Marilia Chamon, nutritionist and health optimisation expert, London and New York.
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My Health Journey

Marilia Chamon,

Registered Nutritional Therapist and Gut Health Specialist

I grew up with robust health and could eat and drink whatever I wanted without experiencing a single symptom of indigestion, but all that changed after an episode of food poisoning - a slice of pizza that changed my life.

Soon after this event I started experiencing all sorts of digestive distress - extreme bloating, abdominal pain, multiple food intolerances, reflux, heartburn, indigestion - you name it, I felt it. After running a series of medical tests (that came back clear) I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and was told my symptoms were a result of stress and anxiety. I had a hard time accepting that diagnosis because for my entire life I had not suffered with digestive symptoms and it was clear to me the episode of food poisoning was the trigger event to my digestive distress.

Due to the lack of diligence from the many health professionals I visited, my condition was left untreated and I continued to suffer with debilitating symptoms as the only solution provided to me were antacids and antidepressants.

I spent the next several years trying to get to the root cause of my problem - my question was, if it is just IBS why are my symptoms getting progressively worse? Unfortunately no one had the answer.

I felt hopeless and saw myself in a position where I had to take control of my health. Through my own research I learned about post-infectious IBS (PI-IBS), a condition that affects 1 in every 9 people who experience an episode of food poisoning, and that a bacterial infection can result in gut nerve damage and impaired gut flow, leading to the development of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Suddenly my decade long of suffering made sense!

During this long and painful journey I gained extensive knowledge and a deep interest in digestive health, my desire to help others lead me to qualify as a nutritional therapist and specialise in functional gut disorders.

In (gut) health,

Marilia

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My Qualifications

  • I completed a three-year diploma in Nutritional Therapy (Dip.NT) and hold a certification in Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) from the world-renowned Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). I have undertaken specialist training in Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) with The SIBO Doctor, and in the clinical application of the Low FODMAP Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Dietary Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Endometriosis through Monash University. I am a fully insured and registered nutritional therapist and a member of The Federation of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners (FNTP).

  • • Integrative Healthcare and Applied Nutrition Summit 2025

    • The Gut-Brain Axis: Therapeutic Strategies for Clinical Success

    • Mastering H.Pylori and Acid Reflux

    • Understanding Spores, Specific Strains and Commensal Yeast in Clinical Practice

    • How to Use Probiotics in the Management of SIBO

    • The Management of Common Digestive Issue and Safety of Products with PPIs

    • The Female Story: A Journey through the Menstrual Cycle, Fertility and Menopause

    • Advances in the Management of GI Disorders: Upper and Lower GI Issues and their relationship with the Microbiome

    • The Gut Microbiota in Digestive Disease

    • Integrative Personalised Medicine Conference 2023

    • Nutritional Management of Functional Constipation

    • GI Biomarkers: Navigating GI Assessment and Function

    • Nutritional Gastroenterology: Matching New Treatments to New Disease Subtypes

    • The Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Detoxification

    • Personalised Nutrition via the Microbiome, Genome & Biomarkers: Clinical Advances & Recent Advances, NMI Summit 2022

    • Integrative Personalised Medicine Conference 2022

    • Navigating the Complexity of The GI Microbiome in Clinical Practice

    • Navigating The Gluten-free Minefield: Keeping clients healthy on a GF diet isn't easy. Why GF is a prerequisite in wheat-related disorders, but not the treatment

    • Systemic Chronic Inflammation, Personalised Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine

    • The Healing Power Of Nutrition: how diet can reshape gut microbiome and influence the balance between health and disease

    • The Microbiome as an Endocrine Organ

    • Navigating Gastrointestinal Assessment and Function

    • The Microbiome’s Control of Immune Function

    • The Gut-Skin Axis

    • SIBO: Getting to The Underlying Cause

    • Preventing SIBO Relapse with Prokinetics

    • Digestive Enzyme Therapy: A Review and Update of Clinical Use

    • Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Constipation

    • The Ecosystem of The Digestive System; Microbial and Host Marker Patterns of Health and Disease

    • Using Herbal Medicines to Modify the Gut Microbiota

    • Microbiome Restoration in Clinical Practice

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