Leigh - GutFit Nutrition, 209 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON (2025)

07/31/2025

If you’ve been working through perimenopause and are experiencing IBS symptoms as a result, this post is for you! 👇🏻

If you’ve been going thorough perimenopause, you already know how challenging this time can be.

And navigating perimenopause with changes in your gut and IBS symptoms can feel like you’re juggling many things.

Between a rollercoaster of hormonal changes, life demands, and unpredictable digestive symptoms, it can feel overwhelming.

Not to mention, it can be hard to tell if your digestive symptoms are IBS or due to perimenopause.

😩 It’s not uncommon for women to have been mistakenly diagnosed with IBS when, in fact, symptoms were due to perimenopause. Or on the other hand, they may have had IBS develop during the menopause transition.

This is why seeking investigation from a doctor, keeping a detailed record of your symptoms, and advocating for yourself is essential. 🙌🏻

And I want you to remember, you are NOT powerless in this new transition.

By understanding the hormonal shifts happening in your body and how they impact your gut, you’re already one step closer to taking back control.

From supporting yourself with:

👉🏻 Whole food

👉🏻 Blood-sugar-balancing meals

👉🏻 To prioritizing sleep, strength training, and self-compassion—there are many evidence based tools at your disposal.

Remember that perimenopause isn’t a decline, it’s a natural transition in your lifespan. With the right support, strategies, and mindset, you can feel strong, energized, and more in tune with your body.

If you’d like to dive deeper into understanding what this transition is, how it connects with IBS and digestive symptoms, and how you can empower yourself to feel your best during this phase of life…

🖥️ Read my full article: Perimenopause & IBS Symptoms: The Link & Your Complete Guide to Management, at the link in my bio or at www.leighmerotto.com/blog 🤓 ❤️

07/28/2025

My guess is you’ve tried all of the strategies at the top… 🤔

Managing your IBS can seem SO complex, and with so much information out there from social media, Google, ChatGPT and what your aunt said last summer about her close friend with IBS who tried a juice cleanse or crazy restrictive diet…

It’s hard to cut through the noise. 😵‍💫

Instead, what you really need is to address the underlying symptom drivers of your IBS through evidence-based nutrition, and lifestyle and supplement changes to help heal and improve your gut.

This includes:
👉🏻 Optimizing Gut-Brain Harmony
👉🏻 Reducing Inflammation
👉🏻 Improving Gut Motility
👉🏻 Balancing Dysbiosis & Rebuilding a Robust Gut Microbiome

And not just any plan, a plan that is tailored to YOU. Your unique medical history, resources, IBS-subtype, lifestyle factors, etc…

Of course, this isn’t as simple as cutting out foods or trying a new supplement or juice cleanse…

Instead, it’s crucial to build a solid foundation with the right diet, lifestyle and a personalized supplement plan.

If you’re ready to discover how to finally break free from your IBS and gut symptoms, comment BLUEPRINT for the link to register for my FREE masterclass:

⭐️ Take Immediate Control: The Ultimate 6-Step Blueprint to Conquering IBS & Gut Pain

Inside you’ll discover tried-and-tested steps with my expert strategies essential for finding TRUE relief from IBS and gut symptoms! 🙌🏻

07/25/2025

Welcome! I’m Leigh Merotto Registered Dietitian (RD, MHSc) and Coach, and founder of GutFit Nutrition. I’m recognized as a leading Dietitian in Canada 🇨🇦 specializing in gut health and IBS, and layering that with a passion and speciality for fitness and endurance nutrition. 👋 Our mission is to empower active individuals to break free from gut symptoms and fuel performance with a whole-body, evidence-based approach.💖

🌎 We’re based in Canada but work with clients virtually & have a community across the world!

As a Registered Dietitian & Coach, I’ve helped 100s of people like you to take control of your life with a whole-body, science-based approach to your nutrition, lifestyle and supplements.

Where others lead with band-aid solutions, I start with the root cause (s) of your symptoms.

What makes my perspective so unique? I've healed my own digestive concerns and I'm an endurance athlete and movement enthusiast.

I’m living proof that with the RIGHT evidence-based strategies, you can have it ALL… despite your diagnosis!

I’d love to support you with...

✅ Your IBS, SIBO & the Low FODMAP Diet
✅ Changing your body composition: Muscle gain & fat loss
✅ Relieving your bloating, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain or GERD
✅ Sports nutrition for endurance training (running or triathlons) & weight training
✅ Eating for increased energy & vitality
✅ Female-specific nutrition & training
If you’re an active individual ready to find FREEDOM from gut symptoms, bloat, & fatigue, you’re in the right place.

I have 2 signature programs for high touch, personalized coaching, as well as a collection of mini-courses, meal plan bundles and freebies to support you at each stage of your journey. 🎉

🎙️ 📚 GutFit Nutrition also has a podcast AND blog if you're ready to learn more now!

Dreaming of a happy gut and living your active life to its fullest?

Check out www.gutfitnutrition.com or send me a DM to chat about how we can kick-start your journey to REAL IBS and gut health relief & sustained performance now! 💖

07/22/2025

3rd annual summer shred on July 13th! It POURED on us but then the sun came out and these amazing 1000+ people continued an epic workout!

So much fun & COMMUNITY movement from 8:30-1:30pm. ☀️

Had fun taking part in all these activities:
⭐️ 10-min burpee challenge: 277 burpees combined with my partner
⭐️ Agility drills led by .co
⭐️ led Team relay with
⭐️ Tabatha workout
⭐️ 400m track challenge (and I placed top 8 and won a pair of shoes!

Hot, high activity days in the sun require proper fuel! 😉 If I'm pushing myself hard, my nutrition has to match that. 💪

✅ Packed lots of fuel - the key is low fibre, low fat & low FODMAP friendly to keep the gut happy while maintaining energy stores. Carbs are key, and a little protein since this was a long session. This included pitted dates, pureed banana/kiwi, GoMacro bar, rice cakes, gut friendly protein shake.
✅ Hydration: Water plus a higher sodium electrolytes supplement to help replenish sweat losses.
✅ Followed the event with a recovery smoothie then real foods (with veggies, healthy fats, carbs, protein) the rest of the day!

Met so many wonderful people & trainers, what an amazing way to spend a Sunday in the city! 🏙️

07/18/2025

Who else is becoming increasingly peeved at the misuse of the term "science backed" to sell products and make outrageous claims? 🤣 Fun fact: most people have no idea how to critique the quality of a research paper, yet everyone's a nutrition "expert" these days? 🤪

Let me know which one is your favourite. 👇 ⬆️

07/10/2025

How seriously do you consider your nutrition before, during and after runs?

Not only does nutrition help with performance, but the RIGHT fuelling strategy ****can help to prevent gut distress that can halt your runs, workouts and races short.

Endurance training, specifically running, can often trigger digestive flares due to impacts on the pelvic floor, reduced blood flow to the gut, increased gut permeability and more…

Here are the most common myths you should know as a runner, especially if you want to prevent gut issues:

🚩 Myth: Well-trained runners need less fuel

🚩 Myth: You don’t need to fuel if you want to burn fat

🚩 Myth: Electrolyte imbalance won’t cause GI issues

🚩 Myth: “I tried gels a couple of times on my runs but it causes issues. Fuelling isn’t for me”

By making nutrition a priority in your training, you can significantly improve your performance AND prevent urgent toilet stops and rumbling guts on your runs and races.

Proper fuelling not only enhances your endurance and recovery but also helps mitigate digestive issues making your runs ENJOYABLE!

I had a client last week who has been working with me for 3-months, she thought it was impossible to avoid running to the toilet on almost every run. But with the right plan, she’s eliminated 90% of gut issues during her runs. 🥳🙌🏻

Ready to start acing your fuelling strategy as a runner, with a sensitive gut and/or IBS?

💻 Check out my full blog post: Acing Your Long Run Fuelling Strategy as a Runner With IBS and/or a Sensitive Gut, at the link in bio! 🔗

Are there any other gut myths you’ve heard lately that you want me to bust? Let me know in the comments below! 👇🏻

07/07/2025

In my live IBS Masterclass sessions, I always ask the audience.. “How long have you been living with IBS and gut symptoms?”

The responses are always similar, and in the last live event over 58% said 10+ years. 😔❤️

Let’s break down a few reasons as to why this is so common.

👉🏻 IBS is a chronic condition

👉🏻 Broken medical systems

👉🏻 Waiting to seek support

👉🏻 IBS worsens overtime

The truth is gut symptoms like IBS are complex. They don’t start — or heal — from one single thing.

What you really need is:

🔍 A deeper understanding of what’s driving your symptoms like your gut-brain axis, inflammation, nervous system dysregulation, and digestive capacity.

⚖️ A strategy that balances nutrition with nervous system support, movement, and gut healing habits, without extreme restriction.

🪜 And a clear, phased plan that helps you move from chaos to clarity so you can enjoy food, workouts, and life again without fear of a flare.

This is the kind of support that moves you forward and what I walk you through inside my FREE masterclass.

If you’re nodding along and thinking, “This is what I’ve been missing,” you’re exactly who I made this for.

⭐️ Take Immediate Control: The Ultimate 6-Step Blueprint to Conquering IBS & Gut Pain ⭐️

Comment BLUEPRINT if you want the link — I’ll send it your way 💌

07/04/2025

If you’ve ever cut gluten thinking it would “fix” your bloating, urgent poops, or gut pain, but it didn’t totally work…this post is for you. 👇🏻

A lot of the clients I work with have gone gluten-free at some point and time trying to find relief from their IBS symptoms.

🧐 So what is a gluten-free diet?

A strict gluten-free diet excludes any foods that contain gluten, a type of protein found in grains like wheat, rye, spelt, barley, Kamut and bulgar.

But does everyone with IBS need to follow a gluten-free diet?

In short, no, not everyone with IBS needs to follow a gluten-free diet, and while the research shows that a gluten-free diet can improve symptoms in IBS…

It may be due to non-celiac gluten sensitivity or Fructan (the type of FODMAP found in glutenous grains like wheat, rye and spelt!)

🚨 If you have decided to go gluten-free to help eliminate symptoms (and not because of celiac disease or gluten sensitivity) it could actually backfire and lead to:

❌ Nutrient gaps in your diet

❌ Increased food fear or disordered eating

❌ Missing the true, underlying cause of your symptoms

This is why instead, I recommend working with an IBS & Gut Health Dietitian (like myself) to help uncover what is really triggering your symptoms so you restore your gastro-intestinal health to a place where you are finally free and in control!

So, if you’re ready to get to the root of your IBS & gut symptoms so you can stop cutting out random foods once and for all and FINALLY feel like yourself again…

Book your free 30-minute clarity call and let’s chat more about whether the Gut Harmony Method™ Program is right for you!

Head to my link in bio or comment ✨IM READY✨ for all the details and to apply now.

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