Food Sensitivities
Food Sensitivities are also usually not true food allergies & are often nothing got to do with the food!
1. What’s the difference between a food intolerance and a food allergy?
A food intolerance usually affects digestion and causes discomfort, like bloating, stomach pain, gas, headaches, or fatigue.
A food allergy involves the immune system and can be serious or even life-threatening. If symptoms include trouble breathing, swelling of the lips or throat, or hives, that’s an allergy and needs urgent medical care at the emergency room in hospital.
2. Why do I feel bad after eating certain foods?
Your body may have trouble breaking down or handling certain foods. This can happen for many reasons, like low stomach acid, low bile throughout , mental stress, gut lining irritation, or changes in gut bacteria numbers, species and strain. Sometimes it’s temporary, sometimes longer-term.
3. I have histamine type reactions but anti-histamines arent working. I dont know if its food or what is happening?
Oxalates, Sulphur and Salicialates are food particles that can cause issue when you have genetic snips related to detox low and even fluctuating oestrogen during your period or peri menopause can cause anxiety and insomnia because the body produces more histamine under stress and hormonal changes. Ask GP for a whole blood histamine test to start and bring it to a gut health expert.
4. My Food Intolerance tests are clear/ say i have gluten or dairy or sugar issues. I gave those foods up and i see no difference. Do i follow these results?
In general food intolerance testing is a SCAM. It largely shows up what you ate in the past 72 hours. If you were truly allergic to a food, you would have figured that out in childhood as you would have had severe vomiting, tummy pain or diarrhea.
5. How do i fix food intolerances?
Proper testing and investigation and a healing programme has to be done with a gut health practitioner. Hospital free stool tests or scopes are not sensitive enough to see the kinds of infection that cause fatigue, anxiety, ADD etc.
6. Yes you can get rid of most food senstivities-I have!
Once you treat the underlying cause of infection, which maybe bacteria, yeast or mold overgrowth but it can also be poor liver bile flow, not enough stomach acid and a leaky gut- even changing your nervous system and how your brain reacts to stress and healing these overtime will likely get rid of your food sensitivities more than just eliminating food alone. Let me show you the way
7. What FREE things can i do before i see a gut health specialist?
Elimination diets are the only way to ascertain what you are sensitive to. Do 2 weeks gluten free, note how you feel, then do a 2 week dairy free, then 2 week nightshades free diet. These can be useful to do before your appt. Do low stomach acid FREE test under services tab. Keep a diary of all problem foods and even meals that cause no problem for a month.
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Fiona Murphy ADFNP, MSc, BSc, ITEC, CIDESCO 086-8439979
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Fiona a Doctor?
No, Fiona is a medical scientist, who has 25 years of experience investigating and researching health because of her own and her families functional bowel, mental health, digestive, hormonal and gut health struggles. She resolved her own acne, complex trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, low mood, digestive issues, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia like illness through years of working with doctors, naturopaths, functional practitioners, following protocols, trial and error of supplements, medication, herbs, hormones, peptides and making many lifestyle changes and is well known for her success through sheer determination to support her clients cases. She has worked in the field of microbiology and in medical sales and marketing of drugs and skin products for 15 years, she is trained in nutritional mineral analysis, reading functional blood chemistry and a naturopathic doctors advanced clinical program and is doing ongoing case study training with naturopathic doctors. Fiona is not a medical doctor, a nurse or a registered dietician, or a nutritionist. Fiona is not a medically qualified professional and does not medically diagnose any condition or symptom.
Is the coaching covered by VHI?
No, but you can put receipts and supplement bills under health expenses on your med 1 tax return at the end of the year. We will give receipts for all.
Will one appointment be sufficient?
This depends on how many symptoms you have, and for how long, if you are suffering decades no, it will take time to unravel root causes and treat them. You need to be aware that what you are embarking upon is not a quick fix but will require daily effort to achieve health goals, that involvement is a long-term commitment and failing to implement any part of my program will reduce chances of success. You should see a doctor if I think you have a medical condition. You receive health coaching suggestions to improve your health but there are no guarantees regarding these suggestions as everyone is biochemically so different. Fiona does however give you enough paperwork for you to do about 2 years of work behind the scenes as she wants to give you value for money to keep working on your health even outside appointments provided you commit to doing bloods twice a year as supplements or programs can change the cellular health and everything must be monitored.
Why do I have to do a package and not just one appointment?
Fiona likes to support a client in the initial weeks after their first appointment so they put into practice what is given in the protocol. She is there to provide support via WhatsApp Or Instagram Dms if you have any quick questions. 30-60mins of time is included in the package for these support minutes. Whole body wellness is not a quick fix as many systems in the body have to be addressed to get the gut well. I help you work on your digestion, absorption, detoxification pathways, your lymphatic, adrenal, enteric nervous system to help your body recover from illness that begins in the gut. It takes time to get ones body into healing mode, it took me 3 years in total to get my gut from not digesting at all to eating everything in sight.
What is included in my package?
Fiona prides herself on being with the person as they embark on their journey but she has to charge for her time in helping you make progress after your first appointment. Post call support minutes can be purchased for 125 euro at any stage this gives you 12 contact points for quick questions. NO long emails or phone calls can be included in this. All minutes are recorded and taken out of your time. Each contact point is 5 mins.
The €250 package (2hrs of time) includes review of the consultation form and notes taken prior to the call (20mins), a 1hr consultation call, 20 mins links for writing supplements post call, a doctors referral letter or 20mins post call support. No emails will be written with all specifics for your programme but a general document will be sent after call and you will have your notes taken from the consult on what to do from it. This is our cheapest package and is useful for someone who is not able to commit to deeper work, may not be ready to make major continuous changes or just wants more info on their symptoms.
For €375 3hrs as above but with 1.5 hr consultation and 30mins support minutes
For €500 4hrs as above but 90 mins support minutes after call. These can also be used for a review of bloods or a test that incurs after the first appointment or a written email with instructions of any changes you need. This is the minimum for complex cases of 4 or more long standing issues.
For €625 5hrs of time.
For €750 6hrs of time
For €875 7hrs of time
For €1000 8hrs of time- this will cover a few months and maybe 4 tests review in that time and continuous guidance. Best for the person who has time to commit to their healing or is at the end of their tether and their symptoms are seriously effecting their ability to work, care for family, their marriage is in jeopardy or they are too ill to consider getting pregnant.
Can Fiona prescribe medicine, peptides or hormones or GLP-1s?
No, but Go With Your Gut Clinic may provide you with information relating to products that we believe might benefit you, but such information is not to be taken as an endorsement or recommendation. Some such products may not be available without a prescription, but we do not dispense or prescribe any prescription products. The information provided is intended for educational purposes only and should not be taken as professional medical advice or used as a substitute for medical care. We are not responsible for any adverse affects or consequences that may result, either directly or indirectly, from that information. We may mention to you to see another doctor or health practitioner during the course of your care.
How to do the HTMA Mineral Hair test/Nutritional Deficiencies test
To take hair sample: Hair has to be natural, clean, no products in it. If your hair is dyed it has to be the undyed root hair grown out part you cut out. About 8 weeks regrowth is needed. Cut 5 x 1 inch deep hair from root, each about half inch wide, and then cut off dyed hair part and dispose it. If you have a natural hair sample cut it to max 2 inch length from root. Place hair in a small envelope, write your name and sample type: hair on the small envelope. On form make sure you fill in patient details section, max 5 symptoms and your bank card details, 3 digit code and its expiry date (on bottom somewhere of form). About 85-90euro will come off your card when it’s processed in about 3 weeks, after you post it off. Put the small envelope with the form into a big envelope and post to
For Irish and UK clients post to
Mineral Check LTD, Bull Cottage, Lenham Health Rd, Lenham Health, Kent, ME172BP, UK
For USA Clients post to
Trace Elements, Incorporated 4501 Sunbelt Drive, Addison, Texas 75001-0514
When results back I will contact you.
