Hi I’m Vanessa Vanderhoek, mother of a gorgeous young girl who was discovered to have juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at the age of 2.
When told there was no cause or cure to this devastating disease, I studied functional nutrition at university and made it my mission to understand ‘what’s going on in her body?’. Through this journey I have learnt the power of using ‘food as medicine’ to optimize gut health, and the life-changing positive impact it can have for people with autoimmune diseases such as JIA.
I’m delighted to share that my daughter has been in unmedicated remission since 2020.