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Elleisha Parish | Gut Health Nutritionist

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BHSc Nutritionist & Ultra Runner
Gut health | Evidence-based nutrition + microbiome testing 🔬
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Hi 👋🏽 I’m Elleisha. A BHSc nutritionist, mum of two and ultra runner with an Ironman hubby.

I have worked clinically in the gut microbiome and hormones space for 5 years, including complex unresolved gut cases, and have started weaving that knowledge into my experiences running 100+km ultras.

I went from postpartum mum to ultra runner, so I know what it’s like to rebuild your body, find your feet with running and work towards things that once seemed completely out of reach.

My approach is a combination of emerging science, evidence, clinical experience and real life practice.

I’m here to share helpful info, recent research and plenty of enthusiasm for endurance, while showing you what is actually possible with the right nutrition and support.

And if you need the extra support, click the link in my bio to book a 1:1 consult.

#endurancenutrition #runningnutritionist #runningnutrition #marathon #ultrarunner by @kin_nutrition

All about getting uncomfortable and challenging yourself, pick scary goals. by @kin_nutrition

True stories. True horror. Have I missed any?
Reposted, had to add more. by @kin_nutrition

Nutrition isn’t optional by @kin_nutrition

Ground flax is seriously underrated. It’s not some magic super food, all foods have a place and give us something. But it is an incredible addition to improve your diet.

Ground flax provides:

- Fibre that gut bacteria ferment into short-chain fatty acids, including butyrate (an important fuel source for the cells lining your colon)
- Fibre that can support Bifidobacterium, a group of beneficial gut bacteria
- ALA omega-3 fats

Always opt for the ground option. The whole seed can pass through the gut without being fully broken down. Grinding it makes the nutrients and fibre more accessible.

Ground flax is best stored in the fridge in an airtight container to preserve the omega content.

Add it to oats, yoghurt, smoothies or baking.

It’s a simple food. But very useful. by @kin_nutrition

Pro tip, talk to a human by @kin_nutrition

It’s definitely both by @kin_nutrition

Its an acquired skill set, my strategies come from experience by @kin_nutrition

This would probably happen to me if I wasn’t a runner by @kin_nutrition

Absolutely not what I had planned, but I am proud of this PB all the same. My goal was to hit somewhere between 160-190km+ but unfortunately I think I was still carrying hip issues from cape2cape which significantly impacted my knee. I could feel it in taper but I can never tell what’s real or phantom pain at that point.

I was able to run properly the first 9hrs and felt incredibly comfortable (except the growing knee pain 🙄), got about 85km in and then things got really pear shaped and the knee completely packed in so it was a hobble after that. I am so proud of myself for moving until the last second of the 24hrs.

My bestie @k3lbo_ popped in for a couple of hours and found some heat packs and ice packs just before night hit. A kind person tried to strap my knee but it kept coming off, she then found a compression strap and a knee brace so I used both and was able to keep walking, I limped for hours and hours and hours and hours still determined to try an hit 160k.

I actually really loved the whole thing even though it wasn’t the plan. I love an extreme challenge that forces me to lock into another place. To keep making the choice to move forwards and persevere.

I am so thankful for my family @1nine8eight, my little 4y for pacing me the last km, my bestie, and the family that let me pitch up under their marquee and helped me find the straps.

And Grandad for sending a rainbow 🌈

Now for a few months of rehab and rest. It’s been a massive year of countless unofficial and official ultras.

Time to reset.

Official stats:
23/162 overall
7/66 females
149.156km
24hrs by @kin_nutrition

Resilience over perfection. Performance over restriction.

Hubby casually a sub 10 Ironman 😮‍💨🔥 No biggie. Someone has to do it I guess.

#guthealth #sportsnutrition #endurancenutrition #ironman #ultrarunning by @kin_nutrition

My 7y showed me this for his science project last year.

Different plant compounds fluoresce at different wavelengths.

Chamomile glows green due to its flavonoids 🫖 and zucchini glows red due to its chlorophyll molecules 🍃 you can’t see them with your eyes, but your gut knows they’re there.

Your gut microbes can interact with and transform these compounds into metabolites that can positively affect the body.

A little reminder that there’s a whole lot going on in plants that we can’t see.

#nutritionist #guthealth #chlorophyll #plants #nutrition by @kin_nutrition