Hi! Welcome to Gut Instincts. My name is Emily. I live in Denver, Colorado with my husband and two kids. For most of my life, I made unhealthy choices about the food I was eating and the products I was using on a daily basis. It wasn’t until last year, when my health was unraveling in front of me, that I realized I needed to make a change. I was struggling mentally,  physically, and emotionally. I was constantly sick, overly lethargic, and suffered from chronic pain, itchy ears, and frequent infections and allergic reactions. It got to a point where I felt like I was allergic to my own body. I was in and out of the doctor’s office on a regular basis and was prescribed antibiotic after antibiotic.

 

After many months of feeling like sh*t, I woke up one morning and realized the only person that was going to change how I was feeling was me. I went on a deep dive of googling symptoms when I realized the very thing that I thought was helping me, was actually one of the root causes of what was wrong with me. The overly prescribed antibiotics I was taking to “heal” my ailments had caused chronic inflammation and a bacterial overgrowth in my body. 

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I went down a rabbit hole of researching functional medicine, nutrition and biohacking and finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I went on a three month elimination diet and started my journey to a new me! Within a few weeks, I started noticing drastic differences in how I felt and how I looked. It became so clear to me how impactful food is to our bodies. I studied to become a certified nutrition coach and started Gut Instincts in order to help others make more informed decisions about their health and well-being.