Advanced Functional Medicine

Advanced Functional Medicine Integrative and Functional Medicine clinic located in Perth and servicing patients Australia wide.

Healing has an order. Skip the order and nothing holds.In The Healing Hierarchy I lay out the four levels every chronic ...
29/05/2026

Healing has an order. Skip the order and nothing holds.

In The Healing Hierarchy I lay out the four levels every chronic illness recovery has to move through:

Level 1: Crisis Stabilisation. Sleep, nervous system, blood sugar. The body has to be safe enough to heal.

Level 2: Gut Restoration. The gut drives immunity, hormones, neurotransmitters, inflammation. Nothing upstream works if the gut is broken.

Level 3: Biochemistry and Detox. Methylation, mitochondria, liver, micronutrients. Restoring the systems that run the show.

Level 4: Hormones and Optimisation. Thyroid, s*x hormones, cortisol curve. This is where most protocols start. It should be where they finish.

The reason your protocol keeps stalling isn't because you're not trying. It's because you've started at the wrong level.

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Sugar cravings that won't quit. Brain fog after meals. Recurring thrush or skin rashes. Itching in the ears or scalp.The...
28/05/2026

Sugar cravings that won't quit. Brain fog after meals. Recurring thrush or skin rashes. Itching in the ears or scalp.

These can all be signs of candida overgrowth.

Candida is a yeast that normally lives in small amounts in the gut. After antibiotics, sustained high sugar intake, or chronic stress, it can overgrow and start producing metabolic byproducts that drive brain fog, joint pain, and immune dysregulation.

We test for candida overgrowth on both stool testing and the organic acids test. Arabinose on the OAT is one of the clearest markers of yeast metabolism.

Anti-fungal protocols work, but they have to follow the right sequence. Kill candida too aggressively and the die-off response can be brutal.

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You've been told your thyroid is "borderline." Or "subclinical." Or "we'll watch it."If your TPO antibodies are elevated...
27/05/2026

You've been told your thyroid is "borderline." Or "subclinical." Or "we'll watch it."

If your TPO antibodies are elevated, your thyroid isn't borderline. You have Hashimoto's. An autoimmune attack on the thyroid that drives the dysfunction.

Hashimoto's is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in Australia.

But most GPs never test TPO or thyroglobulin antibodies. They just track TSH and wait until it gets bad enough for thyroxine.

By the time TSH is elevated, the immune attack has been happening for years. Test antibodies early. The earlier you intervene, the more thyroid tissue you preserve.

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Reflux that won't shift on PPIs. Iron deficiency that returns no matter how much you supplement. Bloating right after ea...
25/05/2026

Reflux that won't shift on PPIs. Iron deficiency that returns no matter how much you supplement. Bloating right after eating.

These can all point to one thing. H. pylori.

H. pylori is a bacterial infection in the stomach lining. It suppresses stomach acid production, which is why iron, B12 and protein absorption all decline. Low stomach acid also drives reflux, because the lower oesophageal sphincter loses tone.

Most GPs only test H. pylori with a breath test when ulcer symptoms are present. We test it on every comprehensive stool test, because it sits silently for years.

Treatment is straightforward. But you have to know it is there.

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Bloated after every meal? Reacting to foods you used to tolerate? You might not have a food problem. You might have SIBO...
24/05/2026

Bloated after every meal? Reacting to foods you used to tolerate? You might not have a food problem. You might have SIBO.

SIBO stands for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. Bacteria that belong in the large intestine have migrated up into the small intestine and are fermenting your food before you can absorb it.

This is why FODMAPs trigger bloating. Why probiotics make things worse. Why gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free diets only partially help. You're feeding the overgrowth.

SIBO is diagnosed with a lactulose breath test. It is treatable, but the gut needs to be cleared before food reintroduction can stick. This is why we test, not guess.

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"It's genetic." That doesn't mean it is fixed.Your genes are a blueprint, not a destiny. What you eat, how you sleep, yo...
22/05/2026

"It's genetic."

That doesn't mean it is fixed.

Your genes are a blueprint, not a destiny. What you eat, how you sleep, your stress levels, and your toxic exposures all influence how those genes express.

This is epigenetics. Two people with the same gene variant can have completely different health outcomes depending on their environment and lifestyle.

This is why we focus on what is influencing your system right now, not just what your DNA says. Your health is shaped by the signals your body receives every day.

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In The Healing Hierarchy, I talk about the three tests that change everything.1. A comprehensive blood panel read for op...
21/05/2026

In The Healing Hierarchy, I talk about the three tests that change everything.

1. A comprehensive blood panel read for optimal ranges, not disease ranges.
2. A stool test to map the gut.
3. An organic acids test to see what is happening at a cellular level.

One test shows you a wall. Three tests show you the building.

This is how we identify what is actually driving symptoms instead of guessing.

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You might think you don't have a gut problem because you don't have bloating or digestive symptoms.But the gut drives fa...
20/05/2026

You might think you don't have a gut problem because you don't have bloating or digestive symptoms.

But the gut drives far more than digestion. It influences immune function, hormonal balance, mood and mental health, energy production, and inflammation throughout the body.

We have had patients come in for fatigue, anxiety, or hormonal issues with no digestive complaints at all, and their stool test revealed significant bacterial overgrowth, a leaky gut barrier, or suppressed immune function in the gut.

The gut is always relevant. That is why we test it on every patient.

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Zonulin is our leaky gut marker.It is released by the tight gap junctions in the intestinal lining. When zonulin is elev...
18/05/2026

Zonulin is our leaky gut marker.

It is released by the tight gap junctions in the intestinal lining. When zonulin is elevated, those junctions have opened up and the gut barrier is compromised.

This means undigested food particles, bacteria, and toxins can pass through the gut wall into the bloodstream, triggering immune reactions and systemic inflammation.

A healthy zonulin should be below 80. When we see it above 107, the gut barrier needs repair before anything else.

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Three signs your body is still in the stabilisation phase:1. You react to supplements or foods that should be helping. Y...
17/05/2026

Three signs your body is still in the stabilisation phase:

1. You react to supplements or foods that should be helping. Your body is too reactive to tolerate even beneficial things right now.

2. Your energy crashes are unpredictable. Some days fine, some days flattened for no obvious reason.

3. You feel worse before you feel better with every new protocol. This usually means the body is not stable enough to handle the intervention yet.

You need to stabilise before you optimise.

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4 Antony Street
Perth, WA
6157

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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