Heather Famularo
Heather is a Nutritionist and Certified GAPS practitioner. She is a mom of 3 and specialises in reversing histamine intolerance and MCAS. Her passion started after helping her husband reverse the daily migraines and headaches that he had for over 15 years.
After working with clients for 10 years she understands how extremely sensitive those with histamine issues are. She knows supplements, antimicrobial herbs and “killing” infections is not the answer, and in most cases backfires tremendously.
She has experience in helping even the most severe clients calm their mast cells and eventually introduce their favourite foods again. She understands that there may be many contributing factors in histamine production but has seen that rebalancing the microbiome helps the body become more resilient to those external factors.
She has extensively researched, and has clinical experience proving that rebalancing the microbiome makes the body more resilient and able to handle external factors like mold, mycotoxins, and environmental toxins that we are exposed to daily.
Heather recognises that there is usually more than just one health issue present. Many of her clients are simultaneously dealing with other chronic diseases. She has a good understanding of these diseases and how they are also linked to gut health. She offers a holistic approach in supporting her clients and her suggestions can work alongside any other treatment you may be doing.
About Laura
Laura Baker, MS, RD, Certified GAPS Practitioner
Laura is a Registered Dietitian and earned a Master of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University, in Washington State. She is also a Certified Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) Practitioner. She believes the body has an innate ability to heal if given the right tools and enjoys helping others on their health journey. She is a strong advocate for nourishing our bodies with real, traditional foods that we have relied on throughout history. She is passionate about using food as medicine and has a special interest in gut health, food allergies and intolerances, autoimmunity, and child/teen nutrition.
Laura’s Story
My health journey started as a child with eczema that carried on into my adult life. I recall my mom bringing me to various doctors and alternative practitioners, but nothing helped except for the temporary relief from topical cortisone creams. This led me to the field of nutrition as a college student, where I received my Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutritional Sciences. After completing college, I went on to work as a Registered Dietitian in both inpatient and outpatient hospital settings. Despite having a nutrition background my health continued to decline. Various other symptoms arose including severe abdominal pain after eating, and horrific period pain. I experimented with various elimination diets and saw numerous alternative health practitioners which helped to a degree, but never fully resolved the underlying issues.
My desire for more knowledge brought me back to school at Bastyr University where I completed my Master of Science in Nutrition in 2013. While completing my masters, I gave birth to my daughter. Although she was a very healthy baby at birth, her health declined rapidly. She started developing eczema within the first month of being born, wasn’t gaining enough weight, and was a very fussy baby that would never nap. During this time, I was unable to produce enough breastmilk, lost a lot of weight despite eating non-stop, my eczema worsened and eventually I developed an autoimmune condition. I started having severe histamine reactions to almost everything. My daughter’s eczema worsened, and she started reacting to numerous foods and things in the environment. We sought out many different alternative practitioners and I was eventually able to calm my overactive immune system. Although this helped manage my condition, I continued to get skin outbreaks and had ongoing digestive issues. Eventually I stumbled upon the GAPS Diet, and it all made perfect sense. I started my daughter on the GAPS diet and after a year of seeing her improve dramatically, I decided to put myself on it as well. We have both seen tremendous healing with the GAPS Diet. I eventually became a Certified GAPS Practitioner in 2020. My personal health struggles have brought me to where I am today, and I have a passion for helping others get to the root cause of their health issues.
In her free time, Laura enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter and cooking nutritious meals. She loves being in nature and enjoys hiking, skiing, jogging, and walking the family dog.