The Natural Nutritionist

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?

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.

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 💫

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.

💌 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🩸

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.

Swipe, save, share 💎

23/09/2025

What about #18?

💡Your period isn’t just “your period”.

It’s your monthly hormone report card on hormones, nutrient needs & stress load.

🔥 Ready to decode yours?
👉 Reply MASTERY for my proven roadmap.

29/05/2025

I was wrong about intermittent fasting (IF) for women.

I used to recommend IF, and now, when it comes to pre-menopausal women - I have changed my mind.

Most women I now work with, especially those in their late 30s and 40s navigating PMS, fatigue, mood swings, and unpredictable cycles, it’s doing more harm than good.

Here’s why:
✨ Fasting is a stressor. When your nervous system and hormones are already under strain, skipping breakfast is like throwing fuel on the fire.
✨ Fasting can worsen metabolic chaos. Many women are unknowingly under-eating, and fasting often deepens that metabolic chaos. We need an efficient metabolism, not one that’s slows down significantly.
✨ Fasting promotes restriction. What we really need is nourishment, rhythm, and regulation, not restriction.

I’ll say it clearly:
👉🏼 I got it wrong. And I’m not afraid to say that, because that’s what evidence-based practice and integrity look like.

I’m here for the women who’ve tried fasting and felt worse.
The ones who are eating less and gaining more.
The ones who are tired, anxious, wired-but-exhausted — and being told “you just need to be in a calorie deficit”.
You deserve better.

I’m here to keep learning, unlearning, and evolving - so you can feel your best, not just follow the trends.

What’s been your experience with IF?

29/03/2025

💃🏼 The Hormone Mastery Method is a six-month program designed to help you understand and support your body with science-backed strategies [and master your hormones of course].

🔬 This isn’t about quick fixes or band-aid solutions. It’s about addressing the root causes of your symptoms and providing you with practical, sustainable tools to create lasting change.

🚀 We start April 7th. Be personally guided by me in the one-and-only live round in 2025.

➡️ Comment READY and I’ll send you more info and answer your burning questions.

30/05/2024

Despite what you’ve been told, more is absolutely not more when it comes to iron.

Excess iron is toxic to the heart (et al) due to the formation of reactive oxygen species and promotion of oxidative damage.

Iron infusions cause extremely high ferritin, so albeit temporary, heart damage can occur. So why are we so hell bent on recommending them (outside when they are life saving of course)?

And because I often get asked, if you have had an iron infusion and need to get rid of the excess iron, one of the best things you can do is take milk thistle, with 140mg silymarin, 1-3 times/day.

And yes, this absolutely also applies to conditions including β‐thalassemia intermedia (β‐TI) and haemochromotosis (HFE).

I hope that helps?

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06/05/2024

For far too long we have been told that ovulation is just about making babies, when in fact, ovulation is the main event of every menstrual month and we need 35-40 years of ovulatory cycles in our lives.

Silent ovulatory disturbances (low progesterone, luteal phase deficiency and/or anovulatory cycles) are major hidden risk factors for osteoporosis, heart disease (in the first 10 years of menopause) and breast cancer.

If you’re not tracking your ovulation, you need to be, and I can teach you how.

All this and so much more in my FREE Creating Balanced Hormones Masterclass TONIGHT. Comment MASTERCLASS to secure your last minute place! ✨💗

02/05/2024

This Overnight Chia Bircher has quickly become my new favourite breakfast and is one of the easiest ways to make sure your day is phytoestrogen and fibre rich, making it incredible for your hormones, gut health, skin and more! 🥳

This is one of the meals featured in my upcoming program, would you like the recipe? 💗

And don’t forget, on Monday we go live with my FREE Creating Balanced Hormones Masterclass. Comment MASTERCLASS to secure your place alongside almost 400 other incredible women! 🤩

02/05/2024

🎧 NEW PODCAST 🎧
In today’s episode we are joined by Dr. Michelle Woolhouse to explore mind-body medicine or psychoneuroimmunology and how it relates to medicine, dis-ease and wellness. We consider the role of the nervous system in many chronic diseases and reframe anxiety as a powerful teacher, suffering as an opportunity for powerful growth and our own vulnerability as the catalyst for global change.

Head to https://www.stephlowe.com/podcasts/483 for show notes, episode transcripts and more.

Psychoneuroimmunology, Wholism & Anxiety with Dr Michelle Woolhouse