Fertility Naturopathy & Autoimmune Disease Treatments

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Merge Health helps people achieve real and lasting health transformations by combining functional and integrative medicine with health and lifestyle coaching.

Getting to the root cause

Our approach focuses on identifying and treating the cause of your health issue, not just the symptoms.

A trusted process that works

With Merge, you get access to a team of experts that will guide you through your treatment, starting with the Wellness Kickstarter.

Whole person healthcare

No two people are alike, and so no two treatment plans should be. We focus on the whole person to help you transform your health.

We help people with:

Hormonal Imbalance

Gut Health

Autoimmunity

Mould Illness

Chronic Fatigue

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Hope for real recovery

As practioners who have battled chronic health struggles ourselves, recovery can feel impossible. Our approach addresses behavioural, emotional, nutritional and lifestyle changes that empower you take control of your health.

Our approach

Meet our team

Kate McCandless

Founding Director, Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Coach Buteyko Breathing & Klinghardt A.R.T. Practitioner Enneagram Coach

“I help people with complex health conditions regain their passion for life”
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Steph Gadsden

Founding Director, Naturopath, Mindset Coach, Functional Medicine, Buteyko Breathing & Klinghardt A.R.T. Practitioner

“I help you to get answers and find health”
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Dr Nicholas Morgan

GP with further specialisation in integrative medicine

“I help you address your health challenges through investigation of the root cause.”
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Dr Tania Ash

Integrative GP, CBD Prescriber, MCAS Literate Practitioner

“I help you address your health challenges through investigation of the root cause.”
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Samantha Van Dort

Women’s Health & Fertility Naturopath

“I help women gain control over their hormones, periods and fertility.”
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Sarah Bakker

Health Coach & Patient Advocate

“I love to nurture & motivate my clients towards health, to teach and to empower so that they may reach…”
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What people are saying

    
 
 
        
   Michelle Grace Hunder 
 
 
 
  I cant speak highly enough of Merge Health, especially Steph, Tanya and Sarah. They absolutely know their stuff and have compassion and empathy. I have seen people posting about their reception and ordering processes, which I agree can be frustrating, but if you work through that part with patience and communication,  the actual service of Natropathy is the best I have ever experienced. Nothing about what I have experienced from a practitioner point of view I can fault.
  
 
       
   Nina Sers 
 
 
 
  The best naturopath and wellness clinic I’ve ever been too. The staff and practitioners go above and beyond to support me and my family in our health and wellness needs. I would recommend to anyone!
  
 
       
   Sara Goodwin 
 
 
 
  These practitioners are the very best.
  
 
       
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   Tanja 
 
 
 
  I've been seeing Sarah Bakker, Kate McCandless and Steph Gadsden for several years. They have always been very professional, attentive and responsive. My health and wellbeing has improved tremendously. Truly brilliant practitioners.
  
 
       
   Greg Burson 
 
 
 
  The support and health care that I have received from Merge Health has been exemplary. I have seen a significant change in my physical and emotional well being.
  
 
       
   Donna Braybrook 
 
 
 
  After years of going to Dr's and getting no were , no one believing  me and my symptoms saying most was in my mind , or putting me on so many different drugs for pain , mental state etc all doing nothing seeing so many dermatologist who would send me on to others saying they had no idea what was happing to me , I finally found Merge Health , and have now been Diganosed with many conditions and starting a whome new treatment plan , food  plan and health plan , they listen , understand,  care and most importantly act .
I can not rate them highly enough if I had not of found them I seriously don't think I'd be here ....
A big thank you to the best team I've seen to help me with my health.
Hopefully I can come back to the person I once was 7 years ago
  
 
  
  
 
 
   Google rating score: 4.3 of 5, based on 61 reviews

Health insights

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Estrogen, histamine & your hormones
Did you know there is a strong link between histamine and estrogen? Although this link has been known for a while, its only now getting the attention it deserves. So, what is histamine? Histamine is a chemical stored in immune cells called mast cells. It signals the immune system to react causing allergies and swelling. It is also involved in nerve cell transmission, neurotransmitters, helps to regulates fertility and ovulation, stimulates stomach acid, the brain, the heart, the liver and other organs. High levels of Estrogen trigger Histamine, and vice versa Histamine and estrogen influence one another and can exacerbate each other’s effects. The symptoms of this are wide and varied due to the wide distribution of histamine receptors in the body, with women tending to have higher levels of these receptors. Histamine receptors are found throughout the female reproductive system, including the uterus and ovaries, so it is understandable that histamine have a large influence on hormonal symptoms. What is important to note is elevated levels of histamine will stimulate your ovaries to release more estrogen, and when your estrogen levels rise, it triggers the release of more histamine. Increase in either can cause or exacerbate unwanted symptoms Symptoms…