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Led by Steph Lowe and Elly McLean, The Natural Nutritionist is a hub for celebrating the importance of real food. With a passion for spreading a positive message about real food and the incredible affect it has on health, fertility and performance, Steph launched The Natural Nutritionist in 2011 and is on a mission to inspire others to make health a priority in their lives.

29/04/2026

👉🏼 Comment PEPTIDES below and I’ll send you my Essential Tests Before Starting Peptides guide - the exact baseline bloods to get before you start, what to monitor every 3 months, and the reference ranges that actually matter.

The peptide conversation in the wellness space has a serious problem.

It is almost entirely about which peptide to take. It is almost never about how to take it responsibly.

Here is the clinical framework I would apply to anyone considering enhancement peptides.

1. FOUNDATIONS FIRST
No peptide compensates for poor nutrition, chronic stress, hormonal dysregulation or gut dysfunction. And specifically - for any GH secretagogue, sleep is non-negotiable. Not a recommendation, a prerequisite.

2. BASELINE TESTING BEFORE YOU START
You cannot assess what a compound is doing to your body if you don’t know where you started. Full bloods. Before. Not after.

3. SOURCE QUALITY
Pharmaceutical-grade or compounding pharmacy with verified Certificate of Analysis. Not a research chemical supplier. Not something with a wellness influencer’s discount code. Source quality is a clinical variable.

4. APPROPRIATE DOSAGE
Influencer dosages are not clinical dosages. Minimal effective dose is not timidity - it is harm minimisation.

5. APPROPRIATE CYCLES
Continuous indefinite use of compounds that interact with receptor sensitivity and negative feedback loops is not supported by evidence.

6. ONE COMPOUND AT A TIME
Do not stack multiple new agents simultaneously. This is how you isolate cause and effect. This is how you know what is responsible for what you observe.

7. RETEST EVERY 12 WEEKS
IGF-1, hormones, full iron studies, thyroid, metabolic markers. If the compound is doing something, you want to know what. If it is doing something you didn’t intend, you want to know early.

This is not the content that gets 500k views. But it is the content that keeps you safe. Save & share!

Ovulation is not just a fertility event. It’s how you make progesterone - essential for mood, sleep, bone density and br...
23/04/2026

Ovulation is not just a fertility event. It’s how you make progesterone - essential for mood, sleep, bone density and brain health.

And yes - EWCM is egg white cervical mucus. The thing nobody ever taught you to look for.

If you’ve never heard of it, there’s a good chance you’ve never confirmed ovulation. And if you’re not confirming it - you don’t know whether you’re making progesterone.

Comment QUIZ below for my free 5-Minute Hormone Health Check - and find out if low progesterone is behind your symptoms, and what to do next.

Drop a number below - which one surprised you most? 👇🏻 It’s #17 for me.Estrogen dominance is one of the most common hor...
15/04/2026

Drop a number below - which one surprised you most? 👇🏻 It’s #17 for me.

Estrogen dominance is one of the most common hormone patterns I see clinically. And one of the most misunderstood.

It doesn’t just require high estrogen on a blood test. It requires that estrogen is high relative to progesterone - and in women in their late reproductive years, that gap is widening every cycle.

The symptoms? Heavy painful periods. Breast tenderness. Bloating. Anxiety in the second half of your cycle. Mood swings you can’t explain. Weight that won’t shift despite doing everything right.

The mechanism? Your liver isn’t clearing it fast enough. Your gut is recirculating it. Your progesterone is too low to oppose it. And no one has joined those dots for you.

Until now.

Comment MASTERCLASS below for access to The Hormone Mastery Masterclass - your complete roadmap to understanding what’s actually driving your symptoms.

Tell me what number surprised you the most below? 👇🏼🤍 It’s #18 for me.The average woman spends 4–6 years in perimenopau...
09/04/2026

Tell me what number surprised you the most below? 👇🏼🤍 It’s #18 for me.

The average woman spends 4–6 years in perimenopause before she gets an accurate explanation for what she’s experiencing. Four to six years of being told it’s stress, anxiety, depression, burnout - or simply getting older.

If you’re 38 or older and something feels fundamentally different - your mood, your sleep, your cycles, your capacity - this transition is worth investigating. Not dismissing.

Comment PERI and I’ll send you the details for my Understanding Perimenopause Masterclass - everything you need to navigate this transition with clarity and confidence.

Your PMS symptoms might not be a PMS problem.Migraines at ovulation. Rage in the week before your period. Bloating, inso...
07/04/2026

Your PMS symptoms might not be a PMS problem.

Migraines at ovulation. Rage in the week before your period. Bloating, insomnia, anxiety that disappears the moment your period arrives.

That’s not random. That’s a pattern. And the pattern has a name: the estrogen-histamine loop.

Here’s what’s happening:

👉🏻 Estrogen stimulates mast cells to release histamine.
👉🏻 Histamine signals your ovaries to produce more estrogen.
👉🏻 Estrogen impairs the enzyme that breaks histamine down.
👉🏻 Low progesterone removes the only brake on the cycle.

The result is a self-reinforcing loop that peaks at ovulation, and again in the mid-to-late luteal phase - right when your symptoms are at their worst.

You don’t need an allergy. You don’t need to be reacting to food. If your hormones are dysregulated, you may have a histamine problem that no allergy test will ever identify.

I’ve created a free PMS & PMDD Histamine Cheat Sheet that walks you through exactly what’s driving your symptoms, how to map them to your cycle, and the first steps to break the loop at the root cause level.

Comment HISTAMINE below and I’ll send you the link.

02/04/2026

A mid-luteal progesterone of 13.3 nmol/L is not optimal.

It might be “in range” on a standard lab report, but in range is not the same as optimal - and your symptoms are telling you that.

Sub-optimal progesterone looks like:

IN YOUR BODY:
- Anxious, wired but tired
- Struggling to fall or stay asleep in the second half of your cycle
- Shorter cycles than usual (less than 26 days)
- Spotting before your period arrives
- PMS that’s getting worse with age
- Feeling like yourself for about one week a month

ON YOUR LABS:
- Mid-luteal P4 under 30 nmol/L
- P4:E2 ratio below 10:1
- Low or absent LH surge on OPK

The goal? Progesterone levels of 60–85+ nmol/L mid-luteal - achieved through consistent ovulation and, where needed, body identical progesterone.

I have clients who’ve moved from 13 to 64 to 85 nmol/L through targeted clinical support. It is absolutely achievable.

🎓 Comment MASTERCLASS below and I’ll send you the details for my Hormone Mastery Masterclass - a deep-dive clinical training on what’s actually driving your symptoms, what to test, and what to do with the results.

If your histamine symptoms are worse in the lead up to your period or around ovulation I promise you it’s not a coincide...
01/04/2026

If your histamine symptoms are worse in the lead up to your period or around ovulation I promise you it’s not a coincidence.

When estrogen isn’t clearing efficiently, histamine builds. The same food, the same life, can suddenly feel intolerable.

It’s not about eliminating everything.

It’s about finding what’s actually driving it.

Comment GUIDE and I’ll send the free testing guide straight to your DMs 👇🏼🤍

It’s slide #6 for me 🫣*Don’t get me wrong, some guests are amazing… but others are questionable at best. A podcast with...
29/10/2025

It’s slide #6 for me 🫣

*Don’t get me wrong, some guests are amazing… but others are questionable at best. A podcast with this level of reach has a responsibility, am I right?

Hormones are messengers - and when they’re too high or too low, your body lets you know 🧬From energy dips to mood swings...
21/10/2025

Hormones are messengers - and when they’re too high or too low, your body lets you know 🧬

From energy dips to mood swings to that feeling of being “off,” it’s rarely random - it’s information.

➡️ Tired, moody, or just not feeling like yourself lately?
🧠 Comment QUIZ below to take my 5-Minute Hormone Health Check and find out why.

➡️ Ready to understand your hormones on a whole new level?
🎓 Comment MASTERCLASS below for access to my Hormone Mastery ...
16/10/2025

➡️ Ready to understand your hormones on a whole new level?
🎓 Comment MASTERCLASS below for access to my Hormone Mastery Masterclass - your roadmap to stable cycles, restorative sleep & balanced energy (no guesswork, no fluff).

You’re not lazy. You’re running in a loop🌀

When stress, blood sugar, thyroid, and s*x hormones all pull in different directions - your body fights to survive, not thrive.

The result?
Fatigue, brain fog, cravings, irritability, and that “nothing works anymore” feeling.

This is The Hormone-Fatigue Loop.
And every step is reversible - when you know where to start 💫

You’re not missing motivation.You’re missing the right markers.These are the labs that tell the real story of your hormo...
15/10/2025

You’re not missing motivation.
You’re missing the right markers.

These are the labs that tell the real story of your hormones, metabolism, and energy - not just the surface level ones.

đź’Ś Want to know exactly which tests to request - and how to interpret them like a pro?

Comment GUIDE below and I’ll send you my Hormone Mastery Testing Guide (plus bonus hormone-balancing recipes 🍳).

Because optimal health isn’t guesswork - it’s data done right🩸

And it’s #15 for me. What about you?From calories to cycles, carbs to cortisol - here’s what a decade and a half as a N...
28/09/2025

And it’s #15 for me. What about you?

From calories to cycles, carbs to cortisol - here’s what a decade and a half as a Nutritionist has really taught me.

Not from Google. Not from trends. From actual women, real results, and the data that never lies.

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