Gut health, autoimmunity and peptides are three of the most talked about topics online right now, and three of the most oversimplified. In this episode of In With Cassie, naturopath and clinical nutritionist Cassie Davenport is joined by Dan Sipple, The Functional Naturopath, to unpack what is actually happening inside your body and what the internet keeps getting wrong.

Dan is a qualified naturopath, nutritionist and herbalist with a Bachelor of Health Science, and his clinical focus spans the gut microbiome, hormone optimisation, autoimmune disease, stealth infection, immunity and anti-ageing medicine. He brings both practitioner expertise and lived experience, having been diagnosed with coeliac disease at 18.

Together they explore why 1 in 20 Australian adults live with an autoimmune condition, why around 75 percent of those people are women, and what is driving the global rise in more than 100 recognised autoimmune conditions.

You will learn why gut symptoms are not just about bloating and bowel habits, how stress chemistry physically damages the gut wall, why the vagus nerve matters more than you think, and what the science actually says about parasite cleanses, gluten and the peptide boom.

If you have ever felt overwhelmed by conflicting health information online, this conversation will help you feel clearer, calmer and far more informed.

In this episode you will hear about

Why gut health shows up in the brain, mood and metabolism, not just digestion

How stress hormones make the gut wall more permeable and why cortisol resistance matters

The role of the vagus nerve in gut function and why infections can hijack it

Why women carry a higher autoimmune risk and what actually drives it

What to do in the 12 to 18 months before pregnancy to lower your risk

The parasite cleanse trend and why it is the most misunderstood thing online right now

Butyrate producers, commensal bacteria and why killing everything is not the answer

Gluten, coeliac disease and the three month experiment Dan recommends for autoimmune patients

Sleep as the most overlooked foundation in autoimmunity

Peptides explained simply, what the evidence actually shows, and why GLP-1s are being overused

Why empowerment is the first intervention, not the last

Connect with Dan Sipple

Instagram: @the.functional.naturopath

New patient enquiries are open with a current wait list of approximately two to three months.

Connect with Cassie

Instagram: @cassiedavenport_naturopath

Learn more about Cassie here one to one consultations are available.