Our digestive health specialists use nutrition, lifestyle, and functional medicine to help you overcome your digestive symptoms and optimise overall health.
Why we use a Functional Medicine approach to optimise digestive health
Between 2008-2010, Steve was suffering with ongoing health complaints. All of which were going unresolved through conventional methods and not responsive to simply changes in diet and lifestyle. Steve was suffering with ongoing digestive symptoms, fatigue, immune issues, lowered sex drive and mood fluctuations.
In 2010 Steve was fortunate enough to find an approach to healthcare known as Functional Medicine. At that time, he began working with one of the UKs first practitioners. After running appropriate lab tests, discovering two chronic infections, and implementing a treatment strategy with the guidance of his Functional Medicine Practitioner, Steve was able to overcome these challenges. At that point, Steve felt the need to implement this approach into his clinical practice and underwent years of mentorship and education to become an early adopter of this methodology.
Steve has seen first-hand the impact that digestive health has on overall health and performance and has gone on to work with hundreds of clients, optimising their digestive health and subsequently overall well-being.
From a one-man-band, we now have a team of practitioners. These include nutritionists and functional medicine practitioners that specialise in digestive health, who themselves have also personally experienced and overcome digestive health complaints. We also have supportive mind-body therapists because of the strong link between stress, mental health, and digestive health. Where required we can integrate our practitioners to support your digestive health goals.
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What digestive health symptoms and conditions we support
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
(IBS)
Small Intestine
bacterial Overgrowth
(SIBO)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(IBD)
Bloating, Distension, excessive gas, belching etc
GERD/Reflux/Heartburn
Food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances
Chronic Dysbiosis and Infections
Yeast and fungal overgrowth
Impaired digestion and absorption
How our Nutritionists can support your digestive health
Our digestive system, from mouth to colon, hosts a complex ecosystem of microbes, collectively known as the gut microbiome. The diversity and balance of this microbiome is crucial for maintaining overall health, with diet playing a significant role in its composition.
Highly processed, fatty, or sugary foods typical in a modern diet can disrupt the gut microbiome, leading to conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and even contribute to mental health issues.
For many people it is about adopting healthy eating practices, whereas for others, they seem to get worse digestive symptoms the “healthier” they eat.
Finding what nutritional strategy is right for you at this moment in time is just one area we can support you with. Our goal over time is to optimise your gut health to allow you to explore and enjoy all foods, creating a positive relationship to food.
Unfortunately, digestive health issues can often create a very poor relationship to food. Food is often seen as the enemy as it triggers symptoms. Whilst certain food choices can sometimes be the underlying cause for your digestive issues, often our reaction to those foods is caused by something else underlying. This could be an imbalance of microbes, infections, overgrowths, poor motility, stress, hormonal imbalances, poor digestion, and autoimmunity to name a few.
We find what diet works for you while tackling underlying causes
How we use laboratory tests to improve your digestive health
For those with chronic digestive health complaints, we always recommend speaking with your GP/gastroenterologist and going through the appropriate investigations to rule out red flags and specific digestive health conditions.
If the above draws a blank or the final diagnosis/recommendations leaves you feeling lost and still managing the same old symptoms, we are here to help. We can help you look more deeply into the underlying causes of a diagnosis of IBS, GERD, IBD, Polyps and more.
We are partnered up with specialist digestive health and microbiome labs to offer more advanced stool tests, SIBO breath testing, blood tests and more to help understand what imbalances we can better manage. This allows you to be more proactive in your approach, rather than reactive. Adapting diet and lifestyle according to the results and potentially even naturally treating noted imbalances that may be causing your symptom/diagnosis.
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Learn More About What Our Clients Have to Say
Haroon
I realised I needed help with my nutrition as I was feeling lethargic having put on excess weight.
After contacting Ben at Steve Grant Health, he was very supportive and helped me increase my understanding of different food types, macros, cardiovascular insights and more importantly analyse my blood tests.
He also helped me...
Haroon
I realised I needed help with my nutrition as I was feeling lethargic having put on excess weight.
After contacting Ben at Steve Grant Health, he was very supportive and helped me increase my understanding of different food types, macros, cardiovascular insights and more importantly analyse my blood tests.
He also helped me lower my body fat % from 30% to around 21% (and improved other blood markers), by helping me understand which exercises and what food types would be best for me.
Highly recommended!
Jayne Burder
During the early stages of 2014 I started to experience major bloating, constipation, sleepless nights, major aches in my joints, especially my feet and massive weight gain (10st 3lb – 12st 10lb) in 8 months. I have always eaten healthily and train 3-4 times per week.
So as is the norm...
Jayne Burder
During the early stages of 2014 I started to experience major bloating, constipation, sleepless nights, major aches in my joints, especially my feet and massive weight gain (10st 3lb – 12st 10lb) in 8 months. I have always eaten healthily and train 3-4 times per week.
So as is the norm I approached my Dr and over the next few months saw many “Ologists” to try and get to the route of the problem;
Nephrologist – Was it a kidney problem – No.
Endocrinologist – She told me I was old (48) and my symptoms were to be expected as I am obviously heading for the Menopause!
Gynaecologist – Apparently I have a fibroid but it’s immaterial as I am menopausal!
Gastroenterologist – He put me on antidepressants as it was obvious from a five-minute chat that I had IBS and Fibromyalgia and apparently anti depressants are very good for that!! When they made no effect he called me a liar and stated “nobody eats and trains like you do and gains weight” Eventually he agreed to do a colonoscopy which I am pleased to say was clear.
So convinced I was not mad and was not making my symptoms up, my trainer suggested I go and see Steve…
One stool test later I was diagnosed with Blastocystis Hominis, Candida Overgrowth and digestive tract issues. Steve explained the implications of the infections and what I need to do to resolve the issues.
6 weeks on and after a 30 day modified elimination diet and supplement protocol, I can confirm that I have a flat tummy and no bloating, I am going to the toilet on a regular basis and sleep between 6 and 8 hours a night, my aches and pains have gone and have lost a stone.
I feel amazing and it is all down to Steve’s dedication and commitment to get to the root of my problem.
Thank you so much
Frankie
I loved working with Ben. He is incredibly knowledgeable, and is able to turn his knowledge into easy actionable tasks to follow. He is also a really nice and likeable guy who I always looked forward to catching up with. He listens carefully and makes incredibly detailed notes and actions...
Frankie
I loved working with Ben. He is incredibly knowledgeable, and is able to turn his knowledge into easy actionable tasks to follow. He is also a really nice and likeable guy who I always looked forward to catching up with. He listens carefully and makes incredibly detailed notes and actions after each session. My gut health has improved massively since we started our work together and I have learned loads. I am really glad I chose Ben and Steve Grant Health.
Ben Wright
Hi my name is Ben and I am a Stunt man in the Movie Industry. I have worked all over the world in some of Hollywood’s biggest productions. I am 34, love all sports and I am a complete adrenaline junkie!
I started seeing Steve early this year as unbeknown to...
Ben Wright
Hi my name is Ben and I am a Stunt man in the Movie Industry. I have worked all over the world in some of Hollywood’s biggest productions. I am 34, love all sports and I am a complete adrenaline junkie!
I started seeing Steve early this year as unbeknown to me I had some quite serious health conditions that were going untreated. All I knew at the time was I kept getting infections on different parts of my body that would literally incapacitate me. Once the infection was out I would need antibiotics quickly or the infection would put me in hospital. Over the period of about 5 years twice I was admitted to hospital and at least 10-12 courses of antibiotics. I would normally suffer from one or two of these infections a year until this year when I had three at the same time. Our lovely medical service had no idea what was causing them. Every time I had to see a Doctor I was referred for diabetes but after testing my results always came back negative. After a full blood count we found I had mild neutropenia, no explanation why and what I could do. Apart from of course take medication!
So I was recommended Steve from a friend and this is where my journey to health started. Steve was fantastic he quickly had a barrage of tests done on me and found the problem straight away. Steve explained all his findings to me and what we needed to do to get my health back. I was then put on a strict protocol for the first 6 weeks and then follow up protocols from there. 6 months later white blood cells are back and no infections….. PLUS I dropped to 10% body fat at 95kg!
From the moment I started seeing Steve I was impressed how professional he was and the depth of knowledge that he has. I struggled with the restrictions that were put in front of me but Steve was always at the end of the phone to help. I have and will continue to recommend Steve to friends family and International movie Stars. Thank you Steve.
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