In the world of helping people heal, it is a balance between rage at the medical world and intentionally choosing to channel all energy into helping people receive the correct information to heal. In a country where disease seems unavoidable, endless commercials show prescriptions as the solution, “unexplainable” diseases, “unknown cures,” and so many people we meet having some form of ailment, it can feel terrifying and confusing. It is actually quite simple.
That is how Woodbury Wellness was formed- our team’s own first-hand individual healing through confusion, dismissal, words like “incurable,” “just your genes,” “just your age,” “labs look great,” “all in your head.” The years that we each searched for the right answers, the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on looking for the solution. It’s what we gained through our individual years of trying anything and everything just to feel better. It’s our experience with the failure of siloed Western Medicine, Function Medicine, Energy healing, Nutrition Healing.
And guess what? Despite everything you hear, see and experience….the area that needs treatment is actually very clear. No matter what ailment you’re facing, it’s your gut.
Now, healing the gut is not simple by any means and it can take many life changes to really heal it. But, imagine taking all of the diseases in the world- including both physical and mental- and narrowing the treatment plan down to one area. Imagine a world that removes the majority of prescriptions, doctors, plans, treatments and instead it ALL focuses on the gut first. Need science facts and numbers ? There’s plenty. But this is not a science paper- it’s a note to simplify your view on healing and give you hope. Just one statistic to include- EIGHTY percent of your immune system is located in your gut. This makes it obvious that if you healed your gut to function perfectly, 80% of your whole body would be functioning better.
Just in the past week, here are examples from people I met in public- not including all of the stories from our patients. (As always, real names are protected for privacy.)
- Poor Sandy was at least 150 pounds over weight, just had a knee replacement, and was still miserable. If doctors had healed her gut, enabling her to lose weight, would a knee replacement be so necessary? Can that knee replacement actually work if she is still 150 pounds overweight?
- Mary is 65 and suffering years of Parkinsons- which has now been proven to start in an unhealthy gut. The doctors keep prescribing her medications to treat the symptoms but have not once helped treat her gut. Her daughter just started helping with healing her gut and her symptoms immediately improved.
- Chatting with Larry, his doctor has prescribed him thyroid medication, blood pressure medication, sleep medication, and cholesterol medication- and guess what, he still feels awful. These are all conditions that have been proven to be healed by healing the gut. When I questioned Larry if the prescribing doctor ever asked about his eating and lifestyle habits- the answer was a definite no.
Now, the Functional Medicine and supplement world has come a long way in the past three decades, but it is very far from perfect. Our team each personally went through many functional medicine programs before actually finding one that had the right solution. The actual treatment of the gut can take tailored guidance, a precise supplement plan, and body system support. We see so many patients who bring us their previous 3+ “gut healing” “functional medicine” plans from their naturopath as well as their 18+ prescribed medications from their western medicine doctors. I’d almost argue that the wrong “functional medicine” plans are more detrimental because it cost that patient out of pocket money and they were still mislead. To add to the confusion, quite literally every single person I’ve seen on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, magazines at the Whole Foods checkout isles, etc. do not have the correct answer. They might be talking about healing the gut but have far from the correct solution. Their beautiful image, great energy and millions of followers easily convince you otherwise. Yes, I keep watching, in hopes that it becomes mainstream knowledge of how to heal but am yet to find one viral video with the right information. So, our team keeps pushing to get the truth to patients.
There is so much in our modern day that affects the gut. Number one is the quality of our food in the United States- laden with pesticides, chemicals, additives, preservatives, dyes. Additionally, the majority of the US citizens have nutrition filled with ultra-processed food, excess added sugar, refined grains, low fiber intake, low fruit/vegetable consumption- all of which overtime affect the gut. Too commonly, people only think of the link of how nutrition affects their weight- and it’s become normalized for adults (and kids) to be obese. Now, I’m ALL about positive body image but that poor nutrition is not just making them curvy – it is slowly damaging their gut and inevidbly leading to disease.
Now, let’s talk about prescriptions and supplements. Not just are your doctor’s pharmaceutical prescriptions only masking your symptoms, they also have been proven to cause further damage to the gut. They give you a false sense that you are healing your body because the pain is covered up- yet the original chaos that caused the pain is still happening on a systemic level. Many people are now turning to the supplement and health industry for healing. The supplement industry alone has grown from a $40 billion industry in 2000 to a $210 billion industry in 2025. Within that growth, there have been incredible healing supplements formulated. There have also been SO many useless, expensive marketing, potentially dangerous supplements formulated within that. Supplement plans can truly be a person’s medicine or poison- AND someone’s cure or someone’s financial drain.
Now, plot twist for the finale. Is the gut really the absolute root problem? Nope. What we’ve experienced personally and with every patient is that you can eat the perfect nutrition plan and have the perfect supplement plan but you need to treat your whole system at the same time. It is absolutely critical to treat the fascia system, lymphatic system and nervous system WHILE you are treating the gut to put the body into a state where it can heal. This is what the majority of functional medicine practitioners are missing today. They focus endlessly on nutrition and supplements without focusing on the body systems that need to be healthy in order for the gut to heal. Yes, big words, and yes, easy solutions. We’ve found that just 15 minutes of fascia work, 3 minutes of lymphatic work and a little peace and quite for the nervous system daily can have profound results in the body’s transformation. Pair that with an intentional nutrition and supplement plan, and YES, you can heal.
Disclaimer: The content on this blog is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, supplements, or healthcare. Reliance on any information provided on this blog is solely at your own risk.
