About Me

My journey into functional nutrition and wellbeing.

Hello! I’m Rachel Doherty

Functional Nutritionist

I have from an early age always been on a path of exploring health and vitality through Nutrition.

I was fortunate to have a wonderful idyllic childhood. A country upbringing in northern New South Wales near the gateway to the rainforests filled with home grown vegetables, freedom, open spaces, a love of horses and many carefree moments.

Fast forward, and after relocating to the city; I dived into corporate life and the many opportunities the city could provide.  Life became a lot more frantic and fast paced.

After juggling city life, day to day living, and living in a toxic environment for many years, my health took a turn. Living with compromised digestive health, symptoms of food intolerances, hormonal and thyroid issues, life had its challenges..

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Some of my symptoms included:

  • Chronic fatigue
  • Brain fog/memory problems
  • Insomnia/waking multiple times in the night
  • Difficulty holding urine since anti-diuretic hormone is inhibited
  • Inability to lose weight due to insulin resistance

Despite these health challenges, I was still able to enjoy life but knew my health could be so much better. Conventional medicine and various doctors didn’t seem to have the answers or make an impact on my health journey.

In 2018, finally some answers and a diagnosis. A functional doctor diagnosed with me for biotoxin/mould illness or CIRS (short for chronic inflammatory response syndrome).  CIRS is usually caused by exposure to mould in a water-damaged building or a mouldy house (years of living in old Sydney rental properties). The underlying cause of CIRS results from a failure of your immune system to create antibodies designed to remove toxins from the body. Over time, mould builds up and causes a myriad of inflammatory-based health conditions. Unfortunately, CIRS can spin the immune system out of control. Lowered immunity and chronic stress on the body can take its toll and leads to further infection, lowered libido, skewed hormones and gut issues – all symptoms that characterise CIRS.

I personally would like to raise awareness of CIRS and the effects on the body. Many people do not realise that they are in fact genetically susceptible to mould illness based on their immune-response genes.

My Approach

My approach is a holistic approach identifying root causes and using appropriate functional testing tools to uncover any underlying health issues. My approach includes: 

  • Healing your gut to help you absorb and utilise nutrients better. 
  • Healing your liver so you can eliminate toxins better but also process nutrients better. 
  • Working on your adrenals/thyroid/HPA axis so you can deal with stress better and not burn through nutrients so quickly. 
  • Using “food as medicine”. An ideal diet of nutrient dense wholefoods, plant and animal grass-fed foods, probiotics and healthy fats to nourish the body. Nothing processed or artificial. 

Nutrition, eating real food and cooking wholesome meals for my family has been a key passion of mine. When we start nourishing our bodies, our health improves. I believe individualised nutrition plays a big role in helping people achieve optimum health. We all have different biochemistry and our deficiencies and imbalances, both nutrients and minerals, are different based on how we deal with stress, our current diet and that of our ancestors and the amount of toxins we have been exposed to in our environment.

Certified HTMA Practitioner

My Experience

Through my never-ending quest for optimum health and realising we had a strong interest in healing, I embarked on formal training in Nutritional Medicine. Through my six year degree qualification, I continued to explore and educate myself on the value of real food, looking at root causes and treating the body as a whole. All aspects of health are connected, and it is important to focus on our 5 pillars of health – a clean diet, reduce toxins, balance your minerals, manage stress more efficiently and heal your gut.

Through my own personal experience, my formal qualifications in nutrition and the knowledge I have gained, I feel I can empower you to take action and make significant changes to your health, diet and lifestyle.

My family and I are also the proud owners of a beautiful Groodle called Nala. We are proactive with her health needs and helping her live her best life. Having access to Canine HTMA testing, we can formulate a nutrient dense diet and explore deficiencies, imbalances and toxicities in her body.

With this desire to see Nala live a long and happy life, it has led me to do some further study with HATO (Holistic Animal Therapy Organisation). I look forward to sharing my knowledge in the field of animal health and nutrition.

I work with Individuals, Families & Canines!

Kids Nutrition

Womens Health

Canine Consults

Testimonials

"When I first reached out to Rachel I had already been extremely unwell for about 7 months. I had seen numerous health professionals and undergone extensive testing and multiple hospital visits, all of which provided no answers. The care and compassion that Rachel extended to me from our very first interaction was something I hadn’t yet experienced during my health crisis. I finally found someone who was able to guide me on the path to finding answers when I thought I had no hope. Rachel has extensive knowledge in her field and I’ve felt informed and supported the entire time I’ve been under her care. Through working with Rachel I have achieved health outcomes that I truly didn’t think were possible and for that I am so grateful. "

Mel ~ Elizabeth Hills 

"Rachel is a very thorough, caring and diligent practitioner. She is generous with her time and always expresses kindness and genuine concern towards helping me with my healing journey. I always leave our sessions together feeling empowered and driven to look after myself."

Grace ~ Cammeray

"Rachel’s genuine care and desire to make my entire family healthy is unparalleled with any health professional I have come across. Her belief and passion for what she does is evident in the way she delivers information and goes above and beyond her role by sending additional resources, sample recipes and suggestions which she herself has tried and tested. I have and will continue to recommend Rachel to all my friends and family."

Jennie ~ Mosman

"I turned to Rachel following an exhaustive search for answers to why I wasn’t feeling 100%. Within a short period, and following Rachel’s careful and extensive analysis, I was back to feeling better than ever. Rachel is extremely knowledgeable in the field of nutrition and has been a wonderful professional support on my road to better holistic health. I would thoroughly recommend Rachel."

Michelle ~ Canberra

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0402 235 410

60 Somerset St, Mosman NSW

hello@racheldoherty.com.au

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Contact

0402 235 410

60 Somerset St, Mosman NSW

hello@racheldoherty.com.au