Dr Kate Barry

29/05/2026

So you’re chronically ill and feeling fatigued and unwell most days. You’ve either read or been told by a practitioner that you need to make significant diet and lifestyle change in order to improve your health, but how are you supposed to make these changes when you can hardly get out of bed? Bit of a catch 22 right?

This conundrum is one of my clients’ biggest gripes, so as a practitioner I’m always looking for ways to help out and provide guidance around the day-to-day tasks that suck energy and prevent clients from sticking to the therapeutic plan. Check out this blog post for my top three tips.

Blog post providing guidance around the day-to-day tasks that suck energy and prevent clients from sticking to a therapeutic plan.

27/05/2026

My journey with CIRS.... from academic to practitioner.

25/05/2026

How do you eat a whole foods diet when suffering from health issues or unexplained symptoms? Here I discuss some of the easiest and most practical ways to eat a whole foods and minimally processed diet so as to optimise your health and start feeling better.

22/05/2026

Day 4 - Gut Health Challenge

The main take-aways from Day 4 are:
1. Eat a diverse whole and nutrient dense diet with minimal processed and high-sugar foods.
2. Support the microbiome by adding probiotics or fermented foods, prebiotic-rich foods and avoiding unnecessary antibiotics.
3. Get enough sleep.

21/05/2026

Day 3 - Gut Health Challenge

The main take-aways from Day 3 are:
1. Consider foods and supplements that heal/support the gut lining and provide digestive support.
2. Avoid trigger foods.
3. Improve gut motility by increasing fibre intake, drinking plenty of water, exercising regularly, and consider taking a Magnesium supplement.

20/05/2026

Day 2 - Gut Health Challenge

The main take-aways from Day 2 are:
1. Support stomach acid production by consuming something acidic before meals and chewing your food thoroughly.
2. Avoid: consuming large amounts of water during meals, overeating, antacids, and alcohol/caffeine.
3. Manage chronic stress.

19/05/2026

Day 1 - Gut Health Challenge

The main take aways from Day 1 are:
1. Prep your body for food by smelling food before eating and eating in a relaxed state.
2. Avoid dry foods and do not consume large quantities of liquid during meals.
3. Practice mindful eating by taking your time while eating and chewing your food thoroughly.

18/05/2026

Here I explain how chronic inflammation can cause autoimmune conditions via a genetic predisposition, an environmental trigger, and leaky gut.

15/05/2026

When it comes to biotoxin exposure, we need to break the cycle of enterohepatic recirculation and systemic absorption of toxins. Enterohepatic circulation is a critical system of the body that governs the progression of bile from the liver, through the gallbladder, into the small intestine and back again to the liver. Almost all bile is naturally recirculated in this manner, so unless there are specific insoluble fibres and binders present in the GI tract, they will be reabsorbed by the hepatic portal vein and continue to put a strain on the detox organs.

If the GI tract is permeable (AKA leaky gut), toxins can also leak into the blood stream through lack of tight junction integrity. A high insoluble fibre diet can be incredibly helpful, but unfortunately many biotoxins like those produced by mould are not so easy to bind and need to be specifically targeted with certain binders.

Here is a table summarising the best binders to use for each specific mycotoxin that may show up on your urine analysis. Credit goes to Joe Mather, Neil Nathan, Jill Crista and Beth O'Hara for putting this information together.

13/05/2026

10 Tips To SUPPORT THE GALL BLADDER (AND LIVER!)
1. Lemon Water: Drink 1-2 cups of filtered water with lemon juice and/or apple cider vinegar (1-2 tbsp per cup) each morning upon rising.
2. Hydrate: Drink 2-3L of water depending on your body weight. You can add in antioxidant extracts and drink fermented beverages like coconut water kefir.
3. Fresh Vegetable Juices: Juicing fresh veggies such as kale, parsley, coriander, watercress, bok choy, beets, carrots, cucumbers, celery is highly advised. The phytonutrients are highly bioavailable in fresh juice and they will help to cleanse the liver and gallbladder. No more than 1/2 cup of it should be with beets and carrots due to the sugar.
4. Intermittent Fasting: Take stress off your digestive system by doing a water/green juice/bone broth fast for 16 hrs each day.
5. Anti-Inflammatory Herbs: Look for ways to get more ginger, turmeric, oregano, garlic, basil, thyme, milk thistle, stinging nettle, peppermint into your system. You can add dried or fresh herbs to your meals or use organic herbal teas.
6. Fermented Foods: Consuming small amounts of fermented foods can be very therapeutic for the liver and gall bladder. This includes kimchi, sauerkraut, coconut milk kefir, apple cider vinegar, natural pickles, coconut yoghurt and coconut water kefir.
7. Castor Oil Packs: Castor oil works to thin the bile and dilate the bile ducts. Make a castor oil pack and put it over your liver/gallbladder region for 15-30 minutes each week.
8. Coffee Enemas: This is the most powerful way to help detoxify your liver and gallbladder. Find out more in the attached article by Dr Jill Carnahan.
9. Healthy Fibre Sources: Fibre helps to bind to toxins in the digestive system and also feeds the microbiota. Be sure to get over 30 grams of fibre daily, especially insoluble fibres like flaxseed meal, chia seeds and psyllium husk.
10. Liver Detoxifying Supplements: Look for one with milk thistle and other bitter herbs like globe artichoke, gentian and dandelion root. If you are just starting out then start on a low dose to judge tolerance and slowly titrate up.

Today we’re going to dive into exactly how coffee enemas are beneficial and easy-to-use, how they can help improve your body's ability to detox, and how to safely perform one.