Mark Westhead Naturopath

An experienced Naturopath and Nutritionist, Mark’s passion are to restore optimal health through eating well and changing our lifestyles and using nutritional supplements and herbs when needed.

Rather than just mask symptoms, he believes in treating the cause of chronic illness and treating the whole person to restore vitality and good health. 

You may have suffered from a chronic and complex condition for many years before it manifested. Consequently, it may take months for the condition to clear up. There is no quick fix or magic pill.

By removing aggravating factors such as poor diet and lifestyle choices and replacing them with healthy choices, nutrients and herbs, the body’s natural healing process is stimulated.

Mark’s special interests include:

• Acid reflux, Indigestion
• Autoimmune conditions
• Bloating
• Chronic and complex conditions
• Digestive problems
• Fatigue
• Gut-Brain dysfunction, mood and motivation
• Gut Microbiome testing
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Leaky Gut
• Parasites and infections
• Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

Consultations can be conducted on Zoom video conference or over the phone in the privacy and comfort of your own home or office.

Services Offered

Naturopathic Consultations

The initial consultation lasts for an hour. Mark will ask various questions regarding various body systems, such as these: 

• Gut health
• Nervous system
• Immune system
• Reproductive system
• Endocrine system
• Cardiovascular system
• Renal system
• Musculoskeletal system
• Skin

The purpose of all of this is to get a better understanding of how you experience your condition and to find its origin. Following the consultation, a treatment plan is developed, including recommendations for exercise, and dietary and lifestyle changes. Short-term remedies could include herbal formulas, supplements, and amino acids.

Diet and Nutritional Analysis

Highly processed foods, along with chemical additives, cause inflammation of the digestive tract. As a result, it reduces the quality of gastric juices in the stomach, increases intestinal permeability, and reduces colonies of beneficial microbes in the large intestine. 

Consequently, you may experience reflux, indigestion, bloating, gas, pain, constipation or diarrhea, and nutritional deficiencies.

This is why Mark prescribes an anti-inflammatory diet based on the three basic food groups: 

• Moderate amounts of animal protein such as fish, chicken, and red meat
• Fresh seasonal and locally grown fruits and vegetables

Food Sensitivity Testing

When you are sensitive to certain foods, you experience a delayed reaction. Although they don’t cause immediate discomfort, they can cause some discomfort hours or even days after you consume them.

It is possible to identify food sources of digestive symptoms by measuring IgG antibodies correlated to certain food proteins. By conducting a food sensitivity test, you can determine the underlying cause of your chronic digestive issues, get answers to your concerns, and eliminate offending foods from your diet. The results can be life-changing.

Gut Microbiome Testing

A complete microbiome mapping is a diagnostic tool used in the clinic to determine what’s going on in your gut. Using a single stool sample, the test assesses your microbiome, paying special attention to microbes that cause illness or disrupt normal microbial balance and contribute to dysbiosis of gastrointestinal flora.

It’s an easy stool test that can help find the root cause of the following conditions:

• IBS
• Abdominal pains
• Bloating
• Leaky gut symptoms
• SIBO
• Diarrhoea
• Constipation

Other Services Offered

• Mood Appraisal
• MTHFR Testing

Schedule a consultation with Mark today!