Gutsy By Nutrition

Gutsy By Nutrition Hello, I’m Nore Hoogstad. Nutritional Therapy is the science of cell health. When the needs of your cells are not met, disease sets in.

Women’s health & menopause specialist💖
I help women balance hormones, lose weight, regain energy & confidence💫
Natural medicine • Fasting (FLAG certified) • Mindset🌿
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– Functional Nutritional Therapist (targeted nutrition and lifestyle)

– Restorative Wellness Practitioner (functional lab testing in gut health, hormones, thyroid, blood chemistry and organic acid testing)

– Functional Genomic Nutrition Consultant (how YOUR genes are impacting your health)

– Functional Medicine student (SAFM)

– HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis) Practitioner

– Certified Gluten-Free Practitioner

– Integrative Health Coach | Transformation Life Coach |Psych-K Facilitator

– Yoga Teacher

I empower my clients to live the life they were meant to live by balancing their health using research-based personalised programs. By helping people become healthier, I hope to make the world not just a healthier place, but a calmer and happier one that’s more in tune with its environment.

💫If you can't figure out why you're still reacting to 'healthy' foods, the answers might be in your gut bacteria🦠💩 Stool...
03/12/2025

💫If you can't figure out why you're still reacting to 'healthy' foods, the answers might be in your gut bacteria🦠

💩 Stool testing doesn’t just tell you if you’ve got an infection — it reveals the patterns in your gut that can drive histamine reactions, allergies, sensitivities, and inflammation.

🧬 Your gut microbiome is made up of normal (beneficial), opportunistic, and pathogenic bacteria.

⚖️ When these get out of balance, they send ripple effects through your entire body — from your digestion to your hormones and even your mood.

Here are two powerful patterns stool testing can reveal 👇

1️⃣ Histamine overload pattern – When 8 specific opportunistic bacteria are overgrown, they can pump out histamine, triggering
😣 Food intolerances
😣 Unexplained rashes or flushing
😣 Headaches or post-meal fatigue

2️⃣ Allergy + sensitivity pattern – When 3 opportunistic species are high, 1 beneficial species is low, and gut markers like leaky gut, inflammation, or low immunity are present, this is a strong sign your gut lining is letting immune triggers through
👉 This can drive food reactions, inflammation, and even hormone imbalances.
Your gut is where most of your immunity, hormones, and neurotransmitters are built — so when your microbes misbehave, your whole system feels it

If you’re tired of reacting to everything you eat, it’s time to look deeper — not just at what you eat, but what’s living in your gut 💫

For more information, book a free Health Assessment here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 🤙😀🪷💃🏼

😲 The answers to these ongoing issues might lie in your stool.💩 Stool testing gives a deep look into what’s really going...
01/12/2025

😲 The answers to these ongoing issues might lie in your stool.

💩 Stool testing gives a deep look into what’s really going on in your gut — and it’s often where the missing clues behind gut symptoms, hormone chaos, or stubborn inflammation hide.

🦠 Your gut microbiome is made up of beneficial, opportunistic, and pathogenic bacteria. When these appear in certain patterns, they reveal what’s going wrong under the surface — especially when it comes to leaky gut (intestinal permeability).

Here are the three most common leaky-gut patterns I see
1️⃣ Pathogen + fungal dominance — a nasty bug or yeast overgrowth, low Lactobacillus, and high inflammation markers
👉 Usually linked to bloating, food sensitivities, and immune flares ☹️

2️⃣ Low short-chain fatty acids (butyrate) — from low beneficial bacteria that feed your gut lining
👉 The result? Poor gut barrier repair, nutrient malabsorption, and fatigue 😶‍🌫️

3️⃣ Poor mucosal health — especially low Akkermansia or Bacteroidetes
👉 Think thinning gut lining, constipation or diarrhea swings, and skin reactivity.
Your gut isn’t just about digestion — it’s where most of your immunity, hormones, and neurotransmitters are built and balanced 🤸🏽‍♂️

So if your symptoms don’t make sense, it might be time to look deeper — at your gut map 💫

For a chat about improving your gut and general health, book a free call here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 🤙😀🪷💃🏼

🙌 Your gut is where your health begins...👉 It's where you take in your surrounding environment, including your food and ...
30/11/2025

🙌 Your gut is where your health begins...

👉 It's where you take in your surrounding environment, including your food and the nutrients that every one of your trillions of cell needs. When things go wrong there, things go wrong systemically.

For help with resolving your gut and health problems, book a free chat here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 🤙😀🪷

😀 Some probiotic strains (note: some strains, not entire species) may increase histamine levels in some people 🫤This is ...
28/11/2025

😀 Some probiotic strains (note: some strains, not entire species) may increase histamine levels in some people 🫤

This is because they contain bacterial strains that feature histidine decarboxylase activity, an enzyme involved in histamine production 😲

Here are some probiotic species, then strains that can increase histamine levels...

✳️ Lactobacillus casei eg Shirota (LcS)
✳️ Lactobacillus bulgaricus eg DSM 20081
✳️ Lactobacillus reuteri eg DSM 17938
✳️ Lactobacillus helveticus eg R0052
✳️ Lactobacillus fermentum eg CECT 5716
✳️ Lactobacillus delbrueckii, subsp bulgaricus ATCC 11842
✳️ Streptococcus thermophilus (potentially, used in yoghurt/found in fermented foods) STY-31

Factors like someone's gut microbiomecomposition, genetics, underlying health conditions and dietary habits can all impact this sensitivity too 🧩

People should not have to be on a low histamine diet for good, only while finding the cause/s and dealing with them 💫

Book a free health assessment here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 😀🪷

🌿 While some probiotic species can increase histamine levels in susceptible individuals, others have histamine-lowering ...
26/11/2025

🌿 While some probiotic species can increase histamine levels in susceptible individuals, others have histamine-lowering effects such as these...

✅ Bifidobacterium infantis 35624, DSM 33361 – Reduce histamine levels, may modulate immune responses and reduce gut inflammation

✅ Bifidobacterium longum BB536, Rosell-175 – May be anti-inflammatory and lower histamines in the gut

✅ Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), HN001, GR-1 – Possible anti-inflammatory properties and mitigate histamine symptoms

✅ Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, DSM 9843 – Can modulate immune responses and reduce gut inflammation, maybe lowering histamines

✅ Bifidobacterium breve M-16V, Yakult – Have anti-inflammatory effects in pre-clinical studies, may regulate immune responses and reduce histamine production

✅ Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, DDS-1– Have histamine-lowering effects (other strains can raise)

👍🏼 The right probiotic can be a useful tool in a gut balancing and healing protocol that aims to support your immune system and resolve overactive histamine reactions and production.

Book a free health assessment here to see if I can help you with your histamine issues here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 💫🤙😀🪷

🤔 We don’t need another harsh exfoliant.We need to heal the root cause – our gut 🙌🦠A disrupted gut microbiome, sluggish ...
24/11/2025

🤔 We don’t need another harsh exfoliant.

We need to heal the root cause – our gut 🙌

🦠A disrupted gut microbiome, sluggish liver, and low nutrient intake / absorption keep the skin stuck in inflammation mode.

🌿 Once we rebuild our gut lining, feed the good bugs, rebalance the bad, and lower the internal fire, our skin finally calms down.

✨Healing the skin isn’t about perfection — it’s about restoring balance. Because our glow truly resides in our gut.

💫Book a FREE health assessment here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 🤙😀🪷💃🏼

😊 If your skin keeps breaking out, itching, flaring, or feeling inflamed… it could be more than 'just hormonal'.↔️ Our g...
23/11/2025

😊 If your skin keeps breaking out, itching, flaring, or feeling inflamed… it could be more than 'just hormonal'.

↔️ Our gut and skin are in constant conversation — and when our gut’s unhappy, our skin often shows it first.

Things like...
🦠 Dysbiosis (imbalanced gut microbes)
🦠 Leaky gut (overly permeable gut lining)
🦠 Slow detox or constipation
🦠 Nutrient loss or poor absorption..all translate into visible inflammation, redness, and congestion 🙌

Your skin doesn’t need to be fought — it needs to be listened to, AND UNDERSTOOD 🌿

💫 Next post, I’ll show you how to repair the gut–skin axis from the inside 😀🪷💃🏼

👋 Hi, I'm a functional nutritionist 🙌But what is functional nutrition?The best way I can explain it is that it...🌱 Sees ...
21/11/2025

👋 Hi, I'm a functional nutritionist 🙌

But what is functional nutrition?

The best way I can explain it is that it...

🌱 Sees the body as INTERCONNECTED rather than as separate parts
🌱 Identifies IMBALANCES rather than diseases
🌱 Deals with the ROOT CAUSE of health problems and not just the symptoms
🌱 Helps PREVENT disease rather than waiting for it to turn up
🌱 Views health as OPTIMAL WELLNESS rather than the absence of disease
🌱 Is HOLISTIC and not reductionist
🌱 Is SYSTEMIC, not specialised in different parts of the body

As a Functional Nutritionist, I look for IMBALANCES. And I support your WHOLE body to help correct them. This might include your diet, movement and environment ⚖️

Check out my website for recipes, blogs, videos and more, or contact me there to see if I can support you on your health journey 😻

gutsybynutrition.com.au 🤙😀🪷

😲 Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is characterised by the accumulation of excess fat in liver cells in people ...
20/11/2025

😲 Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is characterised by the accumulation of excess fat in liver cells in people who consume little to no alcohol.

🌺 It's a significant health issue, and is closely associated with obesity, t2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and I've found, halitosis.

But its relationship with our gut microbiome is interesting🤔

✳️ Dysbiosis - This refers to an imbalance in the gut microbiome, and has been linked to NAFLD development and progression

✳️ Metabolic endotoxemia - Dysbiosis can lead to increased intestinal permeability, or leaky gut, allowing bacterial toxins like lipopolysaccharides (LPS) to enter the bloodstream. This can trigger systemic inflammation and contribute to insulin resistance, a key factor in NAFLD

✳️ Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) - are what a healthy gut microbiome produces through the fermentation of dietary fibres. They have anti-inflammatory properties and are beneficial for liver health. A disrupted microbiome can lead to less SCFA production, exacerbating NAFLD

✳️ Fat metabolism - Some bacterial populations can influence how fats are absorbed and metabolised, impacting liver fat accumulation

✳️ Inflammation - Altered gut microbiota can lead to increased inflammation, contributing to liver inflammation and the progression towards NASH

✳️ Dietary Influence - Diet significantly impacts our gut microbiome composition. Diets high in refined sugars, unhealthy fats and low in fibre can promote dysbiosis, while a diet rich in whole foods, fibers, and fermented foods can support a healthier microbiome 💫😀🪷💃🏼

👋🏼 This is what sympathetic dominance – fight, flight and freeze mode, or STRESS – influences specific beneficial gut mi...
18/11/2025

👋🏼 This is what sympathetic dominance – fight, flight and freeze mode, or STRESS – influences specific beneficial gut microbes that support our health.

It can cause
❎ Low Bifidobacterium species
❎ Lower Lactobacillus species
❎ No growth of Enterococcus species
❎ Low beneficial bacteria
❎ Higher commensals (normal but not beneficial gut bacteria that can get out of control)
❎ The growth of harmful bacteria such as Clostridium and Escherichia coli

Other ways that stress influences the health of our gut include that it can
️✳️ Lower gut immunity (our gut is where 70-80% of our immune system resides)
✳️ Lower SCFAs, a beneficial fat created by our gut microbes that supports our gut lining and immunity
✳️ Increased intestinal permeability

Addressing our gut microbiota balance can benefit stress related adverse health outcomes through correcting dysbiosis (gut microbiome imbalances) and pathogen infections, along with poor immunity and increased intestinal permeability🌸

Similarly, addressing the root cause of stress can improve gut health, and therefore our general health. I use Psych-K as an easy and safe way to do this along with meditation, movement and spending time in nature🌹

When we do both - address gut imbalances and the causes of stress - that's a winning combination 🙌🏻 https://rb.gy/jbm5f3















Struggling with bloating, gas with plants, or post-antibiotic d😣 Struggling with bloating, gas with plants, or post-anti...
16/11/2025

Struggling with bloating, gas with plants, or post-antibiotic d😣 Struggling with bloating, gas with plants, or post-antibiotic d issues?

🦠 Bifidobacteria colonise the distal small intestine and colon, breaking down fibre into components (acetate and lactate) that feed other beneficial microbes. This species is our foundational starter.

💨 Low Bifidobacterium can cause gas, bloating, constipation, reflux, and weaker microbial networks.
⚖️ High Bifidobacterium usually reflects a strong foundational gut ecosystem. There is no evidence that high levels are harmful in healthy adults.

🥝 Support Bifidobacteria by eating prebiotic foods (onion, garlic, asparagus, kiwi), polyphenols (veggies, berries, cocoa, apples), and probiotics tat target bifidobacteria if needed.

💫 To learn more, book a FREE health assessment here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 🤙😀🪷💃🏼

🥱 Feeling sluggish, constipated, or low on energy after meals?🦠 Roseburia species ferment dietary fibre into butyrate, s...
13/11/2025

🥱 Feeling sluggish, constipated, or low on energy after meals?

🦠 Roseburia species ferment dietary fibre into butyrate, supporting smooth digestion, gut motility, and metabolic health. Roseburia spp is our fibre whisperer.

💩 Low Roseburia can contribute to constipation, slow digestion, bloating, sugar crashes, and low SCFA production.
🎉 High Roseburia generally signals efficient fibre fermentation and a well-functioning microbiome. There is no clear evidence of harmful 'excess' levels in humans.

👉🏼 To support Roseburia, gradually increase fibre intake, hydrate, include prebiotics like beta-glucans and resistant starch, and eat consistent meals.

💫 To learn more, book a FREE health assessment here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 🤙😀🪷💃🏼

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Have you feared your professional life might be over because of your health?

I thought mine was, despite being relatively young. I felt like the life force inside me was being extinguished along with my will to work.

Prior to this, I’d had a full professional career as a diplomat, working for the United Nations and as a corporate communications consultant. I worried all of this was behind me. I no longer had the energy or clarity of mind I needed.

Can you relate?