Are you struggling with bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, reflux, or food sensitivities? Digestive symptoms can affect your comfort, energy, and quality of life. Even when standard testing comes back normal, persistent symptoms may mean a closer look is needed.

At Functionally You Health, I take a personalized, root-cause functional medicine approach to digestive health, because your gut affects far more than your digestion.

Gut Health

Your digestive system breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, and supports your immune system, hormones, and energy. When it isn’t working well, you may notice bloating, abdominal discomfort, irregular bowel movements, or reactions to certain foods. You may also feel it in places you wouldn’t expect, like fatigue, skin breakouts, low iron, or hormone and thyroid issues.

Digestive symptoms can have many causes, including changes in gut bacteria, inflammation, low stomach acid or digestive enzymes, food intolerances, and conditions like small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Rather than recommending the same diet or supplements for everyone, I look at your health history, nutrition, lifestyle, testing, and symptoms together to find what’s driving yours.

A Root-Cause Approach to Gut Health

Kristen Finissi | MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Why I Start With the Gut

For many women, the gut is the foundation everything else stands on. If you’re not absorbing nutrients well, supplements may not work, and levels like iron and B12 can stay low no matter how much you take. Your gut also helps clear hormones your body is done with and plays a big role in your immune system.

That’s why gut testing is part of my starting workup, alongside your bloodwork, not something we add later.

Digestive Concerns I Help With

  • Bloating, gas, and abdominal discomfort

  • Constipation, diarrhea, or bowel movements that are unpredictable

  • Reflux and heartburn

  • Food intolerances and reactions to certain foods

  • Symptoms that may be related to SIBO

  • Low iron, B12, or other nutrients that won’t stay up

  • Digestive symptoms alongside fatigue, skin issues, or hormone or thyroid concerns

If anything in your history or testing suggests something that needs a specialist or further evaluation, I’ll make sure you get to the right place.

All care is provided through telehealth, so you can work with me from home.

Your full story first. Your care starts with a 75-minute intake where we go through your symptoms, history, what you’ve already tried, and what you were told. Nothing gets ordered before this conversation.

Comprehensive testing. Based on your history, I order a comprehensive blood panel and comprehensive stool testing, which looks at gut bacteria, inflammation, digestion, and possible infections. When your symptoms point to SIBO, I may also recommend breath testing.

Foundations while your results process. You don’t sit around waiting. While your labs are in progress, we start a few simple foundations around nutrition, hydration, sleep, movement, and stress, and if your bloodwork shows you’re low in something, we start correcting it right away.

A results review that connects the dots. In a 60-minute visit, I walk you through every result and show you how your findings connect to your symptoms.


How Gut Health Support Works

A gut plan done in stages

I use the 5R approach to gut healing:

  • Remove what’s irritating your gut, like overgrowth, infections, or trigger foods

  • Replace what your digestion may be missing, like stomach acid or digestive enzymes

  • Reinoculate with targeted probiotics chosen for what your testing shows

  • Repair the gut lining with nutritional support

  • Rebalance stress, sleep, and eating habits so your gut can actually heal

Your plan may include nutrition changes, targeted supplements, and medication when it’s the right tool. We go in stages, so you’re never starting ten things at once.

Ongoing support and retesting. Gut health takes time. We adjust your plan as you respond and retest so you can see what changed.

Functionally You fluid graphic pattern

Is This You?

  • You’re bloated by the end of the day, no matter what you eat

  • You’ve cut out gluten, dairy, and more, and you still have symptoms

  • Your bowel movements are unpredictable

  • You’ve tried probiotics and supplements without much change

  • Your iron or B12 stays low even when you take supplements

  • You’ve been told your digestive testing is “normal”

If you checked more than one, you deserve a closer look. Let’s find out what’s actually going on.

Where This Happens: The Renewal Experience

Gut health support is part of The Renewal Experience, my six-month program. Over six months, you get:

  • A 75-minute intake where you finally get to share the whole story

  • Comprehensive testing, including a blood panel and comprehensive stool testing

  • A 60-minute results review that connects your findings to your symptoms

  • A personalized plan across nutrition, lifestyle, supplements, and medication when appropriate

  • Five follow-up visits to adjust your plan as you respond

  • Weekly check-ins and messaging support between visits

  • Retesting at the end, so you can see what changed

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • I work with women experiencing bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, reflux, food intolerances, and other digestive concerns, including symptoms that may be related to SIBO.


  • Comprehensive stool testing is included in The Renewal Experience, along with a comprehensive blood panel. SIBO breath testing and other specialty tests are added when your symptoms call for them.


  • No. Testing is included in my program and ordered after your intake, based on your history. If you have recent labs, send them over so nothing gets repeated unnecessarily.


  • I focus on testing that gives reliable, useful answers, like comprehensive stool testing and SIBO breath testing. For food reactions, a food and symptom log and a short, guided elimination and reintroduction usually tell us more than a sensitivity panel.


  • It depends on your symptoms, history, and results. Your plan may include nutrition changes, targeted supplements, or medication when appropriate. Prescriptions are available in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.


  • Yes. All visits are done through telehealth, and stool and breath tests are completed at home.


Take the Next Step

If you’re tired of dealing with bloating, digestive discomfort, or unpredictable symptoms, it may be time to look at your gut health more closely. Start with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call to discuss your symptoms, health history, and goals. If my approach is a good fit, we’ll begin with your 75-minute intake and personalized testing.

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