The Healthy Gut Podcast Ep. 103
Healthy Gut, healthy weight with sandra tenge
Naturopath, nutritionist and herbalist Sandra Tenge joins Rebecca Coomes on The Healthy Gut Podcast to discuss why your gut health can impact your weight and what you can do about it. Commonly, people with SIBO either experience undesired weight loss or gains, which can be incredibly frustrating. Sandra discusses why having a healthy gut equals having a healthy weight and what you can do if you don't currently experience this.
In Today's Episode
Why your bowel transit time can impact your gut health and weight
What the optimal transit time actually is
The role of microbiome analysis in achieving a healthy weight
Understanding hormonal imbalances in weight changes
What excess fat around your middle can tell you about your hormones
Why stress can impact your weight
Daily, weekly, monthly and annual self care activities
What your food cravings can tell you about your nutrient deficiencies
What tests we should be considering and how they should inform supplementation
Whether we should be addressing gut health or weight first
The psychological aspect of gut health and weight
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Microbiome testing podcast interview with Dr Jason Hawrelak
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Connect with Sandra Tenge
Sandra Tenge is a Naturopath, Nutritionist, Herbalist and Health Educator. She integrates her knowledge gained as an Intensive Care nurse with over 25 years’ experience working with gut health, food intolerance, allergies, sensitivities and the gut-brain connection. Sandra works with herbal and nutritional medicine, diet, gut directed hypnotherapy and meditation and specialises in a range of functional medicine testing.
Food sensitivities and gut health conditions may be hard to recognise as their symptoms can vary from one individual to the next. As the founder and principle practitioner at Pure Wellness, Sandra offers a comprehensive approach to identifying and managing food intolerance, allergy, IBS, SIBO, dysbiosis and anxiety by supporting the gut-brain connection and restoring the microbiome.
Known as ‘the IBS Naturopath’ Sandra conducts food intolerance and gut microbiome testing alongside other functional medicine testing. After identifying problem foods, or other gut conditions, she design’s a treatment program incorporating tailored recipe guides, offering all the support needed to restore gut and nervous system health naturally. Sandra also uses Herbal and Nutritional Medicine to greatly improve immune health, hormonal imbalance, reduce fatigue, lower stress, insomnia and anxiety. Sandra treats both children and adults from her clinic in Melbourne or through telehealth consults internationally and through online programs.
Sandra is also available for media engagements, interviews and podcasts and is commonly asked to speak at events.
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About The Host
Rebecca Coomes is a nutritionist, author, podcast host, entrepreneur and passionate foodie. She transformed her health after a lifetime of chronic illness, and today guides others on their own path to wellness. She is the founder of The Healthy Gut, a platform where people can learn about gut health and how it is important for a healthy mind and body and consults with people on how to live well with SIBO. Rebecca is the author of the world’s first cookbooks for people treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and the host of the SIBO cooking show and The Healthy Gut podcast.
