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Acute Medical Management or Crisis Care: If you're experiencing severe symptoms such as uncontrolled bloody stools, sudden unexplained weight loss (>10 lbs in one month), severe abdominal pain requiring emergency care, persistent vomiting preventing hydration, or signs of intestinal obstruction, please seek immediate evaluation from your gastroenterologist or emergency department. Our functional nutrition services complement medical care but do not replace acute medical intervention. We're happy to support you once your condition is medically stable.

Weight Loss as the Primary Goal: While improved digestive function often leads to normalized body composition, our practice specializes in gut healing and symptom resolution rather than weight-focused interventions. If your primary concern is weight management or aesthetic goals rather than digestive symptom relief, we recommend seeking a practitioner who specializes in weight-inclusive nutrition counseling or medical weight management programs.

Quick Fix or Magic Bullet Solutions: Functional gut healing is a process that typically requires 3-6 months of committed dietary modifications, testing, and protocol adjustments. If you're looking for a 30-day detox, rapid symptom elimination, or a one-time consultation for a meal plan, our approach may feel too intensive. We focus on sustainable, root-cause healing that requires patience, consistency, and active participation.

Treatment Without Professional Testing or Diagnosis: While we can provide general gut health guidance, our most effective work happens when we have concrete data from functional testing (SIBO breath test, stool analysis, other labs) or a confirmed diagnosis from your physician. If you're unwilling to invest in recommended testing or haven't yet consulted with a gastroenterologist for diagnostic evaluation, we encourage you to start there first. Guessing can lead to unnecessary restriction and wasted time.

Practitioner-Dependent Approach: Our philosophy centers on education and empowerment - teaching you to understand and manage your gut health long-term. If you prefer a practitioner who simply tells you what to eat without explanation, or if you're looking for someone to make all decisions without your input, our collaborative, educational model may not feel like the right match. We believe you're the expert on your body, and we provide the framework and knowledge to support your healing.

Severe or Acute IBD Flares: If you have inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis) experiencing a severe flare with significant inflammation, hospitalization, or imminent surgery, nutritional intervention should wait until your condition is medically stabilized. We work best with IBD patients in remission or those with mild-moderate symptoms under gastroenterologist supervision. During acute flares, your GI medical team's protocol takes priority.

Seeking Validation for Unproven or Dangerous Protocols: We practice evidence-based functional nutrition grounded in research, clinical experience, and nutrition science. If you're seeking support for extreme protocols like prolonged water fasting, unmonitored raw food diets, colloidal silver, turpentine cleanses, or other approaches that lack safety data or contradict established guidelines, we won't be able to support that path. We're happy to discuss the evidence behind various approaches but will not recommend interventions that may cause harm.

Unwillingness to Address Lifestyle Factors: Gut healing requires more than dietary changes alone. If you're unwilling to discuss or modify factors like chronic stress, inadequate sleep (less than 6 hours nightly), smoking or excessive alcohol consumption, or complete sedentary lifestyle, outcomes will be limited. We take a whole-person approach because these factors significantly impact digestive function. If you're only interested in food changes without addressing lifestyle, results may be disappointing.