Gut Reaction - specialising in disordered eating

29/01/2026

As the month draws to a close, many people are reflecting on how recent intentions around food and self-care have played out.

If this brings up mixed feelings for you, my latest blog takes a holistic look at some of the reasons change can feel difficult, including the role of the nervous system.

It explores why what looks like self-sabotage can often be something very different, particularly for those with a complicated relationship with food.

🔗 Read the full blog: https://www.gutreaction.co.uk/get-real/2026/1/24/when-self-care-unravels-is-it-really-self-sabotage

If it resonates, you’re very welcome to share your thoughts or experiences here or via DM 🌱 🤍

As January draws to a close, many people find themselves quietly wondering why the changes they hoped to make around food haven’t stuck. What began with intention and hope may now feel tangled with frustration - meal plans abandoned, rules loosened or broken, familiar patterns returning despite be...

23/12/2025

In a season of celebration, food and social gatherings, it is easy to overlook just how difficult this time of year can be for someone living with disordered eating or struggling with body image.

This blog is an invitation to reflect on how we speak about food and appearance, and how a few small shifts in awareness and language can help create a more supportive space around the table this festive season.

📝 Read the full blog: https://www.gutreaction.co.uk/get-real/2025/12/01-how-to-approach-the-festive-season-with-sensitivity

🤔 I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences - feel free to comment or drop me a DM 💌

In a season of celebration, food and social gatherings, it is easy to overlook just how difficult this time of year can be for someone living with disordered eating or struggling with body image. Even well-meaning comments about food or appearance can have unintended impact - especially as these cha

21/12/2025

When you slow down and give eating a little more space and presence, it can feel less ‘urgent’, helping your body and mind sense enjoyment and satisfaction.

Savour this Christmas ❤️
💌 Reach out via DM or visit www.gutreaction.co.uk to learn more.

19/12/2025

Want to simplify your meal planning and feel more confident in the kitchen this new year?

Join Cynthia Tamraz, owner of Cafe Desa , and BANT Registered Nutritionist Sarah Grant from Gut Reaction - specialising in disordered eating, for an interactive workshop:

⭐ Learn a stress-free way to plan your meals with a focus on nourishment
⭐ Discover prep tips for quick, wholesome breakfasts, lunches and dinners
⭐ Watch food demos featuring simple, delicious seasonal dishes
⭐ Enjoy eating what we create together!

📅 Thursday 8 January 2026
🕖 6.30pm – 9pm
📍 Cafe Desa, Leamington Spa

Come hungry and ready for fun - leave nourished, informed, and inspired!

💷 £49 per person - just 12 spaces available!

👉 Book now: https://book.stripe.com/28obKe33ufrg9z24gi

17/12/2025

Being intentional about lowering the internal pressure you put on yourself and dialling up kindness in how you speak to yourself and care for yourself, matters all the time - but especially during periods when routines can shift and demands can be higher, which is so often the case at this time of year.

Self-compassion can support a greater sense of wellbeing, clearer thinking and more supportive self-care choices.

For example this might include allowing more flexibility in how you approach food, letting meals be part of enjoyment and connection rather than something to manage or make up for, making time to move your body in ways that feel good to you, and being a little more aware of the tone you use with yourself.

If you’re prone to negative self-talk around food choices, body size or appearance, this is also a gentle reminder that self-criticism tends to create more tension, not change.

So this Christmas, give yourself the gift of kindness ❤️
💌 Reach out via DM or visit www.gutreaction.co.uk to learn more.

16/12/2025

Current wellness trends and media hype have contributed to the normalisation of certain behaviours that those of us working in the disordered eating space consider harmful.

In this blog, I share ten common examples of this that often go unnoticed - and what they may be signalling beneath the surface.

📝 Read the full blog: https://www.gutreaction.co.uk/get-real/2025/11/2/10-disordered-eating-behaviours-that-were-normalised-in-2025

🤔 I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences - feel free to comment or drop me a DM 💌

Current wellness trends and media hype have contributed to the normalisation of certain behaviours that those of us working in the disordered eating space consider harmful. As a nutrition practitioner, it is becoming apparent that the line between ‘ disciplined’ as it is perceived by the public ...

06/11/2025

When we go long stretches without food, the body doesn’t know if we’re busy, stressed or intentionally restricting. It only knows it isn’t being fed -and it responds as if under threat.

Eating regularly helps calm the nervous system and rebuilds trust between you and your body.

If you’ve spent years disconnecting from your hunger cues or equating eating less with being ‘good’, it can feel uncomfortable to feed yourself regularly.

But your body can’t relax or heal if it doesn’t feel safe - and regular nourishment is how that safety begins.
💌 Reach out via DM or visit www.gutreaction.co.uk to learn more.

04/11/2025

If you’ve ever spent weeks or months tracking every mouthful and anxiously watching numbers add up, you’re not alone.

In this blog, I explain the how and why calorie counting is deeply problematic, and I share some steps you can take to move away from the numbers and back towards trust in your body.

📝 Read the full blog: https://www.gutreaction.co.uk/get-real/2025/11/1/why-calorie-counting-doesnt-work-what-your-body-needs-instead
🤔 I’d love to know, what's your experience with calorie counting?

07/10/2025

✨ Professional update ✨

✅ BANT, the leading professional body for Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioners, recently set-out new standards for working with eating disorders - which I’m proud to announce I have met.

✅ Having recently completed Nutritional Therapy for Eating Disorders: Advanced Practitioner Programme, I’m now officially recognised as one of sixteen practitioners* in the UK able to support individuals with confirmed or suspected eating disorders.

✅ Importantly, I’m able to work collaboratively with other health professionals such as GPs and mental health practitioners, as needed.

With rising rates of eating disorders and complex disordered eating, it’s more important than ever that clients receive the right kind of support that is both safe and ethical. Not every nutrition practitioner is qualified to offer this.

If you or someone close to you is struggling with food, eating or body image, I offer a compassionate, evidence-informed approach focused on restoring nutritional balance, rebuilding trust around food and supporting behaviour change.

📩 Feel free to get in touch to find out more or explore whether my approach is right for you.
 

*accurate to the BANT professional register at the time of writing

15/09/2025

When you picture a “healthy relationship with food,” do you imagine…

🥗 'clean eating'?
🍎 always making the “right” choices?
💪 being slim and disciplined?

It’s easy to picture it that way - but these ideas often bring more pressure than they do peace.

In my latest blog, I explore what a genuinely healthy relationship with food looks like (and what it doesn’t) - from trust and flexibility, to freedom from guilt.

👉 Read here: https://www.gutreaction.co.uk/get-real/2025/8/16/what-is-and-isnt-a-healthy-relationship-with-food

🤔 I’d love to know, what does a healthy relationship with food mean to you?

11/09/2025

When food feels out of control, it can be tempting to tighten the rules even more. But here’s the paradox: the stricter the rules we attach to food, the stronger food’s pull becomes.

Research shows that dieting is one of the strongest predictors of eating disorders. Despite being sold as a path to better health, dieting often leads to years of restriction and the constant pursuit of control around food - resulting in guilt, preoccupation, and a deep disconnect from your body’s natural wisdom.

Ready to break free from that cycle?

There’s a kinder, evidence-informed way to make peace with food and your body, and reclaim your wellbeing.

Giving yourself permission to eat what you want isn’t about having no boundaries or abandoning care for your body. It’s part of a gradual process of rebuilding trust, step by step, until food takes its rightful place in your life: important, but not in charge.

💌 Reach out via DM or visit www.gutreaction.co.uk to learn more.

02/09/2025

🧿💛🧘🏼‍♀️It’s not too late to REVIVE & THRiVE with us later this month!: www.gutreaction.co.uk/retreat