With Alexandra Armstrong

With Alexandra Armstrong Root Cause Practitioner. Integrative Medicine Practitioner

Together we will find the root cause of y All plans are customized to meet your needs.

Some staples not mentioned:Grass fed beef and organic non GMO chicken from Kerrygold butter, Califia organic almond mil...
05/16/2026

Some staples not mentioned:

Grass fed beef and organic non GMO chicken from

Kerrygold butter, Califia organic almond milk, Good Culture cottage cheese, Fage or another high quality yogurt.

Sardines and oysters ordered from

Probiotic rich yogurt from

Vegetables from our own garden.

Coffee from The Rooted Bean.

Bloating, especially above your belly button. Burping.Feeling overly full after meals.Reflux.Undigested food in stool.So...
05/06/2026

Bloating, especially above your belly button.
Burping.
Feeling overly full after meals.
Reflux.
Undigested food in stool.

Sometimes the problem isn’t too much stomach acid…
it’s not enough. I see this often even if you’ve been told you need to take Protonix.

Low stomach acid can impact:

* protein digestion (think smelly t***s, and feeling heavy after meals)
* mineral absorption (chronic iron anemia, vitamin D or B12 folate anemia despite supplementation )
* gut bacteria balance (think gas and bloating)
* bile flow (think wiping 5 + times with stools or greasy stools)
* nutrient status
* energy levels
* hair, skin, and nails (thinning hair, ridges on your nails)

One simple functional medicine home test often used is the baking soda burp test 👀

(Important: it’s not diagnostic, but it can give clues.)

Try it and let me know your results in the comments 👀

She didn’t need more restriction.She needed a strategy. Once she had it, she dove right in. She feels more relaxed now, ...
05/02/2026

She didn’t need more restriction.
She needed a strategy. Once she had it, she dove right in. She feels more relaxed now, and reassured because she’s seeing changes with her efforts. She’s know her body can heal.

Here’s what was actually going on:
• digestion was shut down
• blood sugar was unstable
• detox pathways were sluggish
• immune system was overactive

So instead of guessing, we:
→ supported digestion
→ opened detox pathways
→ stabilized her metabolism
→ calmed immune triggers

And the result?
Everything improved at once.

This is what happens when you stop chasing symptoms
and start supporting systems.

04/04/2026

🚨 Still dealing with PMS, bloating, breast tenderness, or mood swings… even though your hormones “look normal”?

It might not be production—it might be recirculation.

Your liver packages up excess estrogen → sends it to the gut to be eliminated.
But if beta-glucuronidase (an enzyme made by certain gut bacteria) is high…

👉 it unlocks that estrogen
👉 sends it right back into circulation
👉 and now you’re stuck in a loop of estrogen recirculation

⚠️ Result:
• PMS
• Estrogen dominance symptoms
• Heavy or frequent cycles
• Breast tenderness
• Bloating + irritability

This is why gut health = hormone health.

If you don’t clear estrogen… you reabsorb it.

✨ What actually helps:
• Support detox pathways (not just “detox teas”)
• Balance the gut microbiome
• Increase fiber to bind + eliminate
• Consider targeted support (like calcium-d-glucarate when appropriate)

You can’t out-supplement a recycling problem.

💬 If you’ve been told your labs are “normal” but you feel anything but—this is your sign to look deeper.

03/25/2026

PPI’s aren’t doing you any favors and they certainly aren’t treating the root cause in most cases.

You deserve to have less daily symptoms and I know you’d love to take one less medication. 💊

When stomach acid is low, everything downstream starts to suffer.

Comment “acid” and I’ll send you where to start.

03/25/2026

You can remediate your home…
and still end up right back where you started.

Mold isn’t just about exposure.
It’s about environment.

If you don’t control moisture, airflow, and humidity…
you’re setting the stage for it to come back.

These are the exact things we stay on top of now 👆

03/20/2026

Researchers looked at over 300 patients labeled with IBS-D.

And guess what?

👉 98% of them actually had a DIFFERENT diagnosis
👉 68% had bile acid dysfunction—something totally treatable

So it wasn’t ‘just IBS’…
It was missed root causes.

This is why I don’t stop at an IBS label.

IBS is often just an umbrella for:
• bile flow issues
• microbiome imbalances
• poor digestion
• inflammation

When you identify the WHY—everything changes.

If you’ve been told ‘it’s just IBS’ and nothing is working…

It’s time to dig deeper.

03/17/2026

If you have Hashimoto’s, gluten may be working against you.

One of the mechanisms we see is called molecular mimicry—where the immune system reacts to gluten and mistakenly targets thyroid tissue as well.

This doesn’t mean gluten is the root cause for everyone.
But in many cases, it acts as a trigger or amplifier of the autoimmune response.

Clinically, I often see:
• Decreased TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies
• Improved energy and brain fog
• Better gut stability

…when gluten is removed—especially in those with underlying gut dysfunction.

You don’t need a celiac diagnosis for this to matter.

If you’re dealing with Hashimoto’s and still struggling with symptoms, this is one of the first places I look.

03/09/2026

I’m 22 weeks pregnant so there’s more I would have done if that wasn’t the case!

The first thing I did was REST! This does not come easily to me but I’m getting better at it. I laid around for hours, red birthing books, soaked up the sun and skipped my walks and workouts. 💤 Had I not been pregnant I would have taken some extra sleep support with Dramamine.

Nasomine iodine spray 2 sprays each side of my nares daily. Don’t forget to tilt your head to the side or lay on your side for a minute to completely cover your sinus passage and cavities. This stops viral replication. 👃

🛑 I chose to ride my fever out. Breaking a fever breaks the bodies natural response to illness. You’re prolonging illness if you do this.

Extra vitamin D3 K2 40,000 IU is what I took, you’ll burn through late while ill. I also used my UVB panel and went outside and laid in the sun to get some natural vitamin D. ☀️

Zinc 30 mg twice daily with a small amount of food to avoid nausea.

Vitamin C 1000 mg three times daily if bowels tolerate it. Also included lots of vitamin C rich foods like citrus. 🍊

Epsom salt baths with 4 cups salt to regulate body temperature and support relaxation and body aches. Sipped a quart of salt water while in the tub. 🧂

Grounded 2 hours while laying in the sun to charge up my cells and decrease inflammation.

Hydrogen tablets which I use anyways!

Gentle foods like bananas, apples, potato, and bone broth. Then I fasted for 16+ hours to give my digestive system rest.

Pedialyte clear version for some extra electrolytes.

That’s it!!!

Hope this helps you!

Ask for these metabolic markers at your next wellness visit. 1. CBC with differential to look at your fasting glucose. 2...
03/25/2025

Ask for these metabolic markers at your next wellness visit.

1. CBC with differential to look at your fasting glucose.
2. Hemoglobin A1C to look at your average glucose level over the past three months.
3. Leptin
4. Fasting insulin

01/20/2025

Hi! For everyone I met over the weekend, it was great meeting each one of you!

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