication, routine, gut bacteria and many other factors. Every person is different.

If you've been relying on the same advice without seeing results, it may be time to take a more individual approach.

A colonic is a great place to start 😊 xx

Constipation on Holiday 💩🤞😬It’s that time of year when people are beginning to look forward to their holidays. Buying ne...
27/05/2026

Constipation on Holiday 💩🤞😬

It’s that time of year when people are beginning to look forward to their holidays. Buying new clothes, sunglasses, hats and protective creams - and the all important constipation aid - because yes, bowels do not always comply in a different environment.

So I wrote a blog about why your bowels grind to a halt when you go on holiday and why, what should be a time of excitement and relaxation becomes blighted by bloating, farting and feeling full.

The link is in the comments.

It’s my work birthday 🎉 and I am 21 years old... I know I look a bit older than that! But yes, 21 years ago I completed ...
25/05/2026

It’s my work birthday 🎉 and I am 21 years old... I know I look a bit older than that!

But yes, 21 years ago I completed my training to become a 💩 Colonic Hydrotherapy Practitioner.

At that time of course, gut health wasn’t a thing. No-one knew anything much about the microbiome 🦠, and trauma and dysregulated nervous systems 😬 were yet to be reliably connected to a poorly functioning gut.

It’s been a really interesting career - and definitely not one I thought I would find myself doing when asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?”

Maybe I am still waiting to grow up?! After all this time at the business end of the digestive process, I can’t deny that I still find farts 💨 amusing 😆.

But I do also have a persistent reverence 🙏🏼 for the part that colonic irrigation plays in supporting health and wellbeing. It is a privilege to be given the trust to work with people in this way.

I feel truly blessed to have a role that helps people, and engages my mind, heart and soul.

We often focus on what we eat, but rarely on the state we are in whilst eating it.Your digestive system doesn’t just res...
18/05/2026

We often focus on what we eat, but rarely on the state we are in whilst eating it.

Your digestive system doesn’t just respond to food. It responds to you.

Eating whilst stressed, rushing, doom-scrolling, driving, arguing, or mentally rehearsing tomorrow’s problems sends a very different message through the body than eating in a calmer, more settled state.

Digestion is not just chemistry. It is physiology, rhythm, environment and nervous system.

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your gut is not a supplement, but simply slowing down long enough for your body to recognise that it is safe to digest.

Somewhere along the line, we seem to have collectively forgotten what a calm nervous system actually feels like.People w...
16/05/2026

Somewhere along the line, we seem to have collectively forgotten what a calm nervous system actually feels like.

People wake exhausted, flood themselves with caffeine, race through the day fuelled by stimulants, sugar and stress hormones, then lie awake at night wondering why they feel anxious, restless or unable to settle. And because humans are meaning-making creatures, we rarely experience physiological activation as physiology. We interpret it psychologically.

“I’m overwhelmed.”
“I can’t cope.”
“Something bad is going to happen.”
“My anxiety is terrible.”

Now, of course anxiety is real. Human beings suffer. Life is hard. But I increasingly wonder how many people are unknowingly living inside chronically stimulated nervous systems and then building entire identities and narratives around the sensations that follow.

Because stimulants don’t just affect the mind. They affect the body. The bowel included.

Anyone working in gut health sees this constantly. Coffee can stimulate bowel motility. Energy drinks can create urgency, cramping, loose stools, reflux, bloating, jitters, sweating and that strange internal sense of “being driven.” Some people become constipated under stress; others practically develop a direct espresso-to-toilet transit system.

The bowel is not separate from the nervous system. It is exquisitely responsive to it.

And yet modern culture treats permanent activation as normal.

Teenagers and young adults consume enormous amounts of caffeine through coffees, pre-workouts, fizzy drinks and energy drinks while simultaneously sleeping badly, scrolling endlessly, living indoors, moving less, worrying more and existing under relentless cognitive stimulation. Then we act surprised that anxiety disorders are soaring.

To be clear, caffeine itself is not evil. Used consciously, caffeinated drinks can sharpen thinking beautifully. I occasionally use them myself (Synergy’s E9) and can feel the almost crystalline clarity they create. For some nervous systems, especially more chaotic or scattered ones, stimulation can even create a paradoxical sense of order.

But there is a difference between feeling alive and being activated.

That distinction matters.

A regulated nervous system can usually tolerate stimulation and then return to baseline. An already dysregulated nervous system often cannot. The stimulation doesn’t create the fire from nowhere; it pours accelerant onto embers already burning beneath the surface.

And perhaps this is the deeper issue: many people no longer recognise the sensation of regulation. Calm feels flat. Stillness feels unfamiliar. Silence feels uncomfortable. So they oscillate endlessly between stimulation and collapse, mistaking activation for vitality.

Sometimes the body is not telling a psychological story at all.

Sometimes it is simply saying:
“Too much; too long” xx

Resistant starch is one of those slightly boring-sounding nutrition terms that’s actually pretty exciting once you under...
12/05/2026

Resistant starch is one of those slightly boring-sounding nutrition terms that’s actually pretty exciting once you understand what it does. 😄

In simple terms, it’s a type of starch that resists digestion in the small intestine… which means it travels down into the large bowel where your gut bacteria can ferment it and use it as fuel.

Think of it as fertiliser for the “good guys” in your microbiome.

When those bacteria ferment resistant starch, they produce compounds called short-chain fatty acids - particularly butyrate - which is incredibly important for gut lining health, inflammation regulation and healthy bowel function.

So where do we find it?

🥔 Cooked and cooled potatoes
🍚 Cooked and cooled rice
🍝 Cooked and cooled pasta
🍌 Slightly green bananas
🌾 Oats
🫘 Beans, lentils and chickpeas
🥣 Overnight oats are a lovely easy example

Interestingly, when certain starchy foods are cooked and then cooled, part of the starch structure changes into resistant starch. Even if you reheat them gently afterwards, some of that benefit remains.

This is one reason why cold potato salad or leftover rice isn’t automatically “bad” — your gut bugs may actually be delighted. 😄

Now before everyone starts panic-eating pasta salad by the bucketload… context matters.

Some people with very sensitive guts, bloating, IBS or SIBO may need to go slowly because suddenly increasing fermentable fibres can create more gas and discomfort at first.

Healthy gut work is rarely about extremes. It’s usually about diversity, consistency and giving your body what it can actually tolerate and use well.

Your gut bacteria are a bit like a garden.
Feed them well consistently… and they tend to behave better. 🌱

Constipation is one of those things people often minimise.“I only go every few days.”“I’m just a bit sluggish.”“I’ve alw...
09/05/2026

Constipation is one of those things people often minimise.

“I only go every few days.”
“I’m just a bit sluggish.”
“I’ve always been like this.”

But your poos are not supposed to behave like a reluctant houseguest who refuses to leave.

A healthy bowel should empty comfortably, regularly, and without you having to strain, brace, breathe through it, pray, or negotiate with it.

And constipation isn’t just about not going to the toilet enough.
It can show up as:
– bloating
– trapped wind
– reflux
– headaches
– fatigue
– nausea
– skin issues
– feeling heavy or uncomfortable after eating
– incomplete emptying
– rabbit droppings
– or spending half your life wondering if today’s the day something finally happens.

Sometimes the bowel is simply sluggish.
Sometimes the nervous system is involved.
Sometimes people are eating well but the mechanics just aren’t working properly anymore.

This is where colonic hydrotherapy can really help.

A colonic is not just “a cleanse.” Done properly, it can help rehydrate impacted stool, stimulate natural peristalsis, reduce pressure and stagnation, and help the bowel begin functioning more effectively again.

People often tell me afterwards:
“I feel lighter.”
“My stomach’s gone down.”
“I can finally go properly again.”
“I didn’t realise how uncomfortable I’d become until it stopped.”

And perhaps most importantly, we create a calm, safe environment where your body can stop fighting itself for an hour.
No judgement. No embarrassment. No woo.

Just practical support for a body that may be struggling more than you realise.

If your gut has been whispering for a while that something isn’t right… it may be worth listening.

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