Specialty support · Lansing, MI
Functional Nutrition for Digestive & Gut Health
Most digestive issues aren't just about the gut — they're about minerals, stress, blood sugar, and the foods that quietly aren't working for you. Functional nutrition with HTMA gives a clearer picture of what's driving symptoms so the protocol fits your biochemistry, not a generic gut-health template.
You may notice
- · Bloating, gas, or fullness after meals you used to tolerate
- · Irregular bowel patterns — constipation, urgency, or both
- · Food sensitivities that seem to keep growing
- · Skin flares, brain fog, or fatigue that track with what you ate
- · 'Everything looks normal' on standard GI workups
How we approach it
- · Comprehensive intake covering history, lifestyle, and current symptom patterns
- · Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire to surface foundational imbalances
- · Optional HTMA to map mineral patterns that influence digestion and stress response
- · Food-first protocol that rebuilds the foundations: digestion, blood sugar, fatty acids, minerals, hydration
What HTMA reveals
The patterns we see most often.
For digestive concerns, HTMA often surfaces magnesium and zinc depletion, sodium/potassium ratios that point toward stress-driven gut motility issues, and trace-mineral patterns linked with poor enzyme production. None of those show on a typical GI workup, and they explain a lot of the bloating-and-fatigue cluster that lingers after the structural workup comes back clean.
Protocol snapshot
A typical 90-day arc.
- 01
Weeks 1–2: stabilize digestion
Set the table for the rest of the work. Hydration with adequate minerals, blood-sugar steadiness across the day, mindful eating environment, and removing the most likely irritants based on your intake. Most people feel a noticeable shift in 10–14 days.
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Weeks 3–6: rebuild foundations
Layer in food density — proteins, well-cooked vegetables, fats, fermented foods if tolerated. HTMA results return in this window and inform mineral support. We adjust the protocol based on the patterns we see, not the patterns we expected.
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Weeks 7–12: refine and consolidate
By this point digestion is usually steadier. We test reintroductions of any foods we paused, build out a sustainable rhythm, and decide whether the maintenance phase needs ongoing massage or stress-recovery work.
What changes
- · Bloating and post-meal fullness ease.
- · Bowel patterns become more predictable.
- · Energy through the afternoon stops crashing.
- · Skin, mood, and sleep often improve as a side effect of restored digestion.
- · You finish with a clearer sense of which foods actually work for your body.
Services that fit
- Functional Nutrition Consultation Personalized one-on-one sessions to identify imbalances and build a sustainable, food-first protocol.
- Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) Functional lab testing that uncovers mineral patterns, stress response, and metabolic clues — interpreted into a custom protocol.
FAQ
Common questions.
Do I need lab work before our first visit? +
No. We start with intake and assessment. HTMA or other functional labs can be added once we understand your goals.
Will I have to do an elimination diet? +
Sometimes targeted, time-limited removal of a specific food helps clarify a pattern, but the goal is a sustainable, varied way of eating — not long-term restriction.
How long until I feel a difference? +
Many clients notice early shifts in digestion, sleep, or energy within the first 2–4 weeks. Deeper changes — mineral repletion, hormone balance — typically unfold over 3–6 months.
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