Naturopathic Nutrition

Naturopathic Nutrition is holistic and preventative in approach. We look at symptoms within the context of the whole body to seek out their root cause.

Charlotte Fraser is an award-winning registered naturopathic nutritionist helping adults and young people internationally improve gut health, cognitive function, energy, mood and overall wellbeing through personalised nutrition programmes, microbiome testing and evidence-based functional assessments.

With over 25 years’ experience in the health, nutrition and wellness sector, Charlotte works dynamically with clients on a physiological, physical, mental and emotional level to help restore and maintain the body’s natural balance.

Symptoms rarely exist in isolation. Digestive, hormonal, cognitive, immune, emotional and neurological health are deeply interconnected. Understanding these relationships is central to Charlotte’s approach.

No two people are the same and every programme is tailored to the individual’s needs and circumstances.

Charlotte works with clients throughout the UK and internationally via online consultations, as well as through her private practice in Kent.

Gut, Brain & Whole-Body Health

Charlotte specialises in the connection between gut health, hormones, cognition, stress physiology and emotional wellbeing — often referred to as the gut-brain axis.

Emerging research increasingly demonstrates how gut health may influence hormones, mood, cognition, stress response, sleep, attention, inflammation and emotional wellbeing.

With particular interests in gut health, autoimmune conditions, cognitive wellbeing, neurodevelopment, speech and language development, and performance health, Charlotte integrates nutritional therapy with evidence-based functional testing and cognitive assessment to support long-term health, resilience and optimal function.

Charlotte also works with elite athletes and high-performing individuals seeking to optimise energy, recovery, cognition, resilience and overall performance.

All clients are guided using Charlotte Fraser’s Gut Health Wheel ©, a systems-based framework developed from years of clinical experience and research, integrating physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioural and physiological signs and symptoms within wider health patterns and disease pathways.

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“If you’re an alive body, no one can tell you how to experience the world. And no one can tell you what truth is, because you experience it for yourself.
The body does not lie.”

Stanley Coleman

Personalised Functional Testing & Assessments

There are a variety of evidence-based testing and assessments to support your health journey. These include laboratory analysis of the gut microbiome, genetic testing with DNAMap®, food sensitivity testing and cognitive health assessments tailored to your individual needs.

Charlotte also integrates cognitive health screens for conditions such as anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD and other cognitive or neurodevelopmental concerns where appropriate.

Creyos Health assessments are integral to consultations, enabling clients to objectively monitor how they are responding to their nutrition programme over time — not only in relation to cognition, but also emotional wellbeing, mood, stress resilience, attention, energy and overall day-to-day quality of life.

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Cognitive Health Assessments

With the close association between gut and brain health, Charlotte Fraser Naturopathic Nutrition integrates cognitive assessments into consultations to help objectively monitor cognitive function over time.

Areas such as memory, attention, reasoning and verbal reasoning can be assessed throughout your nutrition programme.

Naturopathic Nutrition works with the individual’s efforts towards the promotion, restoration and maintenance of health.  This means that we also place a great emphasis on preventative health.

Health is more than ‘the absence of disease’. Disease ensues when the body’s homeostasis, or self-regulating system is disrupted. Then the body develops an acute response in its attempt to restore health, often demonstrated through enhanced processes of elimination. Suppressing these healing processes can contribute to the potential for chronic (longer term) breakdown, inflammation and disease.

A Holistic Approach

In Naturopathic Nutrition, the education and cooperation of the patient is fundamentally important and contributes to the success of the treatment process. The client is assisted in examining his or her lifestyle and making healthier choices which, in turn, is established on a cellular level by means of appropriate nutritional support.

Charlotte Fraser works with clients on a physiological, physical, mental and emotional level. This is because optimum health and wellbeing depends on a multitude of factors and reflects a harmonious interaction with our environment.

“The universe is exactly the way we think it is and that’s why.”

John Woods 

We need nourishing food, clean water, fresh air and sunlight, as well as lots of movement, rest and relaxation, to maintain health. However to truly thrive, we also need positive relationships, creative fulfilment and mental stimulus.

Why Nutrition Matters

Mass food production, globalisation and disruption to our eco balance is having a serious repercussion on the nutritional health of humans. There is a big gap in the nutritional status of most people today, and that’s before we even take into account individual genetic inheritance and lifestyle factors.

Our food choices are more often determined by their colour, taste, texture and calorie content, rather than for their nutritional value, highlighting the need to refocus on healthy eating for optimal health.

When did you last pay attention to the warning lights on your dashboard? Do you feel tired all the time? Do you suffer from constant headaches? Constipation? Is your lower back pain really just down to sitting at your desk all day?

It is so easy to dismiss these things as we distract ourselves in our busy lives. Or are these signs and symptoms the expression of an unmet need, nutritional or otherwise? After all, how else is our body able to communicate to us?

Often, it is only with the diagnosis of a more serious health condition — when the proverbial tyre falls off the car and stops us in our tracks — that we seek help. Even then, many people only treat the immediate symptoms, which is often just a short-term fix.

Identifying & Bridging the Nutrition Gap

The nutrition gap describes the difference between the levels of nutrients you are getting from your daily diet, and those nutrient levels identified by scientific research as necessary for optimal health in the population.

Many people do not get the level of essential nutrients required for health and protection on a day-to-day basis, and this shortfall may adversely impact health both now and long term.

Aside from dietary intake, various factors contribute to nutrient shortfalls. These include food quality, nutrient availability, digestion and assimilation, stress, movement levels, medications, alcohol intake, smoking and other lifestyle factors.

Sometimes nutrient imbalances also arise from trial-and-error over-the-counter supplement use, which can become costly and ineffective.

Wherever possible, Charlotte works with foods easily sourced in local supermarkets and farm shops. However, in some situations, targeted supplementation may be appropriate to help bridge identified nutritional gaps and support therapeutic outcomes.

“Every gut microbiome is unique.  Truly the embodiment of all our individual genetic, physical, mental,  emotional,  environmental, social, and cultural experiences”

Charlotte Fraser 

Core values of Naturopathic Nutrition are:

• Healing Power of Nature: a ‘vital force’ underpins the body’s self-healing or self-correcting mechanisms.
• Triad of Health: the connection and interaction between the structural, biochemical and mental/emotional components of all living beings. Dysfunction in one area will lead to disruption elsewhere.
• Uniqueness of the Individual: people are genetically, biochemically, structurally and emotionally different from one another. Each person responds in a unique way to influences, be they mental, emotional, nutritional, social or cultural.

Contact Charlotte Fraser today to book an appointment to review your current state of health and well being, as well as to devise an individually-tailored nutrition plan.

Charlotte Fraser works in partnership with you to help you achieve and maintain optimum physical and emotional/mental health and wellbeing.

Charlotte is particularly well known for her work surrounding Gut Health (treating digestive problems such as IBS, leaky gut syndrome, etc, as well as chronic, autoimmune diseases such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease . She has also had significant success working with clients diagnosed with chronic fatigue, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), anxiety, depression, and fertility problems.

She works with clients to help treat the following health conditions:

Anxiety

Attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD)

Auto-immune diseases

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomtelitis ( CFS / ME )

Brain and Cognitive Health

Depression

Gut health and digestive disorders (for example: IBS, Crohn’s Disease & Ulcerative Colitis)

Fertility assistance

Food intolerance

Headaches / migraines

High Cholesterol

Hormonal imbalances

Insomnia

Joint disorders

Long Covid

Low energy. For instance, do you suffer from TATT (do you feel ‘tired all the time’)?

Peri / Menopause

Methylation support and COMT gene variation management

Parkinson’s Disease

Premenstrual stress / Premenstrual tension (PMS / PMT)

Skin conditions (for example: Acne, Eczema and Psoriasis)

Stress management

Type 2 Diabetes

Thyroid problems

Weight loss and management

Weakened immunity

Scientific cognitive health assessments are integrated and valuable for monitoring and evaluating progress in treating a wide range of health conditions.

GAD-7 assessments provide a measure of general anxiety symptoms.

PHQ-9 assessments are available to facilitate screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression. 

The PSS assessment measures levels of perceived stress.

There are also specific screens for ADHD, Autism and PTSD amongst others.

“It is a new day for a new thought, new identity, new ideas, new steps and new breathe! We may choose to repeat the mistakes of yesterday or think of the lessons from the mistakes of yesterday. We may choose dwell on the fortunes or misfortunes of yesterday or think of what we can do with the fortunes or misfortunes of yesterday today! We may choose to continue or discontinue the steps we took yesterday today. Life is here today and we must think of what we can do today for today was the vision of yesterday and the true foundation of tomorrow!”

– Ernest Agyemang Yeboah –

Charlotte Fraser Naturopathic Nutrition offers a range of evidence-based testing, assessments, and health screens to further personalise your nutrition journey towards optimal well-being. Each assessment offers valuable insights to inform personalised nutrition programmes, empowering you to manage your health effectively:

Laboratory Testing with YourGutMap

All samples are analysed in an ISO 17025 certified laboratory using gold standard genetic technology.

Gut Microbiome Analysis

Unlock the secrets of your microbiome with a simple at-home stool swab test, sending your sample to our Lab for advanced mRNA genetic sequencing analysis. Discover how modern diets, lifestyles, and medications may disrupt your microbiome balance, potentially leading to chronic inflammation and metabolic issues. A Health Report offers detailed insights into how your microbiome profile could be affecting over 30 health conditions. Includes personalized diet guidance based on analysis of 300+ foods and drinks, to naturally rebalance and optimize your microbiome.     

Oral Microbiome Analysis

Gain insight into your oral microbiome with a simple at-home saliva test analysed using advanced genetic sequencing technology. Discover how everyday factors such as diet, oral hygiene and lifestyle may influence microbial balance in the mouth and its connection to gut health. Your personalised Health Report delivers easy-to-understand oral and systemic health insights, supported by functional medicine-informed nutrition and lifestyle guidance.

DNAMap® Genetic Testing

Harness the power of your genetics to optimise your health journey. Your genetic makeup is a cornerstone of your well-being, yet it doesn’t dictate your fate. DNAMap delves into your genetic profile across 8 key health elements—digestion, metabolism, stress, immunity, nutrients, stimulants, exercise, and sleep—unveiling insights crucial for personalised health management. With a straightforward at-home saliva swab test, your sample is sent securely to a Lab for intricate genetic analysis. Receive a comprehensive Health Report detailing how 29 SNPs (genetic variations) may impact your health, empowering you with invaluable knowledge. Your Nutrition & Lifestyle guide offers tailored advice on managing your diet and lifestyle based on your genetic blueprint, from caffeine tolerance to digestion efficiency and beyond.

Food Sensitivity Testing

A comprehensive test analysing food-specific IgG antibody reactions in your blood, providing insights into your responses to 286 foods and drinks. With a simple collection of a few drops of blood using an absorbent wand, the laboratory employs gold standard ELISA testing technology to precisely analyse your sample. The test report is intuitively organized, categorising reactions into food groups for easy navigation. Gain insight into your total IgG immune load, empowering you to understand the immune load your body experiences with your current diet. Research suggests that following IgG-guided dietary changes can effectively reduce this load and diminish systemic inflammation. A 30-page nutrition guide offers support and advice on maintaining a varied, balanced diet while managing or eliminating consumption of reactive foods.

Parasitology Test

The GI Axis Microbial Screen: Comprehensive Parasitology Panel offers a complete screening for 22 common parasites, viruses, and pathogenic bacteria. A simple at-home stool sample swab—register your test online and receive results within 2 weeks.

Pathogenic Bacteria (12 markers):

• Helicobacter pylori
• Clostridium difficile
• Plesiomonas shigelloides
• Salmonella
• Yersinia enterocolitica
• Campylobacter jejuni/coli
• E. coli O157
• Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) aar
• Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) eae
• Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) LT
• Shiga‐toxin‐producing E. coli (STEC) stx2
• Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) ipaH

Viruses (5 markers):

• Adenovirus
• Astrovirus
• Norovirus GI/GII
• Rotavirus A
• Sapovirus (I, II, IV & V)

Parasites (4 markers):

• Cryptosporidium spp.
• Cyclospora cayetanensis
• Entamoeba histolytica
• Giardia lamblia

Scientific Cognitive Health Assessments

Charlotte Fraser seamlessly integrates cognitive performance assessments into all her nutrition consultations, providing an objective and measurable way to track your progress over time.

By recognising the profound connection between gut and brain health, her approach includes a series of engaging tasks that evaluate memory, reasoning, verbal ability, and attention—key components of cognition crucial to your daily functioning. Tailored to individual needs, these assessments extend to specific health conditions such as Adult ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, Early Alzheimer’s, Depression, Menopause, Sleep, Stress, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia, and Parkinson’s.

Why Measure Cognition?

There is an old saying that “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,”and this applies to health and wellbeing too. We all have a subjective idea of how our brains are doing—some days we feel “off” or experience “brain fog,” while on other days we feel like we can take on the world. But how much better are we on the good days? And are lifestyle or health changes making a difference?

That’s where cognitive assessment comes in. By quantifying or putting a number to these subjective feelings, we can discover what is causing the good days in order to have more of them.

An engaging and scientifically-validated Cognitive Assessment Test

We assess, monitor, and manage core areas of cognition to ensure that your nutrition programme is on the right track. You complete the assessment online prior to your consultation.

The tasks assess aspects of cognition including reasoning, memory, attention and verbal ability.   

Is this an IQ Test?

NO! We aren’t testing IQ! Think of it more like a blood pressure cuff for your brain. There’s no judgment, and the goal is progress over time, because we acknowledge that brain health changes from day to day. That’s why we believe we can improve or maintain your performance through improvements to both nutrition and lifestyle, and include cognitive assessments as an integral part of the programme.

Are cognitive assessments really relevant to me?!

Cognitive health affects almost every part of your life. Even conditions traditionally viewed as physical, like pain or constipation, can effect cognition, and vice-versa. You’re not thinking well if you’re not feeling well.

What do results look like?

A sample Creyos Health Cognitive report is available here. The report is easy to read and understand. It becomes more valuable with each additional assessment, shows your progress and lets you know when meaningful changes occur.

More detailed information on the Creyos Health Cognitive Assessment is available here.

Health Screens

PHQ-9 Assessment for Depression

The PHQ-9 is a simple, 9-question instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression.  The assessment is online and takes 3 minutes to complete.

Endorsed by leading health organisations and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), PHQ-9 is one of the most used depression screens among Primary Care workers, clinicians and researchers.

GAD-7 Assessment to Measure Anxiety

The GAD-7 is a measure of general anxiety symptoms.

The GAD-7 evaluation, together with the Creyos Health cognitive assessment and PHQ-9 gives insight into your cognitive, emotional and mental health.   Scientifically-validated, these assessments provide quantifiable evidence to further inform your nutrition programme.  

The PSS (Perceived Stress Scale)

A multipurpose instrument for objectively determining severity of perceived stress symptoms and allowing for the monitoring of symptom changes and effects of treatment over time. Results from the PSS are used in conjunction with clinical judgement and other data.

The Creyos Health cognitive assessment, together with the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 form a powerful quartet. Together they can be used as key outcome measures and mid-point check-ins to evaluate and customise your nutrition programme. Stress and how we perceive it or respond to it is integral to gut health.

Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)

A diagnostic questionnaire designed to measure the expression of Autism-Spectrum traits in an individual, by his or her own subjective self-assessment.

ASRS Screen for ADHD in Adults (over 16 Years)

A short screening scale for measuring symptoms consistent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for adults. A total score is presented alongside raw responses, trends over time, and other contextual information to help you understand the results. We assess this in conjunction with the results of select cognitive tasks in the Creyos Health Assessment.

Strengths and Weaknesses of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Normal Behavioural Scale (SWAN)

An 18- question parent or teacher rating scale to assess for the indication of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.

Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scale (VADRS)

A psychological assessment tool for parents of children aged 6 to 12 years. It is designed to measure the severity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. In addition, this rating scale includes items related to other disorders which are frequently co-morbid with ADHD, such as anxiety and depression.

RPQ Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire

An assessment of the presence and severity of various post-concussion symptoms. The questionnaire assesses patients’ psychosocial functioning post-concussion, targeting physical, cognitive and behavioural domains. 

PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) is a 20-item self-report measure that assesses DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD.

Charlotte Fraser BA Hons, Dip. NNP, Dip. AIT, mANP

Charlotte Fraser is an award-winning registered Naturopathic Nutritionist with over twenty-five years of experience working in the health, nutrition and wellness sector.  

Holistic in approach, Charlotte works dynamically with the client on a physiological, physical, mental and emotional level to help achieve sustainable, long term health and wellbeing. Awareness is, Charlotte believes, 90% of the cure. She places considerable emphasis on helping clients to gain better self-knowledge and understanding.

Charlotte’s passion for nutrition stems from her personal journey managing a chronic health condition. Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) at the age of 23, and progressing to pan-colitis, she faced this challenge during a pivotal life stage – transitioning from home and university to a career in London. Repeat flare-ups and prolonged hospitalisations motivated Charlotte to seek alternative health therapies and holistic approaches. This quest led her to some of the world’s top spas, holistic centres, and medical detox clinics. Her fascination with the mind-body connection, the ‘Gut-Brain Axis,’ prompted her to delve deeper through psychodynamic and transpersonal psychotherapy.

Charlotte found meaningful and tangible results – long-term UC remission – in combining nutritional therapy with a holistic approach.  She went onto qualify with Diplomas in Naturopathic Nutrition (2005) and Food Intolerance Testing (2008), and a TQUK Level 2 Certificate in ‘Understanding Behaviour that Challenges’ (2022). She has a DBS Enhanced Certificate.

The Prestige Awards has named Charlotte ‘Nutritionist of the Year – South England’ the past four years, from 2021 – 2025.

In 2022, CEO Today Magazine named Charlotte ‘Nutrition & Holistic Health Leader of the Year’, recognising her as one of 8 “rising talents and disruptive visionaries” in the UK healthcare sector.

Professional Affiliations

Charlotte Fraser is a Registered Naturopath regulated by The General Naturopathic Council and member of The Association of Naturopathic Practitioners.

Charlotte is an Ambassador for The College of Naturopathic Medicine. Additionally, she works with Kaylo and Think Healthy Me, and consults for Glowing Flow Wellness Specialists and award-winning destination spa, Preidlhof in Italy.

The Gut Health Wheel ©

The Gut Health Wheel © is a complete synthesis of all Charlotte’s clinical experience and years of research. Wholly unique, this graphic integrates signs and symptoms (physical, cognitive, emotional, psychological and behavioural), contextualising them within disease pathways and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The wheel integrates TCM, western medicine and the latest scientific research.

Charlotte Fraser developed The Gut Health Wheel © to empower clients to become their own expert by better interpreting their body’s signals and understanding their healing journey.

The Whole Student Programme ©

In 2021, Charlotte founded The Whole Student Programme © to provide holistic health and wellbeing support to students aged 12-19 to help them prosper in health, life and in their learning.   Country & Town House Magazine featured Charlotte in their “Wellness A-Team” among nine “transformation specialists to dial-up for extra A-grade support.”

Un:Stuck: Empowering Young Minds and Supporting Parents and Carers:

In her chapter, ‘Nourishing Body and Mind,’ featured in Kate O’Brien’s ground-breaking book, ‘Un:Stuck – Helping Teens and Young Adults Flourish in an Age of Anxiety,’ Charlotte Fraser delves into the connection between gut health and emotional and mental well-being. Importantly, she aims to empower teens and young adults to better understand their body’s communication channels, its signs and symptoms. She also provides parents and carers with invaluable insights to support their efforts. ‘Un:Stuck’ is published by Sheldon Press (January 2025) and available in the UK, Ireland, the US, and Australia.

“It takes a village to raise a child… and we are that village.”

Kate O’Brien

Writing and Commentary

Charlotte has written a nutrition column for Country House Magazine (now Country & Town House Magazine) and edited the ‘Success Stories’ for the European Rolfing® Association. She has contributed to BBC Radio Kent Live, CityAM, Richmond Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, High50, Yahoo Life UK, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, and Essential Surrey.

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Awards and Accolades

Charlotte Fraser has received recognition for her work in holistic health and nutrition over the years:

• GHP Active Lifestyle Awards 2025 Awards Winner: ‘Naturopathic Nutritionist of the Year’
• ghp Healthcare and Pharmaceutical 2025 Awards Winner: ‘Best Naturopathic Nutrition & Cognitive Health Specialist’
• SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards Winner: ‘Nutrition Healthcare Provider of the Year 2025”
• ghp Fitness & Nutrition 2024 Awards Winner: ‘Best Student Holistic Health Programme – Kent’ and ‘Naturopathic Nutritionist of the Year’
• ghp Healthcare and Pharmaceutical 2024 Awards Winner: ‘Best Holistic Nutritionist 2024 (UK)’
• Prestige Awards (Hall of Fame Winner) – London & South East England : ‘Nutritionist of the Year’ (Winner for four consecutive years: 2021-2025)
• Greater London Enterprise Awards 2024 Winner: ‘Best Independent Nutrition Healthcare Provider 2024 – Kent’
• Quality Business Awards 2024 Winner: ‘Best Naturopathic Service in Canterbury, Kent”
• 2023 Greater London Enterprise Awards Winner: ‘Best Holistic Nutrition Healthcare Provider 2023’
• ghp Fitness & Nutrition Awards 2023 Winner: ‘Best Holistic Practitioner 2023 (UK)’
• Quality Business Awards 2023 Winner: ‘Best Naturopathic Service in Canterbury, Kent’
• ghp Healthcare & Pharma Awards 2023: ‘Best Holistic Nutrition Healthcare Provider 2023’
• Country & Town House Magazine, May/June 2022: Charlotte Fraser featured in the “Wellness A-Team” among nine “transformation specialists to dial-up for extra A-grade support.”
• CEO Today Magazine 2022: ‘Nutrition & Holistic Health Leader of the Year”
  Recognised as one of 8 “rising talents and disruptive visionaries” in the UK healthcare sector
• Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2021/22 Winner: ‘Holistic Nutritionist of the Year – United Kingdom’
• Fitness and Nutrition Awards 2021 Winner: ‘Holistic Health & Nutrition Experts of the Year – Kent’
• Fitness and Nutrition Awards 2020 Winner: ‘Best Holistic Health & Nutrition Specialists 2020 – Kent’