Rebecca Gunning Naturopath

Rebecca Gunning Naturopath Accredited Naturopath | I help people improve their health naturally with herbal remedies, nutritional support, and guidance on diet and lifestyle. 🌱

Your symptoms are clues 🕵️ as a naturopath, I help you to connect the dots ✔️
17/03/2026

Your symptoms are clues 🕵️ as a naturopath, I help you to connect the dots ✔️

Put your hands up if you’ve ever felt personally victimised by cortisol 😫 Most people think cortisol issues stem from st...
16/03/2026

Put your hands up if you’ve ever felt personally victimised by cortisol 😫

Most people think cortisol issues stem from stressful work or family situations

But there’s many physical stressors - the top 2 physical stressors that I see in my clinic are:
Allergies - chronic allergies = chronic inflammation = physical stress

Poor gut health - chronic gut issues, even if just the niggling “reflux” or pooping every 2 days contributes to inflammation & affects nutrient absorption causing nutrient deficiencies = physical stress

Correct your cortisol to correct your metabolism; improve your energy, clarity of thinking, mood and metabolism 🙂‍↔️

❣️ this baddie deserves a spot on the gridrunning your own business is a challenge that many don’t understand, plus then...
13/03/2026

❣️ this baddie deserves a spot on the grid

running your own business is a challenge that many don’t understand, plus then the challenge of being a naturopath treating each person as a rightfully unique individual, so this type of feedback means the world to me as an empathetic cancer sign ✨ 🦀 srsly

13/03/2026

When you realise herbs can’t be patented or made in a lab and they have been used to treat disease since the start of time❣️

05/03/2026

Wow ❣️ from having psoriasis to being psoriasis free for 2 years 🥰

Seeing results like these are what I live for 🙏

What didn’t work- immunosuppressants & steroid creams

What did work - correcting the gut microbiome & immune system, calming the nervous system & balancing hormones

04/03/2026

Natures vit C 😇 aka “scurvy weed”, this stuff grows all over Brisbane and the south east. The pretty flowers and leaves can be added to salads, or smoothies for your green “boost”.

Vitamin C is a nutrient that is destroyed fairly quickly via heat and oxidation, so many supplements are not in fact vitamin C.

We have entered an era where there’s a supplement for this, and a supplement for that.

Ads are being disguised as “education” - “professionals” that are paid by supplement companies are paid to shill a product on a 3 hour long podcast. Sure, there’s a lot of data now telling us how beneficial certain supplements are. But when you look into the “quality” of the studies, you will quickly realise they’re of poor quality - they are funded by supplement (pharmaceutical) companies, using controls that are laughable.

The irony is many people are moving away from “big pharma” & relying on medications. But now you’re relying on rebranded big pharma - the supplement industry.

Don’t be fooled❣️

Supplements are supplementary to a good diet and lifestyle.

If your diet is poor, or your lifestyle requires additional support, or you have a diagnosed chronic illness, you might need long term supplemental support.

Outside of this - supplements should be SHORT TERM or intermittent. And they should be in correct dosages, correct forms, and of superior quality, for the right amount of time.

Excessive hair loss is distressing 🫣 You can have natural phases where multiple hair follicles are entering their last “...
02/03/2026

Excessive hair loss is distressing 🫣

You can have natural phases where multiple hair follicles are entering their last “shedding” cycle, causing an excessive amount of hair loss all at once. However, if you have been losing over 80 strands of hair for more than a month, this is considered abnormal hair loss and should be looked into

Your hair, nails and skin are often the first ones to be affected when your body starts to get distracted with nutrient deficiencies, illness, inflammation, hormonal imbalances, stress etc

Other signs besides hair loss to look out for when something deeper is happening include:
Slow hair and nail growth
Dull, dry hair
Excess split ends
Brittle and soft nails
Skin hydration/oil/texture changes
Energy change

27/02/2026

I have a soft spot for aged care after being a support worker for 10+ years. Dementia wards are a terrible place to end up at.

I’m always imagining what a persons quality of life would look like if it was looked at with a holistic lens..

Studies have shown INFLAMMATION increases the risk of dementia so it is important to investigate causes of inflammation..

If you care about PREVENTION - these things are important to nurture. You can also do a genetic test to see your risk factors for dementia 😵
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Oral microbiome health - the mouth harbours trillions of species and when out of balance, they create toxins which cause inflammation that can cross into the brain

Comprehensive testing - simple nutrient deficiencies can mimic cognitive decline! B12, folate, vitamin D - the reference range provided by the Lab is NOT an optimal level either.
Many people are unaware of how many tests you can do via the blood - there’s hundreds of markers - most people have 3-4 things checked

Gut microbiome: science tells us that the gut controls inflammation, and also controls neuroplasticity; which is how the brain can adapt to stress and repair

Environmental toxins: glyphosates, endocrine disrupting chemicals, heavy metals, mineral imbalances can all affect how the brain functions - unfortunately environmental toxins can be “hidden” in the environment so a test will help you identify what it is

Stealth infections: infections in the nose and even eyes can trigger dementia - Australia doesn’t have the right technology to properly culture samples - we use old methods that aren’t reliable and produce false negatives - you can send samples to America that are more accurate for stealth infections

If you keep sidelining the gut, your skin will keep reacting. Even if you have no gut symptoms, you NEED to be treating ...
18/02/2026

If you keep sidelining the gut, your skin will keep reacting. Even if you have no gut symptoms, you NEED to be treating your gut when you have acne.

Here’s what I see constantly in clinic:
Women & Men with:
• Hormonal acne
• Bloating
• Mood changes + chronic fatigue
• IBS
• History of the pill or antibiotics

When we repair the gut and support hormone clearance…
their skin shifts.

Not overnight.
But gradually.
Long term.

If you’ve “tried everything” and nothing works, it may be time to look internally.

Comment GUT and I’ll send you the first steps I recommend for clients with acne.

17/02/2026

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My fave thing to do is teach people how your body connects internally and externally.

I like to think about the body as a garden 🏡

➡️ you need to water your garden otherwise you will wilt (brain fog, fatigue, immunity issues/disease, poor fruit (fertility), not “thriving”)

➡️ you need beneficial plants (microbes) in your body - fermented foods + good gut health

➡️ & you need to help them grow! - fibre + good gut health

➡️ you need to fertilise your garden for optimal health - we have our own ‘worm farm’ in our body (our GUT!) that fertilises for us, so we need to make sure we feed our farm correctly otherwise we will get disease. We can also fertilise using TEMPORARY (!!) supplements

➡️ extreme stress in your environment will affect you ‼️

➡️ every now and again you need to ‘weed’ (detox)

16/02/2026

You are what you eat.

Humans need locally sourced, seasonal, whole foods that have been properly prepared (fermented, soaked, sprouted etc). With minimal interventions (hormones, grains, medications, pesticides, preservatives).

Not a specialised diet. Real food. Intentional eating.

You can’t fix your energy without fixing your diet.
You can’t fix your mood without fixing your diet.
You can’t fix your skin without fixing your diet
You can’t fix your iron deficiency without fixing your diet.
You can’t fix your weight troubles without fixing your diet.
You can’t fix your hormones without fixing your diet.

Not sure where to start? Be guided by me 🙌✨ all it takes is a comment or a DM.

16/02/2026

What SUSTAINABLE changes look like —>

This person had been recommended a FOURTH round of roaccutane (over 6 years) & had decided to seek an alternative approach.

How long it took:
12 weeks

What we did:
💮 Swapped over to corneotherapeutic skin products
💮 Cleaned up the diet - minimal sugar, focus on hydration, focus on low GI eating & protein rich breakfast
💮 Increased skin turnover using high dose good quality fish oil & zinc
💮 Did a gut protocol based off symptoms
💮 Supported the liver due to medication history
💮 Implemented daily breathwork to manage anxiety

The plan now:
😇 Work with a skin therapist to implement needling to reduce the scar tissue
😇 Continue working on gut microbiome diversity
😇 Continue supporting skin microbiome barrier topically while using needling
😇 Begin to work on other health goals now that the primary goal has mostly improved

Your skin does not improve overnight - it can take MONTHS of hard work - it is a mix of diet changes, lifestyle changes, + QUALITY & intentional supplements.

Address

65a 69-71 Wilgarning Street
Stafford Heights, QLD
4053

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 3pm
Tuesday 8am - 3pm
Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm
Friday 8am - 3pm

Telephone

+497316113

Website

https://rebecca-gunning-naturopath.simplecliniconline.com/diary, http://www.guided

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