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Stop Playing Supplement Roulette: Less Is More
Taking more supplements can backfire. High-dose zinc may deplete copper, and folic acid can crowd out methylfolate. How to simplify a stack that got too big.
How Gut Bacteria Influence Your Mood & What to Do
Your gut bacteria help set your mood. How short-chain fatty acids, immune signals and the vagus nerve carry the message, and which changes shift the balance.
Inflammation & Depression: The Biological Link
Inflammation may be a driver of depression, not just a side effect. How IL-6, CRP and TNF-alpha interfere with serotonin, and which markers reveal the pattern.
“You’re Fine.” But You Don’t Feel Fine.
Normal blood results don't always mean healthy. Reference ranges are built to catch disease, not early dysfunction, which is why you can still feel unwell.
Functional Medicine for Chronic Fatigue: Beyond Tired
Fatigue that rest doesn't fix may be ME/CFS or long COVID. How post-exertional malaise and mitochondrial and immune dysfunction are assessed, and what helps.
Circadian Rhythm Disruption & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Circadian disruption may drive the unrefreshing sleep of ME/CFS. How light timing shifts melatonin and fragments sleep, and what helps reset the body clock.
Thyroid & Mood: The Hormone-Anxiety Connection
Thyroid dysfunction can drive anxiety, panic and low mood even when TSH comes back normal. The hormone-brain link, and the markers TSH on its own misses.
Gut Feeling — IBS Food Strategies to Reduce Symptoms
IBS affects up to 11% of people. How low FODMAP, individualised fibre and trigger identification reduce bloating and pain, and where each approach falls short.
Hidden Causes of Thyroid Symptoms Explained
Thyroid symptoms can persist with a normal TSH. How T4 to T3 conversion, selenium and zinc status, and gut bacteria each shape what your thyroid delivers.
Exhausted for No Reason? The Real Cause of Chronic Fatigue
Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Quick Answer Chronic fatigue is rarely caused by a single problem. Persistent exhaustion may involve disruptions in mitochondrial ATP production, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis cortisol regulation, immune activation (including Epstein-Barr virus reactivation), gut microbiome imbalance, and autonomic nervous system dysregulation. Standard pathology may appear normal because...
Still Exhausted After Sleep? The Role of Mindset
Feeling tired after a full night's sleep may come down to sleep perception, not sleep duration. What research on sleep beliefs shows, and where to start.
Energy Crashes After Sleep: The Mitochondrial Connection
Still crashing after eight hours of sleep? The problem may be mitochondrial rather than sleep quality. How ATP production falters, and what tends to drive it.
Functional Medicine for Chronic Fatigue: Root-Cause Care
A root-cause approach to chronic fatigue weighs thyroid conversion, the HPA axis, gut, mitochondria and post-viral immune activity together, not in isolation.
The Exhaustion Sleep Can’t Fix: Your Stress Response
Exhaustion that sleep can't fix often points to the stress response, not sleep. How a flattened cortisol rhythm drains morning energy, and how it is assessed.
Healing Mitochondria: Functional Approaches to CFS Fatigue
Mitochondrial dysfunction may drive the fatigue of ME/CFS. What current research suggests about supporting cellular energy, and where the evidence stops short.
Nutritional Gaps Behind Treatment-Resistant Depression
Up to a third of people don't respond to antidepressants. How nutrient gaps, MTHFR methylation and neuroinflammation may sit behind treatment resistance.
Estrogen Dominance: Causes, Symptoms & Natural Solutions
Estrogen dominance usually isn't overproduction. Impaired liver clearance and the gut estrobolome often drive it. How to find the block, and what shifts it.
How Antibiotics Affect Gut Flora & What Helps
Antibiotics clear beneficial gut bacteria along with harmful ones. What research shows about how fully the microbiome recovers, and what supports rebuilding.
Thyroid Problems in Children: Signs & Functional Approach
Author: Rohan Smith | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Adelaide, SA Quick Answer Thyroid disorders in children, including congenital hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and Graves’ disease, can impair growth, neurodevelopment, and emotional regulation. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (free T4) testing may identify dysfunction early. Standard medical treatment remains essential, while supportive functional medicine strategies addressing...
ADHD Symptoms & the Menstrual Cycle: Regaining Control
ADHD symptoms often worsen before your period. When oestrogen falls after ovulation, dopamine drops with it, sharpening brain fog, and what may steady it.
Nutrient Deficiencies Behind Chronic Health Issues
Fatigue, fog and low immunity can persist with normal bloods. How suboptimal vitamin D, B12, magnesium, iron and zinc are tested and interpreted differently.
5 Blood Markers Commonly Overlooked for Gut Health
Five blood markers can flag gut trouble before digestive symptoms appear: CRP, zinc, B12, iron patterns and liver enzymes. What each one may reveal about you.
Late-Diagnosed Autism & the Gut-Brain-Inflammation Link
Late-diagnosed autism in adults often arrives with fatigue, sensory overload and exhaustion. How gut dysbiosis and neuroinflammation may add to the picture.
Hay Fever Adelaide: Functional Medicine & Mast Cells
Hay fever in Adelaide is an IgE mast cell reaction to pollens such as ryegrass. How mast cell stability, DAO activity and histamine load change severity.
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