When it comes to your body, your gut is at the epicentre of the action. It’s your largest interface with the outside world, it’s home to trillions of health-supporting bacteria and it’s also where most of your immune system hangs out. What this means is that if something isn’t quite right in your gut, it can affect many aspects of your health. In fact, burgeoning research suggests that gut health is implicated in heart disease, type-2 diabetes, depression, autoimmune disease and many other conditions.

Our gut does far more than digest our food. Amongst many other things, it plays a role in making our neurotransmitters, it influences our hormones and it’s also home to most of our immune system. What this means is that if something isn’t right in the gut, it can show up in a number of ways—headaches, skin conditions, joint pain and more. To look at it another way: there are very few conditions that can’t be helped by addressing the gut. There is lots you can do to support your gut health so, whatever your symptoms, it’s a good place to start.

We’re here to put you in charge of your gut health. If you’d like to dive deeper, you can take one of our tests. If you know what’s up and want to support it, you can explore our supplements. If you’d just like to chat to someone to know where to start, feel free to book a consultation.

You’re also very welcome to email us at hello@healthpath.com with any questions.

Functional Medicine is a pioneering approach to healthcare that aims to put you in the driving seat. Whereas conventional medicine waits until something is wrong and then manages the symptoms, Functional Medicine is solution-focused. Through considering your diet, lifestyle and biochemical uniqueness, it enables you to address the root cause of a problem.

We see ourselves as a complement to your GP. Your GP has just a few minutes provide you with the best-possible advice, which usually centres around symptom-management. There’s more that can be done. We take the time to learn about you and your lifestyle, giving you personalised advice that addresses the root causes of your symptoms. We’re not knocking GPs—they deserve enormous respect—but we aim to give people an option that goes beyond symptom-management. That being said, you should never ignore medical advice. If you have any queries about how dietary and lifestyle changes may impact your current treatment plan, it’s important you speak to your doctor.

That’s a good question, and we applaud you for being discerning about your health. You don’t need to take our word for it. Visit BANT to see the profiles of our accredited practitioners and check out the listings on The Institute for Functional Medicine.

We’re proudly evidence-based, so you can explore the primary research we’re reading on our blog. If you’d like clarification or references for anything else mentioned, feel free to email us at hello@healthpath.com

The best place to start is with our Symptom Survey. Complete our Symptom Survey.

If you have any questions or issues with taking your sample according to the instructions provided, it is important you contact us before you send your sample to the lab.

Healthpath cannot guarantee to intercept your sample once it arrives at the lab and so it may still be processed.

Contact us on hello@healthpath.com.