Dr. Sandeep Gupta

10/03/2026

The key is not to try to totally stop menopause and perimenopause, but rather to stay in balance to the best degree possible.

This means supporting the gut-liver-hormone interaction and also the adrenal and thyroid glands to get the most optimal results.

Sometimes stress, nutritional deficiencies and environmental toxicants can complicate the picture and dealing with those can help women to make this transition in the most healthy way possible.

If interested and local to the Sunshine Coast, come check out our talk next Wednesday evening in Mooloolaba.

https://events.humanitix.com/hormonal-balance-conducting-your-body-s-delicate-symphony

10/03/2026

Whether you are a health coach, acupuncturist, or another type of practitioner, it is vital that you are fully capable of recognising patterns related to dampness and mold and its wider impacts. This course is designed to be explored week by week, giving you the time to absorb each module thoughtfully and integrate the learning into your practice. Participant questions guide discussion and deepen understanding, creating a collaborative, supportive experience.

Enroll in the second cohort now to begin your journey: https://lotusinstitutehh.com/mold-illness-mastery/

07/03/2026

The experience of hormones is deeply personal, yet our language around them often feels generic. Recognising that hormonal pathways express differently across individuals — influenced by biology, lifestyle and history — can encourage a more nuanced conversation.

This blog approaches bio-identical hormones through the lens of prescision rather than routine, considering how conceptual frameworks shift when we account for differences in physiology and lived experience.

If this resonates with your own questions about hormonal balance, you’re invited to explore this in more detail.

🔗 https://www.lotusholisticmedicine.com.au/blog/how-bio-identical-hormones-differ-for-men-and-women/

04/03/2026

Even if your focus is not specifically on mold illness, understanding it can help you when a client's presentation is driven partly or wholly by dampness and mold.

Whether you are exploring chronic conditions or new functional medicine approaches, being aware of mould and biotoxins can provide keys for healing. The tools and investigative strategies we discuss offer a framework for thoughtful, root-cause exploration in a variety of contexts, and specifically help you to work with mold as an underlying driving factor behind chronic illness.

Join our mailing list to be part of the second cohort of the course: https://lotusinstitutehh.com/mold-illness-mastery/

01/03/2026

Dark, puffy circles under the eyes—especially in children, can hint at environmental triggers like mold. dust mite or pollens. Persistent symptoms despite repeated treatments may signal a fungal component, highlighting the importance of a careful environmental history.
Join the second cohort of the Mold Illness Mastery Course to explore these insights in depth with Dr. Amy Derksen and Dr. Sandeep Gupta.

https://lotusinstitutehh.com/mold-illness-mastery/

27/02/2026

Please check out our new YouTube channel:

Practitioner course in mold-related illnesses (including CIRS, DMHS etc). Featuring Dr. Sandeep Gupta and Dr. Amy Derksoen, this 8-week interactive journey will lead you from being a newbie to mold to being confident with making a start with mold illness patients. With thorough PDF slides, study not...

27/02/2026

Chronic fatigue, histamine reactions, or fibromyalgia-like symptoms often have a common thread. Hidden mold—from water leaks, damp homes, or humid climates—can silently release mycotoxins that linger in the body and affect multiple body systems due to inflammation and metabolic effects.

Join the second cohort of the Mold Illness Mastery Course to explore these insights in depth with Dr. Amy Derksen and Dr. Sandeep Gupta.

https://lotusinstitutehh.com/mold-illness-mastery/

25/02/2026

For many practitioners, some patients can feel like a challenge because standard approaches don’t fully address their complex patterns. Recognising when mould may be a contributing factor is often a matter of careful history-taking and pattern recognition. With the right investigative tools, these patients can be understood and supported more effectively, turning uncertainty into clarity and enabling more confident care.

Enroll now to develop these skills and expand your clinical toolkit: https://lotusinstitutehh.com/mold-illness-mastery/

23/02/2026

Useful info !

Did you know? Symptoms related to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) often overlap with symptoms of thyroid disease, and studies show that up to 50 percent of those with hypothyroidism may have SIBO!

Once you have SIBO, it can lead to intestinal permeability and contribute to a long list of digestive symptoms.

Conditions like IBS, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, and restless leg syndrome have all been tied to SIBO.

SIBO can also cause a depletion of vitamin B12 and iron, as well as lower levels of digestive enzymes like lactase (which digests lactose in dairy) and amylase (which digests starch), making it more difficult to digest many foods.

If you’ve noticed that fibrous foods, fermented foods, histamine-containing foods, prebiotics, cruciferous veggies, and/or the use of probiotics seem to cause a flare-up in your digestive symptoms, there’s a good chance you have an overgrowth of bacteria in your small intestines. That is because these foods feed the bacteria in your intestines and cause them to multiply, contributing to the overgrowth.

Do you - or does someone you know - have symptoms of SIBO?

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22/02/2026

Fungal growths in the sinuses can be surprisingly common—even when scans or surgical notes don’t show them. Surface sprays alone may not be enough. Practices like Neti rinses, propolis-based sprays, or nasal insufflation techniques can help support sinus health in a more thorough, individualized way.

Join the second cohort of the Mold Illness Mastery Course to explore these insights in depth with Dr. Amy Derksen and myself teaching in tandem.

https://lotusinstitutehh.com/mold-illness-mastery/

18/02/2026

There are few topics as layered and deeply felt as hormonal balance. For many, the journey through symptoms, questions, and possibilities can feel heavy, confusing, or unresolved. Rather than rushing to simple explanations, a root-cause perspective invites us to look with patience and curiosity — observing patterns, asking thoughtful questions, and contextualising individual experience within the broader landscape of lifestyle, physiology, and time.

Bio-identical hormone treatment is one such area where a nuanced lens can be helpful. Looking at how hormonal therapies are understood over the long term encourages a reflective approach — one that honours both scientific inquiry and the lived experience of people navigating these choices.

If this resonates, you’re welcome to explore this conversation further and consider how these perspectives intersect with your own health narrative.

Read more here:
🔗 https://www.lotusholisticmedicine.com.au/blog/bio-identical-hormone-treatment-long-term-effects/

17/02/2026

Great info !

Glycine works for sleep but doesn't work like a typical "sleep supplement." It works like a thermostat.

When you take 3g of glycine before bed, it crosses the blood-brain barrier and binds to NMDA receptors in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brain's master circadian clock. This activates the medial preoptic area, which triggers peripheral vasodilation: blood flow increases to your hands and feet, heat radiates out through the skin, and your core body temperature drops. That temperature drop is the same signal your body produces naturally before sleep onset. Glycine just makes it happen more reliably.

This was mapped at Stanford by Kawai and colleagues. When they ablated the SCN in animal models, glycine's sleep-promoting and hypothermic effects disappeared entirely, confirming this is the target, not a downstream side effect. In human trials, 3g before bed reduced sleep-onset latency and next-day fatigue in volunteers with sleep complaints.

Polysomnographic data showed improved subjective sleep quality correlated with the temperature shift. The practical detail nobody mentions: glycine is one of the cheapest amino acids on the market. A 3g dose costs roughly nine cents. It has no sedative hangover because it isn't a sedative. It works through the same thermoregulatory cascade that a hot bath before bed exploits, peripheral vasodilation leading to core cooling, except it initiates it centrally rather than peripherally.

*None of this means glycine replaces sleep hygiene or addresses underlying sleep disorders. .

Kawai et al., Neuropsychopharmacology, 2015
Bannai et al., Frontiers in Neurology, 2012
Yamadera et al., Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2007