About
The Digestion Co. is your
one-stop-gut-shop for all things nutrition and gut health.
We make gut health nutrition easy-to-digest by providing sound, evidenced based and personalised guidance to help people living with gastrointestinal conditions. We do this by listening with empathy, compassion and without judgement to each person’s unique story. We then devise a plan that meets their specific needs.
The Digestion Co. is based in Perth, however we see clients from all over Australia as our practice is 100% online. This means that you get all of the usual benefits of seeing a dietitian, but from the comfort of your own home.
We’ll be a good fit for you if:
You have a digestive or gastrointestinal condition such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, reflux, diverticular disease etc.
You want to learn about nutrition and how to eat for optimal gut health
You want to make sustainable lifestyle changes and receive counselling on how to fuel your body
You want to build a healthy relationship with food, especially if you have been navigating food intolerances
Ready to gut started?
Our approach
We provide one-on-one individualised nutrition counselling to help free yourself of gastrointestinal symptoms.
We listen and work with you to better understand the connection between food and your body, so that you can avoid your triggers.
Provide education to empower you to make informed food choices that support your body and mind.
Consideration of your preferences and lifestyle to make diet changes easy to implement.
Provide you with specific recipes, meal and snack ideas that are tailored to your circumstances and preferences
Food is important, not only for our physical health but also for our social and mental health. We value and factor this into our plan so that you don’t have to miss out.
We never judge and will support you throughout the highs and lows in your journey.
Hello, I’m Michelle.
I am an Accredited Practising Dietitian and founder of The Digestion Co (TDC).
My journey to creating TDC was partly born out of my own experience of being diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2012. When I was diagnosed, I was offered little to no support. This lead me to feeling isolated, overwhelmed and confused as I fumbled my way through understanding the complexities of my diagnosis while also teaching myself a completely new way of eating. In hindsight, I could’ve saved myself from a lot of pain had I been referred to a specialised dietitian upon my diagnosis.
After graduating as a dietitian and working in private practice, I learnt that unfortunately my experience isn’t a unique one. Over the years I have met with hundreds of people in clinic who first come to me feeling confused and overwhelmed by their digestive issues and simply don’t know where to start. This confusion is further fuelled by a huge wave of nutrition misinformation that’s presented online.
These experiences inspired me to create The Digestion Co. as a means to be a “one-stop-gut-shop” where people can feel reassured that they are receiving expert, evidenced based guidance tailored to improve gut health and manage conditions that affect the digestive system.