The Healthy Gut

The Healthy Gut The Healthy Gut is a platform dedicated to raising awareness of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and improving the health of every day people.

It offers SIBO coaching programs, supporting people with SIBO on navigating their life with the condition; offers a range of SIBO-friendly recipes through cookbooks and the SIBO Cooking Show; and shares latest news and information from a range of experts in the fields of gut health on The Healthy Gut podcast. The Healthy Gut was founded by Rebecca Coomes who regained her health after treating SIBO and healing her gut, after a lifetime of chronic illness.

26/04/2026

Time for a change! šŸ–ļø ā˜€ļø šŸŒŠ

22/04/2026

A little update on how my gut is going 5 day into my Thailand holiday and the changes Iā€™m making today to help support it.

20/04/2026

How good does this Thai fruit look? The colour, taste, diversity and price (aka cheap!) make it all so amazing. Plus fruit has so many health benefits, with mango and red dragon fruit being particularly helpful for improving gut transit time and reducing constipation.

If you canā€™t get fresh red dragon fruit where you live, did you know you can buy it in powder form and add it to smoothies for a great boost? Itā€™s what I often do for myself and when Iā€™m helping my clients expand their diet and bring some exciting new foods into their weekly routine (all the while feeding their gut microbiota).

Whatā€™s your favourite fruit to enjoy when youā€™re on vacation?

19/04/2026

You asked me to share my tummy bug prevention strategy with you while Iā€™m travelling in Thailand and here it is! Got questions? Let me know! Find anything that worked well for you? Share your tips with us.

19/04/2026

After much planning, thinking and day dreaming, Iā€™m finally off on a girls trip to Thailand! My great friends and are with me and weā€™re going to be enjoying ALLLL the amazing Thai food, weather, beaches and more that Thailand has on offer. Itā€™s my first travel without the kids (who are loving life with hubby and doing lots of daddy adventures). Iā€™m here for 2.5 weeks and canā€™t wait to really relax into the much slower pace that island life affords.
Hereā€™s a little glimpse into the first 2 days of our trip.
Are you thinking to coming to Thailand and want to know how I do it while keeping my gut healthy? Let me know and Iā€™ll happily share my tips with you.

Villa: Booked through
Location: Bo Phut, Ko Samui
Breakfast:
Lunch: .samui

14/04/2026

Iā€™m on the countdown to the girls trip of a lifetime to Thailand! But heading to SE Asia wasnā€™t always good for my gut. I ALWAYS got terrible tummy bugs and would be left sprinting for the closest toilet.
Want to see how I prepare my gut for travel and what I do once Iā€™m in Thailand to prevent a tummy bug? Let me know below.

27/03/2026

If youā€™ve ever wondered if your gut health impacts your endometriosis symptoms, the answer is ā€˜it canā€™!
When our gut health is in a poor state, we are in a pro inflammatory state, which can make all of our symptoms (gut and endo) feel worse.
Naturopath shares what happens and how it impacts us. She also discusses why the carnivore diet can have such a negative impact on your endo symptoms and which diet is better for calming symptoms (and improving gut health at the same time).
Jade shared such valuable information in our discussion on The Healthy Gut Podcast so if you or someone you know has endo, comment PODCAST so I can DM you the link to the full episode.

27/03/2026

For my endo girlies out there, how many of you have been told your gut symptoms are ā€˜just IBSā€™?
For decades I was told that I had IBS and that there was nothing I could do about it, and that Iā€™d just have to live with it.
I never paid much attention to how my ā€˜IBSā€™ would change during the course of my cycle or that my constipation would worsen around the time of my period.
But when I discovered I had SIBO years later, and successfully treated it, all those ā€˜IBSā€™ symptoms vanished (not to mention a SIGNIFICANT reduction in my endo symptoms). So much for not being able to do anything about it. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø
Naturopath and endo warrior joined me on The Healthy Gut Podcast to share what some symptoms are that us endo chics can experience that tell us our gut health needs to be addressed.
Want to listen to the full pod? Comment PODCAST and Iā€™ll DM you the link. x

26/03/2026

Have you ever wondered why youā€™re more likely to develop SIBO if you have endometriosis? Did you even know your risk factors increase with every endo treatment and intervention?
In my clinic, I often see clients who have a history of endo and theyā€™re coming to me for SIBO support.
Naturopath and endo advocate joined me on The Healthy Gut Podcast to unpack exactly why our SIBO risk increases.
Once you know your risk factors, you can be better prepared to support your gut health and pelvic function to minimise your chance of developing SIBO. And if you do have SIBO, it can be really helpful understanding these risk factors so you can work on them to help prolong or prevent a future SIBO relapse.
Want to hear the full episode? Comment PODCAST and Iā€™ll DM you the link to listen.

25/03/2026

Naturopath joins me on The Healthy Gut podcast to discuss the connection between SIBO and endometriosis and why having endo can increase your risk for SIBO. Jade shares that you should not need multiple endo surgeries if your first surgery is done correctly under the hands of a well trained surgeon.

As someone who had multiple endo surgeries in the 2000s and was told my ā€˜managementā€™ would be six monthly surgeries, I wish I had heard someone like Jade back in those days.

If youā€™d like to listen to the full podcast (or want to share it with someone who will benefit from it), comment PODCAST and Iā€™ll DM you the link to listen.

25/03/2026

Naturopath Jade Walker Health joined me on The Healthy Gut Podcast to discuss the connection between SIBO and endometriosis and how your gut health can have an impact on your endo symptoms.

Itā€™s been a rough few weeks. You may have noticed it went completely silent on here. It started out with us all getting ...
11/03/2026

Itā€™s been a rough few weeks.

You may have noticed it went completely silent on here.

It started out with us all getting sick and blaming childcare bugs. But then my daughter got progressively worse and I had to take her to hospital. Turns out she had pneumonia and we spent 3 days at The Childrenā€™s (shout out to everyone there for being amazing!).

After 3 days of barely sleeping on the green chair, I was elated to be going home with her. But 10 hours later I was being taken to hospital via ambulance because I couldnā€™t breathe.

Unfortunately once at hospital, I had a really bad reaction to some meds they gave me and it felt like my lungs completely closed off and I was gasping for air.

Cue doctors and nurses running (I could hear the code being called and remember thinking ā€˜thatā€™s for meā€™), more meds, a racing heart that would not calm down for 10 hours, plummeting potassium, elevated lactate and feeling like I was on the verge of losing consciousness for hours.

I was given strong steroids to help me breathe, but that meant I couldnā€™t sleep. I had 20 hours sleep in 6 days.

To say I was exhausted is an understatement.

I got home on the morning of my 48th birthday feeling relieved to be out of ED, but not ā€˜wellā€™.

This past week has not been easy as my husband is overseas for work. My recovery has been SLOW while managing 2 little people. Iā€™ve had a lot of other symptoms, ongoing breathing difficulties and the most toxic feeling body as it processes all of the meds I was given.

Itā€™s still not clear what happened (hypothesis is my 1st ever asthma attack despite having never had it before).

Iā€™ll slowly easing myself back into work but am being conservative with my energy as I still fatigue easily. So I apologise for being silent on hereā€¦ I simply havenā€™t had the energy to create content!

To the doctors and nurses at St Vincentā€™s hospital, thanks for taking good care of me even though I was a bit of a mystery to you. We are so lucky to have an amazing FREE medical system in Australia and I know so many people around the world donā€™t have access to this level of care.

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The Healthy Gut is a platform dedicated to raising awareness of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and improving the health of every day people. It offers SIBO coaching programs, supporting people with SIBO on navigating their life with the condition; offers a range of SIBO-friendly recipes through cookbooks and the SIBO Cooking Show; and shares latest news and information from a range of experts in the fields of gut health on The Healthy Gut podcast. The Healthy Gut was founded by Rebecca Coomes who regained her health after treating SIBO and healing her gut, after a lifetime of chronic illness.