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Claire Luckman Naturopath

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Claire Luckman Naturopath

Naturopath & Nutritionist (BHSc) with a holistic, realistic approach to health & wellbeing. Consultations available in Coledale, Leichhardt & Online.

I specialise in Women's Health, Children's Health and Preconception/Pregnancy Health.

20/11/2025

London calling 🇬🇧 Had the best long weekend with attending the Nordic Conference on Genetics in Gut & Hormone Health, and eating our way around the city of course 🩵

17/11/2025

NOW -> 2 years ago

The news of our homecoming has been slowly trickling out to my client community over the past few weeks (as barely a week has past in the last 12 months where at least one client doesn’t ask me when we’re actually coming back 😆) so I thought it was probably time to announce it online.

We are returning home to Australia indefinitely (for now - never say never!) in mid-January 2026. It’s a bittersweet feeling, as it’s been close to 2 years of living in Amsterdam now, and we are feeling very settled and at home here. But our adventure had to come to an end at some point, and so we’ll be back in the Illawarra early next year - right on time to skip the worst of European winter but still be the palest people on the beach.

As soon as I have a date of returning to clinic come end of Jan/early Feb I will be sure to let all of my clients know, but for now I am consulting until Monday 22nd Dec before breaking for the Christmas holidays.

The experience of being an expat family living in the Netherlands has by far been the best thing we have ever done as a family, and I can’t quite put into words just how much we’ve grown, seen and done whilst here, and how much we love and will always cherish our second home. Wanna-be Dutchies forever ❤️❤️

13/11/2025

Protein snacks fuelling me of late - practicing what I preach to my clients and aiming to get 3x high protein meals and 1-2x protein-based snacks in each day.

The protein amount per snack varies, some as high as 26g (hello large tin of tuna on rice cakes and smoothie with WPI) and some are less with only 5-12g (apples with nut butter, or 2x boiled eggs) But consistency is key and variety the spice of life so keep building your repertoire of protein based snacks that you enjoy eating, and can work into your busy day

Smoothie with whey protein isolate

Clean protein bar - in Australia I like the .nutrition collagen bars

Manchego sheep’s cheese + almonds

Nut + seed based homemade granola, ground linseed, yoghurt with 1x serve unflavoured collage powder mixed through

Apple with mixed nut butter

Boiled eggs (2x per snack serve)

Rice cakes with tinned tuna in spring water

Protein balls with whey protein powder

Edamame beans

29/10/2025

Ireland is like the Australia of the north - beautiful landscape (though a touch wetter/greener), friendly people, amazing seafood, easy banter, likely a widespread drinking problem and they even drive on the left ! (What a mind trip that was, after 20 months on the right) A 10/10 family holiday 🇮🇪

08/10/2025

I’ve got many clients at the moment who are coming up to the end of their pregnancy, or have just had babe and so postpartum healing support via nutrition has been on my mind!

Here are some easy ways you can support your body nutritionally with healing and recovery after birth, whether you had a vaginal birth or a C-section. I encourage my clients to focus on foods that help to speed up healing time, reduce scar tissue formation particularly with a C-section, episiotomy or vaginal tear and reduce inflammation. Ask your partner, friends and family to bring pineapple, vitamin C rich fruits, protein based meals and snacks and fresh oysters over if they come to visit 😉

Food is medicine so don’t underestimate the power of your early postpartum diet!

13/09/2025

Dutch summer - she’s short, but she was sweet 💛

10/09/2025

Perioral Dermatitis -

After + Before Pics of a beautiful client who allowed me to share ❤️

Perioral dermatitis is a nasty skin condition that I see commonly in women in clinic, and it can be truly debilitating. Itchy, sore, inflamed, scaley, bumpy and prone to moving or spreading around the face - it commonly starts around the nose or mouth but can be present on eyelids or around the eyes, on the forehead, chin and spreading onto the cheeks.

The main medical treatment is oral antibiotics, usually for a minimum of 3-4x months, but I’ve had clients stay on antibiotics for up to 12 months to keep it under control. What happens when they stop antibiotics? It comes back, with a vengeance 🫣

I treat it from a multi-faceted approach, and am so inspired and thrilled when clients do the hard yards and commit to treatment, just like Soph did. Treating the gut and opportunistic bacterial infections, plus histamine support, reducing triggering foods AND supporting hormone balance (I find Perioral almost always linked with elevated oestrogen levels - Soph’s was extremely flared during pregnancy) is the key to success.

Once we’re on the home stretch and skin is looking amazing, we move into maintenance phase and everyone is happy. If you suffer with Perioral, there is another solution besides months of oral antibiotics. You just need a Naturopath 🙃

31/08/2025

Current GF + DF choccie treats on high rotation in our house -

Blended Chocolate Chia Pudding via

The Incredibly Decadent Chocolate Cake via with melted 78% Lindt icing

Gluten-free Naked Chocolate Cake via made into muffins ❤️

27/08/2025

Testing female hormones via blood tests? TIMING matters!!

If you’ve been told you can’t test female hormones on bloods because hormones fluctuate so it’s inaccurate; OR you’ve been given a request form to check hormones via blood test and told to do them “anytime”, this post is for you. We can indeed look at female hormones via blood tests but they need to be accurately timed to your cycle, so we can accurately interpret them!

Day 1 of your period is Day 1 of your cycle - don’t count premenstrual spotting, if you experience it before the proper red flow begins. Count Day 1 as the first full or 3/4 day of red blood - if your bleed starts late in the day or at night, technically speaking we count the following day as Day 1.

Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH) are the hormones essential for the development and release of an egg from the o***y. To interpret these accurately, they’re best tested on Day 2 or 3 of your period/cycle. These hormones give us a snapshot of what ovulation will look like, and are also key in helping to identify conditions like PCOS and HA.

Oestrogen via bloods is ideally also tested on Day 2 or 3 of your period, as this is where we see it at “baseline” - before it begins to rise as we get closer to ovulation. Oestrogen can also be tested at mid-luteal, which is the halfway point between ovulation and your period - when we look at oestrogen at this point in time, it’s more insightful if we have tested progesterone at the same time too, to look at the ratio of the two together after ovulation has occurred.

Progesterone is an important one to time correctly to the cycle too - we only make progesterone when we ovulate.
So this should always be tested mid-luteal; that is 7x days after you ovulate, which should match up to be 7x days before your next period is due.

Save this post for when you next get your hormones tested, so they can be accurately interpreted by your Naturopath or health care provider 🩵

20/08/2025

When in (Lake Garda) Rome 🇮🇹

23/07/2025

Morning sickness in pregnancy -

Morning sickness is common in the first trimester, often rearing its ugly head around weeks 6-8 and for some poor sufferers, continues even into the second and even third trimesters, and can be severe.

Many natural remedies exist and can help to a degree; certainly most women know that letting their blood glucose levels drop too low and letting themselves get hungry makes the feeling 10 times worse, so frequent eating or grazing can help. Dehydration also makes things worse, and there are many electrolyte formulas available nowadays that can certainly help too.

But did you know that elevated histamine levels in early pregnancy are also a contributing factor to morning sickness? That’s why many women are commonly prescribed Restavit these days, the antihistamine drug that is also used as a sleeping aid - it’s seen to help morning sickness because it reduces histamine levels, which increase with the natural oestrogen rise that occurs once you are pregnant.

Ideally, we want to avoid medication use in pregnancy and especially in the first trimester, although granted there are women severely affected by hyperemesis gravidarum that require medications to get through. With those less severely affected, I like to support my clients with natural antihistamine relief for morning sickness, and it can work a treat.

Following a low histamine diet can really help, as well as supporting histamine breakdown and clearance within the digestive system with natural supplements. For many women, morning sickness backs off completely by weeks 12-14 and we no longer need to prioritise histamine clearance support. If you need support in early pregnancy, reach out as I’d love to work with you.

Beautiful images from talented maternity photographer in the Illawarra ✨

13/07/2025

Amsterdam I love you, but I’m moving to Copenhagen 🫶🏼

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Suite 5, 741 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Coledale, NSW
2515

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm

Website

http://claireluckman.com.au/

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Naturopath, Nutritionist, Herbalist

Claire is a warm and passionate Naturopath who loves guiding women and their families toward better health, naturally. Head to the website to find out what health conditions I specialise in assisting with, and my treatment philosophy - http://claireluckman.com.au/