Empowering your true life using personalised nutrition, natural medicine and a positive mindset

 
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HEALTH & WELLBEING

I help menopausal women return to health & live the life they were meant to live using personalised science-based practices & lifestyle


has menopause let to health issues for you, or exacerbated existing ones?

are you tired of feeling too fatigued and unwell to live your life to the full?

have you tried everything but the impact is either short term or you feel worse?

do you want lasting vitality, a clear mind and quality of life?


I use Nutritional Therapy and Functional Medicine, or Natural Medicine to help resolve underlying health conditions for good. this means I

  • Deal with the root cause of health problems and not just the symptoms

  • Identify imbalances rather than diseases

  • See the body as interconnected rather than as separate parts

  • Help restore lasting balance

Your health is the science of cell health. When the needs of your cells are not met, disease sets in. When they’re met, healing can begin.

My areas of expertise include

  • gut & DIGESTIVE health

  • HORMONES & THYROID

  • METABOLISM | BLOOD SUGAR

  • nutrigenomics

  • skin conditions

  • DETOXIFICATION

  • health coaching, life coaching, psych-k


 

women’s weight loss resistance

i empower women who have tried everything to lose weight for good using individualised programs

Have you tried everything to lose weight and nothing has worked?

Are you tired of being told you simply need to eat less and exercise more?

Losing weight and keeping it off can be so much more than that.

Especially if you have WEIGHT LOSS RESISTANCE!

Whether you’re under 40 years old, peri-menopausal or post-menopausal, it can feel impossible to shift weight using normal techniques that may have once worked for you.

This is often due to underlying health issues that first need to be resolved.

I specialise in supporting women who

  • Have tried everything and nothing works

  • Are tired of yoyo dieting

  • Want to resolve the underlying hormonal, metabolic and gut health issues holding their weight loss back

  • Seek lasting results

  • long to feel great again

  • want mindset support

You’ve always been beautiful. Now you’re just deciding to be healthier and stronger.
 
 

Welcome video

 
 

Hello, my name is Nore Hoogstad and I’m a certified…

  • Functional Nutritional Therapist Practitioner (NTA) – Targeted nutrition and lifestyle

  • Gut Ecology and Metabolic Modulation (G.E.M.M) Accredited Practitioner – Nutriceuticals and functional foods that ramp up the cells’ natural defences, Integra Nutritionals Practitioner

  • Restorative Wellness Practitioner (RWS) – Functional lab testing and healing solutions for Gastrointestinal health, Hormones, Blood chemistry

  • Functional Genomic Nutrition Consultant – How your genes are impacting your health

  • Other functional lab testing including

    • Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) – Nutrients and toxic elements like heavy metals

    • Organic Acid Testing (OAT) – Cellular metabolic processes, Mould, Lyme and co-infections

    • Mould | CIRS – Mycotoxin, Marcons, Leptin, MSH, VIP, ADH/Osmolality, Inflammatory markers, OAT

  • Certified PANS & PANDAS Paediatric Management Practitioner (Moore Method Academy) – Children with OCD and other symptoms

  • Advanced Psych-K Facilitator (Removing blocks)

  • Integrative Health Coach (IIN) | Transformation Coach (Authentic Education)

  • Yoga Teacher (550+ hours & Yoga Therapy)

  • Currently studying Functional Medicine (SAFM)

  • Professional member of IICT and ACONT

By helping people become healthier, I hope to make the world not just a healthier place, but a calmer and happier one that’s more in tune with its environment.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
— Hippocrates

my story

I’m someone who experienced difficult-to-diagnose symptoms. Among other challenges, I developed fibromyalgia-type arthritis in my late teens after living in Southeast Asia, am overcoming nerve pain in my hands and feet that resulted in muscle weakness and sleeplessness, and after moving into an 1880 house, contracted mould toxicity or CIRS. At one time I was also told I had depression, for years got migraines twice weekly, and at various times experienced gynaecological, thyroid and hormonal issues.

Is this you too?

I understand what it’s like to undure the pain and exhaustion from overlooked, misdiagnosed, undiagnosable or stigmatised conditions. Before I became a nutritional therapist and began studying functional medicine I spent a lot of time and thousands of dollars seeking answers, trying unhelpful drugs and having unnecessary medical procedures and surgeries. I also know how terrifying it is to feel emotionally not yourself.

At one point, I wondered if I was ever going to be able to work full time again because I felt so awful and drained.

Becoming a Yoga Teacher, Health Coach, Nutritional Therapist, Psych-K Practitioner, and now a Functional Medicine Practitioner (looking at the foundational way nutrients, lifestyle and the mind affect the body at a cellular and genetic level) with lab testing training have been instinctive steps in my journey. I believe I would be much sicker, if not bedridden, had I not done this and definitely unable to work, which was my life for a while. Now I see clients, help my family, exercise and much more!

This is how I turned this around, in part because I couldn’t just take a pill, which is never usually a long-term cure anyway. Resolving chronic health issues takes time and commitment, trial and error. I did this by seeking out the root causes of my symptoms, spending a lot of time researching and understanding chronic illness, including the impact of diet, toxins and lifestyle.

My pathway has involved overcoming gut permeability and infections, SIBO, food and environmental sensitivities, CIRS, fibromyalgia type pain, oxalate hypersensitivity, adrenal exhaustion, histamine sensitivity, hEDS and negative subconscious beliefs.

Lately I’ve been focusing more on understanding and resolving the impact that menopause is having on my body, including autoimmunity post CIRS (thanks mould) and weight gain. I’m seeing significant health improvements and my weight is down 9kg with more to go.

I know first hand the fear and frustration you might be feeling about the way ongoing illness and weight gain can change your life. I understand the process of grief when you have to change your diet and lifestyle, and conflict with your own body changes, and what it takes to switch your mindset to one of gaining health. I get how we can stop believing in our body and our self.

But IT IS possible to improve your health, get back to living and get your slim body back again! I’d love to hear from you.

 
 
 
 

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testimonials

I highly recommend Nore as an exceptional nutritionist. Despite not meeting in person, Nore’s expertise, empathy, and dedication shine through during virtual consultations. She actively listens to concerns, provides tailored recommendations, and stays up to date with the latest research.

Nore’s expertise and guidance have been invaluable to my well-being.

Her holistic approach to healing, combined with her personalised treatment plans, have led to significant improvements in my overall health. She empowers me to take charge of my well-being, providing practical recommendations and supporting me on my journey to wellness, even from a distance.

With her as your nutritionist, you’ll receive top-notch care and support, even from a distance.
— Quote Rafaela Goncalves, QLD
Nore has been an incredible help in helping me find balance in my digestion and nutrition again. After having been classified with mold illness and feeling so incredibly stuck in my treatments, Nore helped me find a path back to a regular diet and feeling healthy and normal again. I couldn’t have done it without her.
— Natasha 30, New York
A year and a half ago, I had a fall at work and suffered from a Traumatic Brain Injury. For six months, I wasn’t able to work or do much. And then, instead off improving after all these months, things got even worse. The pressure in my head increased causing terrible headache and exhaustion. Doctors didn’t recognize the symptoms (neuro- inflammation). After a year and a half and several therapies, there was only one thing left I could do to get my life back: diet and supplements. Could it be that you are a magician, Nore? I went from having daily headaches, constant pressure in my head and needing to take migraine medicine and paracetamol every day, to having no pressure in my head and zero medication. And that in only 4 weeks. What a GP, neurologist, company doctor and rehabilitation doctor couldn’t do, you did 😀. I’m feeling so much better. Thanks Nore!
— Maritt Van Der Bult, Netherlands
I am a Functional Nutritionist myself and Nore has been helping me with mould/SIBO/Candida issues. She is by far the most knowledgeable person I know, and my health has improved as well as my 1 year old son’s. I am currently breastfeeding and I trust Nore so much in helping me and my son.

We are still on a healing journey and we know that it is going to take a while, and Nore has been so supportive mentally as it is a rough journey. I seriously don’t know how I would have coped without Nore. Moreover her knowledge is so broad not just limited to mould. I am so grateful and I feel very fortunate to have been able to consult with her.

I highly recommend Nore as she is smart, wise and intuitive at the same time. Much love.
— Morgane Dean, qld
To my surprise, Psych-K made me feel calmer, stronger and more accepting of myself, others and my situation.
— Justine 39, UK
If it wasn’t for Nore I would still be stuck in bed, able to do very little. Since commencing my consults and thorough testing with Nore in May 2022 I have been able to sort out my diet to prevent further weight loss, regain considerably more strength and ability and am even able to use my ultra light wheelchair independently some of the time. This is huge for me after being basically bed-bound, including periodic paralysis, since April 2020. Nore uncovered all the nutrient deficiencies and toxic load causing major glitches in my mitochondrial function...Since I am so chemical sensitive we have been using dietary intervention, but Nore was also able to suggest very pure forms of specific supplements for my condition which I am hoping to be able to try when my over-reactive system finally calms down.

I also like Nore’s very calm approach during our zoom consults. I would definitely recommend Nore for anyone really, but particularly for people like me who may have reached the end of the road and are in despair. A good nutritional therapist like Nore can definitely help. I know, because I have just self-published my first children’s picture story book, which was just an impossibly distant dream 18 months ago!
— Christine Grayden, phillip island vic
For most of my life, I had terrible eating habits and bad body image. Often, I would be afraid to wear the things I wanted, as I didn’t like the way they looked on me. I was so disappointed with myself for allowing my weight gain to reach that stage. Sometimes, I would punish my body by eating nothing at all, in a bid to lose weight.

Over the years, I tried just about every diet imaginable, though was unable to sustain any of these in the long-term. When I got engaged, like most women, I wanted to make sure my body looked great for the big day. I felt sad that I had mistreated my body for so long, and made myself a promise to start treating it right by eating healthy.

Everything changed when I met the amazing Nore. She had changed the way I think about my body, and helped me to maintain clean eating habits that are natural and right for my body. By giving my lifestyle a total overhaul, I no longer have to “diet”, but have still achieved incredible weight loss results. Best of all, I feel as good on the inside as I do on the outside. I never thought I would feel so confident about my body! Nore, I cannot thank you enough!
— Elle David, Sydney
It was a relief to learn of Nore through our mould home remediator and close friend. The fact that Nore had lived & experienced mould illness, I felt she had an empathy and understanding of what I was going through and how I was feeling. Her calm personality was helpful because I had experienced PTSD from living in two water damaged homes!

Thanks to Nore, I am now on a journey to recovery because of her expertise and health protocols. I’m looking forward to completing the three tests she suggested to me, and believe that with her help, I can once again regain optimum health.

I have already recommended Nore to family members and friends. I would recommend her because of her health knowledge and the fact that she has walked the journey, understands and has empathy!
— Sharon Walton, QLD
I had a range of small health issues that were really beginning to affect my lifestyle, but medical solutions didn’t help. Nore helped me get rid of them all. Who would have thought that by healing my gut, fine tuning my diet and taking supplements along the way, I’d feel 25 again! I reckon if I’d done this earlier I’d have been more powerful, stronger and focussed in my life.
— Phillip 67, Sydney
Nore has been a great help in taking my health to the next level. I have more energy, I have lost weight, improved my thyroid, which doctors kept saying was fine even though I was tired all the time, losing my hair and couldn’t lose weight. For the first time in a long time I am looking forward to summer as I feel more energetic and can’t wait to go do the things I love.
— Michelle Meyer, Sydney
Friendly, professional and straight to the point. My entire experience with this service was the answer I had been looking for after so long. Great advice, very informed and always generous with time. If you are chasing after that illusive cure and are feeling like you’ll never find it, do yourself a favour and give this a shot before throwing in the towel.
— Lewis Carr, sydney
I think everyone should do this. After just 3 weeks I’m not walking around, I’m leaping.
— Helen M 53, Sydney
Nore is incredible. She is kind, insightful and brings a wealth of experience in holistic healthcare. My daughter suffered fairly severe eczema and we are now at a point of being 99% eczema free. Would highly recommend for any health concerns.
— Jessica Ward, QLD
With Nore’s help, I’ve been able to identify the root cause of symptoms that I’ve struggled with for years. Her knowledge, experience, and care is second to none. I feel energised, don’t need as much sleep, and am empowered and inspired to continue. I’m so grateful I came across her.
— Kat Millar, sydney
Nore came recommended to me as I was looking to bring my life, and weight, back into order after too many years in corporate life and also a life changing event.

I was very appreciative of the cool, controlled manner in which Nore handled our first exploratory interview. Her knowledge of what makes our systems work, and how indicators can best be used to prescribe a healthier way to eat was impressive. I was enthused and enjoyed the challenge, especially the fact that one was not left starving, which had occurred to me previously when looking to drop a few kilograms.

What I have also come to realise is that the mind needs to be in the right place and the ‘want’ needs to be there as well as the initial kilos coming off.

But then I enjoyed 3 weeks of business travel where I slipped into poor habits. What was interesting was that I immediately felt bloated and unhealthy but this time I knew what I needed to eat to feel good again.

I have also appreciated the touch-base sessions with Nore to reinforce learning or give additional information that can help the journey.

Would I recommend Nore? Definitely. But remember, you need to be ready and motivated to get the full value that Nore can offer.
— Robert Sloman
 
 

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