Gutsy By Nutrition

Gutsy By Nutrition Hello, I’m Nore Hoogstad. Nutritional Therapy is the science of cell health. When the needs of your cells are not met, disease sets in.

Women’s health & menopause specialist💖
I help women balance hormones, lose weight, & regain energy & confidence💫
Natural medicine • Fasting (FLAG certified) • Gut health🌿
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https://calendly.com/gutsybynutrition/healthassess I am a…

– Functional Nutritional Therapist (targeted nutrition and lifestyle)

– Restorative Wellness Practitioner (functional lab testing in gut health, hormones, thyroid, blood chemistry and organic acid testing)

– Functional Genomic Nutrition Consultant (how YOUR genes are impacting your health)

– Functional Medicine student (SAFM)

– HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis) Practitioner

– Certified Gluten-Free Practitioner

– Integrative Health Coach | Transformation Life Coach |Psych-K Facilitator

– Yoga Teacher

I empower my clients to live the life they were meant to live by balancing their health using research-based personalised programs. By helping people become healthier, I hope to make the world not just a healthier place, but a calmer and happier one that’s more in tune with its environment.

💚 Testimonial highlights for Nore [I am grateful to have the opportunity to support Bella and others in a meaningful way...
19/02/2026

💚 Testimonial highlights for Nore [I am grateful to have the opportunity to support Bella and others in a meaningful way - our wealth is our health😀]

✨Nore has genuinely changed my life... I’ve been seeing her for over five years, and the impact she’s had on my wellbeing is something I’ll always be grateful for.
✨Growing up, I struggled with severe rashes that no doctor or dermatologist could diagnose or treat...After working with Nore and making targeted lifestyle and dietary changes, my rashes disappeared within three months. Five years later, something that affected me for 15 years has never returned.
✨Coming off the pill brought another challenge. I went three years without a period and was repeatedly told that everything was 'normal.' Nore took the time to review my results thoroughly and immediately understood what was happening. Through her guidance, she helped rebuild and restore what my body needed, and over time my menstrual cycle returned, consistently and naturally.
✨Nore is incredibly knowledgeable and has a gift for breaking down complex information in a way that feels clear and empowering. She listens deeply, approaches every challenge with confidence and care, and is genuinely invested in helping you understand and support your body.
✨Because of my own experience, I’ve referred close friends, colleagues, and family to her - all of whom trust her just as much as I do.
✨Working with Nore hasn’t just improved my health; it’s given me a new perspective on how to nourish and care for my body. She has been a life changing guide on my journey, and I couldn’t imagine navigating my health without her.
Bella Woutersz, Canberra 🙌

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🌀Cells are our basic unit of life, containing all the important molecules of our life. They're our foundation on which w...
17/02/2026

🌀Cells are our basic unit of life, containing all the important molecules of our life. They're our foundation on which we're built, and also where disease, ageing and death occur🌀

🙋🏻‍♀️ But did you know that each type of cell has its own life span?

👉🏼We have over 30 trillion cells and 11 different types, including blood, bone, muscle, fat, skin, nerve, stem and cancer cells🤩

👉🏼The average life of a white blood cell is 1 year, but for a red blood it's 4 months. Colon cells last 4 days, bone cells 3 months, skin cells 2-3 weeks, s***m cells three days, egg cells 50 years, and brain cells a lifetime.

🎉 What this means is that we constantly have the chance for renewal and improved health 🎉

🥦💨🧘🏾☠️This is because what we feed our cells – from the food we eat, air we breathe, chemicals in our environment, and even our thoughts – sends our cells messages. These help or hinder their communication, turn genes on and off (whether we're born with them or not), and feed them life-giving nutrients or damaging toxins❗️

👍In short, the better you treat yourself each day in terms of your diet, environment and thoughts, the more your new cells will renew to ensure health and not disease👍

If you'd like to find out more about how nutritional therapy – nutrition as medicine – can support your health, contact me via my bio for a free Health Assessment 🤙😀🪷

🤰SIBO isn’t one condition — it’s a category.🦠 Hydrogen SIBO, methane overgrowth (IMO), hydrogen sulfide SIBO, and SIFO b...
15/02/2026

🤰SIBO isn’t one condition — it’s a category.

🦠 Hydrogen SIBO, methane overgrowth (IMO), hydrogen sulfide SIBO, and SIFO behave differently, relapse differently, and respond to different strategies.

This is why
🥗 Fibre helps some people and wrecks others
💊 Probiotics are life-changing for one person and disastrous for another
📊 Standard protocols often fail

If treatment hasn’t worked, it may be misclassification 🤔

Gut health isn’t about doing more 🙌

💫 It’s about doing the right thing for the right mechanism.

Book a FREE Health Assessment in my bio 🤙😀🪷💃🏼

🦠 'I used to have a strong gut — until…'✅ If you’ve ever felt like your digestion or food tolerance suddenly changed — y...
11/02/2026

🦠 'I used to have a strong gut — until…'

✅ If you’ve ever felt like your digestion or food tolerance suddenly changed — you’re not imagining it.

Certain life events can alter your gut microbiome for months, years, or even permanently 🤯

🧬 These events can wipe out beneficial bacteria, damage the gut lining, change your immune response, and trigger inflammation. This can linger long after symptoms are gone.

🔥 Here are some of the biggest gut disruptors...

⚠️ Food poisoning or gastroenteritis
→ Can cause long-term shifts in microbial balance
→ Linked to post-infectious IBS

💊 Antibiotics or long-term medications
→ Reduce diversity, kill keystone species
→ May delay recovery for months or years

😷 Viral infections (like Epstein-Barr or COVID)
→ Alter immune-gut communication
→ Can trigger dysbiosis or gut permeability

🌪️ Chronic stress or trauma
→ Lowers protective gut secretions (like IgA)
→ Alters motility + gut-brain signaling

🎢 Major hormonal shifts (pregnancy, menopause, pill)
→ Change the gut-brain-hormone axis
→ Can increase susceptibility to bloating, food sensitivities, and sluggish digestion

💉 Surgery, anaesthesia, or hospitalisation
→ Often includes antibiotic use, stress, fasting
→ Can shift baseline microbiota and gut motility

🦠 Mould or toxin exposure
→ Damages mucosal immunity
→ Can trigger long-term GI dysfunction or SIBO

💬 If your gut hasn’t felt the same since 'the time you got sick' or 'took a round of antibiotics', it’s not imaginary.

✨ You can restore gut function — but it takes a targeted plan based on testing. Not guesswork.

Book a free chat via my bio link 💫🤙😀🪷💃🏼

🧩 IBS is a real condition — but for a large percentage of people, it’s not the root cause.If you're like I was years ago...
10/02/2026

🧩 IBS is a real condition — but for a large percentage of people, it’s not the root cause.

If you're like I was years ago when I got an IBS diagnosis, that was it. No further testing, or even dietary advice 🙁

Yet studies consistently show that 30–60% of IBS cases overlap with SIBO or methane overgrowth, especially when bloating, food reactions, and relapse patterns are present 😳

This matters because
🥬 fibre isn’t always the answer
💊 probiotics can worsen symptoms
🧘🏽‍♀️stress reduction alone doesn’t resolve bacterial overgrowth

IBS is a syndrome 🔄

While SIBO is a mechanism‼️

And mechanisms are treatable — when correctly identified ✅

If you’ve been managing symptoms without lasting relief, this distinction matters more than you’ve been told. Finally, relief! 😀

And P.S. Mould / CIRS often causes IBS / SIBO 🦠

💫 Book a free chat via my bio link 🤙🪷💃🏼

🦠 We hear a lot about mycotoxins contributing to mould illness or CIRS.🧫 But In reality, other inflammagenic (inflammati...
07/02/2026

🦠 We hear a lot about mycotoxins contributing to mould illness or CIRS.

🧫 But In reality, other inflammagenic (inflammation-causing) organisms like bacteria, actinomycetes, microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOC), volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), cell wall fragments, viruses, beta-glucans and more contribute to CIRS.

😲 In fact, many of these are more damaging to human (and pet) health than mycotoxins.

🙌 When healing from mould, you need to deal with all of these toxins. It's complex and includes detoxing but also rebuilding your immune system, gut health and more. But it is possible.

Book a FREE health assessment via my bio link 💫🤙😀🪷💃🏼

💫 If you’ve been told “it’s just anxiety”, “your labs are normal”, or “mould can’t do that” — you’re not imagining thing...
04/02/2026

💫 If you’ve been told “it’s just anxiety”, “your labs are normal”, or “mould can’t do that” — you’re not imagining things.

Wider research into mould illness and CIRS is slow, controversial, and still evolving. But a few important shifts are happening. Some researchers are well ahead of the curve.

Here’s what’s broadly changing
🦠Researchers are increasingly finding measurable inflammatory markers in people with chronic mould exposure — including immune activation, vascular inflammation, and neuro-inflammation linked to fatigue, brain fog, pain, and poor stress tolerance
🦠There’s growing recognition that only some people get sick — genetic susceptibility and impaired toxin clearance likely play a role
🦠CIRS is being discussed alongside other immune-dysregulation conditions (like post-viral syndromes), rather than dismissed as “psychosomatic”
🦠New interest is emerging around objective testing (inflammation markers, neuro-cognitive changes, visual contrast sensitivity) — not just symptom checklists
🦠Treatment research is still early, but attention is shifting away from “kill and detox harder” toward reducing immune overactivation and ongoing exposure

What hasn’t changed (yet)
🔬There is still no universally accepted diagnostic test, no gold-standard treatment, and limited large-scale trials. This is why so many people fall through the cracks of conventional care.

💚While the broader science is slowly moving from dismissal toward mechanism, there are ways to improve health naturally using diet and personalised supplement protocols to not just detox mould toxins, but deal with gut and fungal infections, rebalance the immune system, and deal with antibodies.

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😯 We talk about ageing like it’s a loss of motivation, ambition, or relevance — but for many people in their 60s, it’s a...
02/02/2026

😯 We talk about ageing like it’s a loss of motivation, ambition, or relevance — but for many people in their 60s, it’s actually a refinement of meaning.

🧠 The brain changes. Rewards lower. Time feels different. Tolerance for pointless stress disappears. Energy becomes something you protect, not burn.

This isn’t laziness 💪

Or giving up 👎🏼

💫 It’s often wisdom arriving — in a culture that doesn’t know what to do with it.

If this resonates, you may just be done living life on someone else’s terms 😀🪷💃🏼




😯 Histamine reactions aren’t random — and they’re rarely just about food.🦠 Certain gut bacteria are capable of producing...
01/02/2026

😯 Histamine reactions aren’t random — and they’re rarely just about food.

🦠 Certain gut bacteria are capable of producing histamine or triggering immune cells to release more of it. When beneficial bacteria are depleted, opportunistic species take over and histamine symptoms escalate.

🧫 Reducing histamines isn’t about wiping out bacteria. It’s about rebuilding balance so histamine-producing microbes stop dominating and the gut can regulate immune signals again 🙌

https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 💫🤙😀🪷💃🏼

👋🏼Mitochondria are our cell's powerhouse producing ATP, our main energy source, via the conversion of glucose and oxygen...
29/01/2026

👋🏼Mitochondria are our cell's powerhouse producing ATP, our main energy source, via the conversion of glucose and oxygen.

But movement is crucial for optimising mitochondrial function and energy production, as well as reducing inflammation and promoting healing🚶🏻‍♀️🤾🏽‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️

Here's how🤔

⚡️Biogenesis - Exercise signals the body to produce more mitochondria, increasing ATP production capacity, overall energy, cell repair and healing
⚡️ATP - Physical activity, especially aerobic exercise, raises the demand for ATP, pushing mitochondria to generate more energy. This powers and speeds up cell repair and tissue recovery
⚡️Efficiency - Regular movement helps mitochondria work more efficiently, producing ATP with less oxygen and fuel, and improving circulation
⚡️Oxidation - Exercise triggers antioxidant production, helping neutralise harmful byproducts like reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage mitochondria, and protecting cells from disease
⚡️Fat - Low to moderate exercise encourages the body to use fat, with mitochondria converting it into ATP
⚡️Toxins - Physical activity helps clear toxins, enhancing cellular and mitochondrial function

But different types of movement impact how this works🤔

🏊🏽‍♂️Aerobic exercise like walking, swimming increases mitochondria and boosts endurance
🏋🏼Resistance training supports mitochondrial biogenesis, improving muscle energy efficiency
🏃🏾‍♀️HIIT enhances mitochondrial growth through intense bursts of activity
🧘🏻‍♀️Daily Movement like walking, stretching prevents mitochondrial decline

To optimise mitochondrial health
💪Exercise consistently, move frequently, use interval training, include active recovery rest days with walking and yoga, mix it up!💫😀🪷💃🏼

🍤🥜 Histamine reactions — from bloating and headaches, to rashes and anxiety — often trace back to the gut microbiome.Whe...
27/01/2026

🍤🥜 Histamine reactions — from bloating and headaches, to rashes and anxiety — often trace back to the gut microbiome.

When beneficial bacteria are low and opportunistic bacteria dominate, histamine-producing microbes can flourish. At the same time, our DAO enzyme activity can be reduced, leaving our system unable to clear histamine efficiently 😬

➡ This happened to me recently after being badly food poisoned while travelling overseas last year, and having to take antibiotics. My gut was destroyed and the histamine symptoms came rolling in. Gut testing confirmed exactly what was going on 😟

The fix? It's not just avoiding histamine foods 😲

But rebuilding the gut ecosystem, supporting keystone bacteria, and ensuring the body can metabolise histamine properly 😀💪

Balanced gut = balanced histamine = fewer reactions 🧡

Book a FREE health assessment here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 💫🤙😀🪷💃🏼

🙌 If fatigue, brain fog, stubborn weight, chronic illness, or hormonal chaos are holding you back, the missing piece isn...
22/01/2026

🙌 If fatigue, brain fog, stubborn weight, chronic illness, or hormonal chaos are holding you back, the missing piece isn’t motivation — it could be mitochondrial support.

No need to overdo the exercise or seek out more supplements 😕

🚶🏻‍♀️💤 🥗🥩🧘🏽‍♀️ Start with steady fuel, gentle movement, stress management, sleep, and targeted nutrients. That’s how our energy truly comes back.

Book a FREE HEALTH ASSESSMENT here https://rb.gy/jbm5f3 💫🤙😀🪷💃🏼

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Have you feared your professional life might be over because of your health?

I thought mine was, despite being relatively young. I felt like the life force inside me was being extinguished along with my will to work.

Prior to this, I’d had a full professional career as a diplomat, working for the United Nations and as a corporate communications consultant. I worried all of this was behind me. I no longer had the energy or clarity of mind I needed.

Can you relate?