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Steph Gates Nutrition

Digestive symptoms aren’t just food issues.
💜 Mineral-first gut & metabolism support
HTMA guided 1:1 work Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis testing available.

Helping you to truly nourish your body so you can ditch the fatigue, hormone, and gut issues!

06/15/2026

Years ago, I learned how to stop giving so much power to a single meal.

One meal is not going to make or break your health. Especially when you’re traveling.

I used to approach restaurant meals completely differently. Because I didn’t eat out often, I’d tell myself this was my chance to have all the things I normally wouldn’t eat at home.

The appetizer.
The fries.
The dessert.
The extra treats afterward.

And there’s nothing inherently wrong with those foods. I still enjoy them from time to time.

But healing my relationship with food changed the way I think about meals like this.

Instead of asking: “How much can I fit in?”

I started asking: “What would actually sound good and help me feel good?”

Tonight that looked like fish, rice, and vegetables for dinner. And ice cream afterward with Josh.

Not because I’m trying to be “good.” Not because I’m earning dessert. But because all foods can coexist.

A healthy relationship with food means you don’t have to choose between enjoying your life and supporting your health. And this is absolutely something I work on with all of my 1:1 clients.

06/10/2026

I’ve actually been drinking this daily for the past three months and my gut is loving it!

Every morning I fill this cup about 3/4 full with plain kefir. It’s full of probiotics, the beneficial bacteria your gut needs to thrive. Not only for good digestion, but for healthy hormones, metabolism…everything!

I then fill the rest with orange juice. Before you freak out about the “sugar”, it’s not that much juice. This provides my body with a boost of potassium and vitamin C. Which is really helpful for not only thyroid health, but also our adrenals (your stress management system).

I include this little concoction with my breakfast that is well balanced with protein, healthy fats and fiber. The kefir also provides a little extra protein as well.

This is one of my favorite ways to support my digestion & gut health that doesn’t involve any supplements.

06/04/2026

You don’t have to spend another year planning your life around your stomach.

If bloating, fullness, food stress, and digestive discomfort have become your normal; I created something for you.

The De-Bloat Tipping Point Method is now live {it’s absolutely free! 🎉} and ready for you to watch.

https://stephgatesnutrition.myflodesk.com/de-bloat

05/29/2026

She’s been struggling with a lot of symptoms over the past several weeks before she hired me.
Very hormone driven
Lots of stress related

It stuck with me after she asked that last night, “what if we don’t find anything?”

That fear is so valid.

So many women go to the doctor because they don’t feel like themselves anymore, only to be told that everything looks normal.

You’re just stressed.
Have you tried eating less?
Are you sure you’re exercising enough?
🙄

And after hearing that enough times, it becomes this exhausting cycle where you start questioning yourself.

You feel frustrated and defeated. It’s like you’re stuck living in a body that you don’t recognize anymore.

Here’s what I told her & it’s important that you know this too:

We will find answers.

Not because I’m chasing symptoms or trying to diagnose anything through labs. That’s not the goal.

What I’m looking at is:
👉WHY is your body struggling right now?
👉WHY are these symptoms happening?
👉WHY don’t you feel like yourself anymore?

When I look at testing, I’m not simply asking: “Is this normal or not?”

I’m asking:
✨What is your body needing right now?
✨What stressors are affecting it?
✨What nutrient imbalances are showing up?
✨What lifestyle factors could be contributing?

And when it comes to bloodwork, I look through a more functional lens rather than just a traditional one.

Because most “normal” lab ranges are based on a population that is already unwell.

I’m looking at:
✅How do we support your body into a more optimal state?
✅How do we help your body feel safe enough to heal?
✅How do we address what’s actually driving the dysfunction?

You see how it’s so different from what you’ve tried before?

You don’t have to continue navigating all of this on your own.

This is my job. This is what my clients hire me for.

We look at the full picture:
💜 Digestion
💜 Minerals
💜 Stress
💜 Hormones
💜 Lifestyle
💜 Nutrition
💜 Nervous system support
💜 Functional testing

Not just to manage symptoms temporarily, but to understand what your body has been trying to communicate all along.

And I can help you, too. 🤍

https://p.bttr.to/3seOIwa

05/22/2026

Celebrating a milestone this morning 💜

This work means the world to me and I’ll never take for granted that I’ve found a career where I get to help others find answers to their health problems.

This is for all of the women that need someone who can help them understand what their body has been trying to say all along.

Because symptoms are never random.

And like the new client that came into my office yesterday; being so tired that you’re in bed at 6:30 pm and in her words feeling “grumpy AF” before your cycle starts…is NOT normal.

Behind that 👆 Behind the bloating & other digestive troubles, exhaustion, food confusion, and burnout; there are deeper depletion patterns that have been building for a while.

Every single test tells a different story. Your results tell your story. What your body needs.

If you feel like your body has been waving red flags and nobody has helped you connect the dots yet

My HTMA Intensive was created exactly for that. Send me a message to discuss details & getting started or book via the link here:

https://l.bttr.to/aZlfL

05/21/2026

Healing won’t always look like some big before & after photo.

Sometimes healing looks like eating ice cream on a long car ride home with your husband next to you. Feeling relaxed, enjoying the conversation and realizing your body no longer feels like an emergency!

It wasn’t even the ice cream that hit me.

It was the fact that there was a time in my life where I would intentionally NOT eat before or during car rides because I was terrified of needing to use the bathroom when I couldn’t stop.

So I would go hours without eating. Not because I wanted to, but because I was scared.

Scared of the cramping.
Scared of the urgency.
Scared of feeling trapped in a car wondering “What if my stomach start acting up right now?”

Some of you know what this feels like. Your whole life starts to quietly revolve around your digestion.

👉Where the bathrooms are
👉How long the drive is
👉Whether you should eat beforehand
👉Whether food is safe
👉Whether your stomach will embarrass you

And after a while, you stop realizing how abnormal it even is because you’ve adapted to it for so long.

That’s why the ice cream mattered. Even after all these years, these little moments still matter to me.

I cannot explain to you enough how much peace there is in all of this.

The biggest shift won’t always come from the food.

It’s learning to make your body feel safe again

💜 It’s also supporting your digestion
💜 Supporting your mineral levels
💜 Supporting your nervous system & the nutrients that are essential to that
💜 Actually understanding WHY your body is reacting the way it is instead of fearing everything all the time

This is what changed everything for me. There is nothing small about finally feeling free around food, travel, and your own body again.

05/19/2026

Looking back, understanding what l know now. So many of my own digestive struggles were driven by how messed up my nervous system was.

This goes deeper than meditating. Or monthly massages. Chiropractic adjustments. Journaling.

I want to look at your mineral levels as well.

Minerals like magnesium & sodium are absolutely crucial to how our body handles every day stress and how well our nervous system stays regulated.

As with anything though; it's just ONE piece to the puzzle.

You need someone in your corner to use a different lens when it comes to your digestive struggles. One that zooms out, considers all angles and creates a toolbox unique to your needs!

05/18/2026

For a lot of women, the missing piece is that their body has been stuck in stress mode for so long that digestion never fully gets the chance to function the way it's supposed to.

This is the work we do together, it's so much more than food.

We focus on supporting:
💜 The nervous system
💜 Mineral balance
💜 Digestion
💜 Blood sugar stability
💜 Meal habits
💜 And the underlying stress patterns keeping the body stuck in survival mode

All so you can finally stop planning your day around your stomach.

If you're tired of obsessing over your stomach and want a root cause approach to digestive healing; message me and let’s start the conversation.

05/14/2026

I used to go out to eat and feel painfully full before my actual meal even arrived.

A side salad
One roll
Few bites of dinner

That was enough to make me feel heavy, bloated, and uncomfortable for the rest of the night.

People used to say that I would eat like a bird.

But underneath the surface, my digestion was struggling.

What changed wasn't an elimination diet or eating cleaner.

I started supporting my body differently:
🫶eating regular meals throughout the day
🫶stopping the habit of saving all of my food for one big meal later
🫶supporting stomach acid and digestion instead of overwhelming it with huge drinks at meals
🫶focusing on minerals and digestive capacity, not just food avoidance

Now I can enjoy a meal out & continue on with my night feeling normal.

If you get overly full, feel uncomfortable after eating, or constantly feel like your stomach has hit its limit way too early

Your body is trying to tell you something.

05/13/2026

Bloating isn’t the problem, it’s simply information coming from your body.

It’s often a sign that your body is struggling with:
👉 digestive capacity
👉 stress load
👉 mineral balance
👉 gut function
👉 motility
👉 food breakdown & tolerance

And that’s why removing foods only works for so long.

When you can dial in and determine your personal tipping point your digestion needs; your body stops being so reactive to meals.

Meaning you've got to support your body's ability to properly break down, tolerate, move, and utilize food again.

This approach literally changes everything!

I use a root cause digestive approach to uncover what your body’s asking for underneath the symptoms.

That’s the difference between constantly managing your bloating and actually understanding it.

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