Jessica Cox Nutritionist

29/10/2025

6 Signs Your Gut May Be Struggling (and How The JCN Clinic Can Help)

Your gut does far more than digest food. It affects your energy, immunity, hormones, mood and skin. When it’s not working well, the ripple effect can show up everywhere.

Here are 6 common signs of a dysfunctional gut 👇

1. IBS Symptoms
Bloating, constipation or loose bowels aren’t “normal.” They often point to bacterial imbalance, poor digestion or inflammation.
✨ How we help: We identify root causes with functional testing and tailor nutrition to restore healthy, predictable digestion.

2. Poor Energy
When your gut can’t absorb nutrients properly, energy production drops.
✨ How we help: We rebuild digestive function and nutrient pathways so your energy becomes consistent. No more 3pm crashes.

3. Frequent Colds & Flus
Over 70% of your immune system lives in your gut. If you’re always getting sick, your microbiome might be out of balance.
✨ How we help: We strengthen your gut-immune connection for better resilience and recovery.

4. Joint Pain
Inflammation from the gut can trigger pain or stiffness elsewhere in the body.
✨ How we help: We support gut barrier integrity and calm systemic inflammation.

5. Poor Skin
Acne, eczema or rosacea can reflect gut inflammation or imbalance.
✨ How we help: We address the gut–skin link to calm irritation and promote clear, healthy skin.

6. Brain Fog
Your gut and brain talk constantly. When the gut’s inflamed, it can affect clarity, focus and mood.
✨ How we help: We repair the gut-brain connection to help you feel clear and balanced again.

At The JCN Clinic, we don’t just manage symptoms, we uncover why they’re happening. Using functional testing and personalised nutrition, we help you restore gut function and feel well from the inside out.

🔗 Learn more or book your consultation via jessicacox.com.au

27/10/2025

SAVE THIS RECIPE! Gluten Free Pecan & Goji Berry Granola - Healthy & Packed with Flavour!

This Gluten Free Pecan & Goji Berry Granola is naturally gluten & dairy free. It is easy to make using staples from a classic wholefood pantry. If you find yourself missing a certain seed, nut or dried fruit you can easily sub in an alternative of choice. Likewise for puffed grains of choice or even swapping buckwheat groats for oats – the choices are really endless.

Whether you choose to mix it through your favourite creamy yoghurt or cover it in cold milk and top with seasonal fruit, I can guarantee you will enjoy it.

1 cup buckwheat groats
2.5 cups puffed rice (can use other puffed grains of choice)
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
2 teaspoons sesame seeds
1/4 cup goji berries
1 teaspoon psyllium husk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon pea protein powder (can use any protein powder of choice)
1/3 cup egg whites
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Get the 'method' on the website - link in bio.

15/10/2025

My Strawberry & Brazil Nut Muffins! GF, VG. 🧁

Made with ‘hidden zucchini’, sweetened with maple 🍁 and packed with flavour. Usually I’d tell you to head to the website and not be lazy 😜 but today I’m going to be extra nice and put the recipe here…. BUT, if you want the method you’ll need to go to the website anyway cause it’s too long to post here…

1 cup sunflower meal*
1 cup brazil nut meal*
1 & 1/2 cups quinoa flakes
2 tablespoons psyllium husks
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
1 teaspoon pure vanilla powder or extract
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup tightly packed diced strawberries + 12 extra for dressing muffins
1 and 1/2 cups almond milk
1/2 cup cold pressed macadamia nut oil
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup maple syrup + 1 tsp extra for dressing muffins

*refers to alternatives that are mentioned in the website post. Link in bio to ‘All Recipes’ and just search Muffins or head to this link https://jessicacox.com.au/recipe/2017/07/28/strawberry-brazil-nut-muffins/

06/10/2025

🧐 READY TO START TREATING MOULD ILLNESS? ✨ 5 Must Know Tips For Getting Started. ✨

🧪 Test instead of making assumptions: Exposure to mould does not mean you automatically have mycotoxin illness. Many of us can clear mycotoxins when removed from the source environment.

🏠 Remove the source first!: Treating mycotoxin illness effectively means removing yourself from the environment. I often to say to clients, it’s like being coeliac and still eating gluten & expecting to feel well.

🥦 Prioritise antioxidants & gentle detoxification support: Antioxidants and support of our body’s elimination pathways is crucial first and foremost for mycotoxin clearance. Don’t dive in headfirst with the big guns.

💊 Antifungals are not first: Never start with anti-fungals straight up unless you want to make yourself feel worse! Anti-fungals should be introduced carefully.

🥗 Diet is crucial in healing: Don’t underestimate the power of food and a therapeutic diet. Mycotoxins are not only about what you may need to avoid, but more importantly what you need to eat more of.

Remember, its a step by step process. With correct management you can feel better!

01/10/2025

Episode 163: Q&A: Cow Pat Poo’s, Vegan Diet, Best gf Breads & Candida.

In this episode Jessica answers your Q&A's from Instagram!

Q1: Best store bought gluten free breads
Q2: Candida diet
Q3: Can you thrive on a vegan diet
Q4: Causes of cow pat poo's and is there long term serious health impacts
Q5: Struggling to consume legumes and pulses without excessive wind and pooing post bowel resection due to cancer

Plus more!

Listen in I-tunes, Spotify or Soundcloud, or watch here on Youtube.

In this episode Jessica answers your Q&A's from Instagram!Q1: Best store bought gluten free breadsQ2: Candida dietQ3: Can you thrive on a vegan dietQ4: Cause...

26/09/2025

Want to get to the root of your gut issues without waiting? 💩🧐 Tired of guessing what’s wrong in there?

Introducing our instant Gut Testing option with MetaXplore GI Plus, now available to purchase straight away in Australia 🇦🇺

CoBiome MetaXplore GI Plus combines whole-microbiome sequencing + GI function panels + pathogen/parasite screening to uncover root causes like infection, inflammation, barrier issues, and microbial imbalances.

Once your results are available, you will have your MetaXplore GI Plus Interpretation Consultation* with one of our Clinical Nutritionists where you will get evidence-graded insights plus actionable diet, lifestyle & supplement plans so you can start feeling better fast.

🌱 No more guesswork.

👉 Ready to start? Just head to the link in bio and order your kit.

Your gut will thank you. 💚

15/09/2025

Sometimes you just gotta toot your own horn. 📯🥹
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12/09/2025

Chai Spiced Cookies! 🍪 GF & DF - your weekend baking sorted. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

1 cup quinoa flakes
¾ cup brown rice flour
¼ cup desiccated coconut
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup rice syrup
white salted chocolate topping (optional)

40g cacao butter
1 tablespoon rice syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large pinch salt

DM me and I’ll send you the link for the method. Xx

11/09/2025

The Best GF Fruit Toast! This is one of my absolute favourite recipes I’ve created and that’s saying something. Cut it thick, toast it and layer it with lashings of your favourite spread.

Do you adore fruit toast as much as I do? There is something about the smell of it toasting away - reminds me of hot cross buns. Tell me what you’d lather a slice of this in before devouring it…

RECIPE on the website, link in bio. Or DM me and I’ll send you the link.

27/08/2025

Episode 162: What You Need To Know About HRT

This episode of The JCN Clinic Podcast Show is your must have guide to navigating HRT. Jessica and Carissa discuss from an unbiased perspective what you need to know on HRT as a woman navigating perimenopause and menopause. They cover:

• HRT - What is it and why all of sudden is it everywhere.
• The three stages of hormonal changes where HRT is getting prescribed
• Body-identical Progesterone - what it does and when should it be prescribed
• Body-identical Estrogen - what it does and when should it be prescribed
• Testosterone and DHEA - where these fit within HRT
• Where The JCN Clinic is seeing HRT really shine
• Where The JCN Clinic is seeing HRT cause issues
• Reasons outside of perimenopause and menopause HRT would be prescribed

Plus, your common questions answered!

• I’m going through XYZ - do I have to go on HRT?
• How can I get HRT prescribed & who should be prescribing it?
• Does HRT suppress my normal hormonal cycle the way a synthetic HRT does?
• Is it safe if you have a Breast Cancer Risk?
• I’m on HRT - what do I need to know?

Listen in I-tunes, Spotify or Soundcloud, or watch here....

This episode of The JCN Clinic Podcast Show is your must have guide to navigating HRT. Jessica and Carissa discuss from an unbiased perspective what you need...

18/08/2025

I am thrilled to be speaking at The Natural Therapists Symposium 2025.

I’ll be presenting on 'From Clinician to Business Owner: How to Run a Successful Clinic'.

Key areas I am exited to share in this presentation:

1. The practicalities and learnings in starting out as a sole trader and expanding into a company, including costs, staff growth and supplement sales

2. The importance of boundaries and self preservation

3. Marketing your business and the importance of pivoting

4. My own personal growths and learning (including the down times!) that stack the bricks in business growth.

Join me at The Natural Therapists Symposium on the Sunshine Coast
on the 10th and 11th of October for two days of inspiring learning, meaningful connections and expert practitioner insights.

🔗 Book your Ticket now through