Skip to content
From the practice

The Journal

Writing from practice. On nutrition, the body, food, and the slower path to feeling well.

Entries
30
Since
2019
§The dispatch
August 18, 2019

Filed under

Wellness

Gluten's Role in Chronic Illness

The conversation around gluten has gotten loud and confusing. This is an attempt to cut through it - what the research actually says about gluten, chronic illness, and why so many women feel better without it.

14 min readRead
Topics —All30Nutrition9Wellness6Recipes1Non-toxic Living14Showing 9 entries in Nutrition
  1. 10 MAR 2026

    How You Eat Matters as Much as What You Eat

    You can buy the best groceries and follow the most thoughtful supplement protocol. And if you eat it standing over the kitchen sink while scrolling your phone with a toddler on your hip, your body will not get what it needs from that food.

    Nutrition
    6 min
  2. 05 MAR 2026

    Foods That Actually Support Your Nervous System

    If your nervous system has been running on high alert for months or years, food alone isn't going to fix that. But you can stop making it harder, and you can start giving your nervous system the raw materials it needs to come back down when it's ready to.

    Nutrition
    6 min
  3. 06 DEC 2025

    Signs of Mineral Deficiency in Women (Even If You Eat Well)

    You're eating whole foods, cooking at home, buying organic when you can. And you still feel terrible. The assumption that eating well means your body has what it needs skips a crucial step - and minerals are where the gap shows up most.

    Nutrition
    6 min
  4. 01 DEC 2025

    Drinking Enough Water But Still Dehydrated? Here's Why.

    You carry a water bottle everywhere and refill it all day long. And you're still thirsty, foggy, and constipated. The problem isn't how much you drink. It's what's missing from it.

    Nutrition
    4 min
  5. 26 NOV 2025

    Blood Sugar and Anxiety in Women: The Connection No One Talks About

    You wake up tired, crash by 2pm, reach for sugar to keep going, and wake up at 3am for no reason. Most women are told it's stress or anxiety. But the pattern points somewhere else entirely - your blood sugar.

    Nutrition
    4 min
  6. 21 NOV 2025

    Why Am I Always Bloated? What Your Digestion Is Actually Telling You

    It's 11pm and you're Googling "why am I so bloated all the time" again. You've tried cutting gluten, adding a probiotic, even the apple cider vinegar trick. The bloating isn't the problem. It's a signal your body is trying to send you.

    Nutrition
    5 min
  7. 06 NOV 2025

    Why I Always Start With Digestion Before Hormones

    If you've been chasing hormonal symptoms without relief, no one may have asked the deeper question: why are your hormones off in the first place? Almost every time, the answer leads back to your gut.

    Nutrition
    5 min
  8. 01 NOV 2025

    The Five Foundations No One Talks About

    If you've been dealing with chronic symptoms, someone has probably pointed to your hormones, your thyroid, or your stress. But almost no one has asked whether the basics are actually in place. These five foundations are where I start with every woman I work with.

    Nutrition
    5 min
  9. 27 JUN 2019

    Folic Acid vs. Folate

    Not all folate is created equal. If you're supplementing with folic acid, here's what your body actually needs to use it - and why the difference matters more than you've been told.

    Nutrition
    6 min

Go deeper

Ready to move beyond the reading?

Foundations is where the work begins. A structured, self-paced path through the five foundations that underlie most chronic illness.

Explore Foundations