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About
Kathy
I got started in digestive health almost by accident - an opportunity to work with a group of gastroenterologists: Digestive Health Consultants in Santa Rosa.
What a learning curve! The conventional wisdom doesn't seem to help much when it comes to diarrhea, abdominal pain, gas and bloating, IBS, IBD - it became clear quickly that much more is needed.
I have had my own gut problems, which started when I got sick trekking in the Himmalayas. For years I was able to keep symptoms in check with probiotics. But as the symptoms gradually got worse, in spite of ever increasing doses of probiotics, I knew I had to start experimenting.
This is when I trained to become a LEAP food sensitivity therapist. I was sceptical - but I wanted to try it on myself and thought it just might help my clients who were not responding to other methods.
What a difference it made for me. My symptoms disappeared, and now I can take probiotics just for general gut maitenance: my health no longer depends on them!
Digestive health turns out to be a fascinating field. We are learning that good health starts in the gut, and digestive health is important to overall health.
What starts in the gut doesn't stay in the gut - it can show up as problems in any organ system. This is a period of huge scientific gains as we begin to understand just how complex and important digestion is! |
