Your Root Cause

08/03/2026

🥦"Lemon Glow Broccoli bowl" 🍋

A quick, nourishing side dish packed with fibre, vitamins and minerals, helping us reach that goal of 5 cups of vegetables a day.

Serves: 3–4

Ingredients
🥦2 medium heads broccoli, cut into florets
🥜¼ cup pine nuts, lightly toasted
🧀¼ cup parmesan cheese, shaved or grated
🫒1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
🍋1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
🍃 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (or ½ tsp dried)
🧂Sea salt, to taste
🌶️Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste.

Method

Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Add the broccoli florets and cook for 2–3 minutes until bright green and just tender.
Drain well and place into a serving bowl.
Drizzle over the olive oil and lemon juice.
Add the toasted pine nuts, parmesan and thyme.
Season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, then gently toss to combine.

Serve warm as a simple, nourishing side with grilled chicken, fish or a wholesome bowl.

✨ A delicious way to add another cup of vegetables to your day.

💛 Mel @ Your root cause

04/03/2026

Headaches.
Bloating.
Constipation.
Skin flare-ups.
Hot flushes.
Heavy periods.

We’re quick to blame hormones…
But have we supported the organ that clears them?

Your liver processes used oestrogen so it can safely leave the body.
If that clearance pathway is sluggish, especially if bowels aren’t moving daily — oestrogen can recirculate.

And that’s when we often see signs of oestrogen dominance:
• PMS
• Breast tenderness
• Fluid retention
• Acne or inflammatory skin
• Perimenopausal hot flushes
• Brain fog + headaches

This isn’t about a 3-day juice cleanse.
It’s about foundations.
Daily fibre.
Enough protein.
Bitter greens.
Hydration.
Reducing alcohol.
Regular bowel movements.

Your body detoxes every single day.
The question is, are we giving it what it needs to do that well?

Supplements support.
Food + lifestyle do the heavy lifting.

🌿 Mel
Your Root Cause

23/02/2026

Supplements are called supplements for a reason.
They supplement the foundations, not replace them.

Morning Sunlight.
Nourishing whole foods.
Movement that builds strength.
Deep sleep.
Connection and calm.
Water. Vegetables. Daily steps.

Start here.

Everything else is the bonus.

17/02/2026

Sticky Beef Noodle Bowls

Meals like this don’t just fill you up, they replenish you.
Protein to repair and build.
Minerals to support energy.
Fibre to nourish your gut.
Warming spices to support digestion.

Simple food.
Real nourishment.
Deep support.
Your body feels the difference ✨

2 tbsp Coconut oil
I onion thinly diced
2 Stalks of celery diced
500 g lean beef mince
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp fresh grated ginger
⅓ cup tamari
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp honey
1 chilli finely diced
2 cups broccoli florets
2 cups carrot, julienned or grated
2 cups red capsicum, sliced thin

To serve
2 cups cooked rice noodles
2 tbsp crushed peanuts
1 small bunch coriander
1 Shallot (thinly sliced)

1. Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add onion and celery and sauté until soft and lightly golden.
2. Add beef, garlic, ginger, and pepper. Cook, breaking up the mince, until browned.
3. Add veggies and simmer until soft.
5. Stir in tamari, vinegar, honey, and chili. Simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce thickens and coats the beef.
6. Cook noodles according to packet instructions, then toss through the beef mixture. Add a splash of reserved noodle water if needed.

Divide into 4 bowls, and top with crushed nuts, fresh coriander and shallots.

✨ Make extra… because tomorrow’s lunch is sorted and it tastes even better the next day.
This is the kind of meal that supports your nervous system, fuels your cells, and keeps blood sugar steady so energy stays stable (no 3pm crash 🙌).

💛 Mel

08/02/2026

HOT TAKE: If you need flavoured electrolytes just to drink water,
your body might be asking for minerals and bile support, not another powder.

Real lemon supports the liver and bile flow, which helps with fat digestion, hormone clearance and even bloating.
For many people, this simple daily habit is far gentler on the gut and nervous system.

💧Daily: water + Celtic sea salt + lemon
⚡Electrolytes: use strategically, not automatically
Health doesn’t have to be extreme, just aligned.

✨ Book a free discovery call
🔗 Link in bio
💛Your Root Cause

04/02/2026

Carbs aren’t the enemy, chronic restriction is.
For many women, avoiding carbs can quietly disrupt gut health, hormones, energy and mood.

Your gut bacteria rely on carbohydrates, your hormones rely on adequate fuel, and your nervous system needs consistency to feel safe.

If you’ve been bloated, exhausted, anxious, struggling with PMS or feeling “off” despite eating well, it may not be what you’re eating, but what you’re avoiding.

This isn’t about ultra-processed foods. It’s about whole-food carbohydrates that support gut diversity, hormone balance and stress resilience.

✨ Food is information.
✨ Fuel is not something to fear.

If you’re unsure what your body needs, you can book a free discovery call via the link in bio 🤍

26/01/2026

26/01/2026

The 5 Minute Chocolate Dream (with benefits) 🍫🥑

This is a crowd favourite for a reason.
Creamy, deeply chocolatey and quietly nourishing your body at the same time.

Why your body loves it:
🥑Avocados – healthy fats for hormones, skin & blood sugar
🤎Cacao – rich in magnesium for mood, muscles & stress support
🥥Coconut milk – nourishing fats for energy & satiety
🍁Maple syrup – a gentler sweetener when paired with fats

Quick recipe:
Blend until smooth:
4 ripe avocados
⅔ cup cacao powder
½ cup canned coconut milk
½ cup maple syrup (adjust to taste)
Pinch of salt

Chill, then serve in fancy cocktail glasses (essential 😉).

Top with your favourite berries and organic shaved coconut flakes.

This is how we do dessert at "Your Root Cause", supportive, satisfying and zero food guilt 🤍

💛🤎

23/01/2026

Real conversation. Real answer.
This was a text from a friend, after a trip away!

After travel or illness, I often get asked about parasite cleanses and “just taking supplements” no food changes, no alcohol changes, just a quick fix.

And while I do love a good supplement…
I love honesty more.

Not everything is parasites.
And no protocol works if the gut environment is inflamed.

Food creates the conditions.
Supplements support the work.

That’s not restriction, that’s root-cause care.

If this made you nod (or feel slightly called out 😅),
you’re exactly who this post is for.

💛Your Root Cause

17/01/2026

Probiotics get the spotlight, but they’re only one piece of the gut health puzzle.

Prebiotics feed your microbes.

Postbiotics do the healing work.

Without the right foundations, adding probiotics can worsen symptoms rather than resolve them.

This is why gut health should always be individualised, not trend-driven.
Root Cause 🌿

13/01/2026

🍋The Super Greek Glow-Up Gyros 🥙

Think juicy, herby chicken, crisp salad, and golden sweet potato chips all in one glorious bite, or piled high on a big Greek salad if you want a lighter, nutrient-packed version.

This isn’t just comfort food, it’s a gut-friendly, nutrient-rich feast:
🐔Protein packed chicken for energy and satiety
🥒Colourful veggies for fibre, antioxidants and gut love
🍋Herbs + lemon to support digestion
🫒Olive oil + optional goat’s cheese for healthy fats

The chips go right inside the wrap for crunch, flavour, and a little cheeky indulgence, because nourishing food should also feel fun.

💡 Pro tip: Leftovers make the perfect lunch the next day, same flavour, same nutrition, zero effort.

👉 DM me for the full recipe - easy, nourishing and guaranteed to make your taste buds (and your gut) happy.

Superfood vibes, big flavour, happy body

🤎Mel, Your Root Cause

07/01/2026

Both are rice crackers… but only one actually looks like food.

🟢 Eatrite Rice Crackers
Ingredients:
Brown rice, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt), seaweed.
That’s it.
Whole foods your body recognises and knows how to break down.

🔴 Fantastic Rice Crackers
Ingredients:
Refined flour (91%), sugar, vegetable oil, salt, soy sauce powder, antioxidant (307b), flavour enhancers (627, 631), flavour.

Why this matters for gut & skin health ⬇️
Here’s what those extras can do in the body:
🥀Refined flour (91%)
Stripped of fibre and nutrients → spikes blood sugar and can feed inflammation, which often shows up as bloating, breakouts or redness.

💀Vegetable oil (with antioxidant 307b)
307b (a synthetic antioxidant) is added to prevent oils from going rancid not to nourish your body.
Processed seed oils may contribute to oxidative stress and low-grade inflammation in some people.

🤯Flavour enhancers (627, 631)
Often added to intensify taste. These can overstimulate the nervous system and may trigger gut discomfort, headaches, flushing or skin flare-ups in sensitive individuals.

❓"Flavour” (unspecified)
A catch-all term that can include artificial or highly processed compounds , your body doesn’t get clarity, just extra work.

When the gut is under stress, the skin often reflects it, acne, eczema, redness and reactive skin are common downstream signs.

✨ The takeaway:
The more additives a food needs, the more it’s been processed away from its natural state.

You don’t need perfection, but choosing foods with short, whole-food ingredient lists reduces the inflammatory load on your gut and supports calmer skin.

Flip the pack.
Simple ingredients win more often than not.

Mel
Your Root Cause