01Listen and learn
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Listen to the Gut First™ Podcast
Join Alyssa for faith-centered conversations weekly, starting with your gut health foundations.
GUT FIRST™ · FAMILY GUT HEALTH
Build a healthier foundation through Foundational Gut Health™
🦠 Gut Microbiome | 🛡️ Gut Lining | 🔥 Digestion & Detoxification
Your next step, with Alyssa
Three Ways to Work Together
Choose the next step that fits you as you learn about your gut health.
02Testing with personal guidance
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Get Gut Tested
Get personalized guidance for your gut health. Take the Gut First Gut Health Quiz, and Alyssa will use your answers to recommend testing for your concerns. Her personal analysis helps you understand your results and your next steps.
03A place to feel heard
Gut First™ Membership
Personal access to Alyssa in monthly group meetingsYou deserve to feel heard. Membership is your way to work personally with Alyssa: get answers to your questions in monthly group meetings, connect with parents who've been through similar experiences, and explore her gut health resources. As a member, you can also request a separate personal Zoom concierge visit.
New enrollment is temporarily paused. If you're already a member, you can still access your member home.
How Kalberer Wellness Cares can help you
Kalberer Wellness Cares is a Catholic, faith-based family wellness practice led by Alyssa Kalberer, PA-C. You can explore three ways to work together: listen to the Gut First Podcast, begin with the Gut Health Quiz for personal review before gut testing with included personal analysis, or learn about the Gut First Membership (new enrollment is temporarily paused).
Learn the Gut First™ Foundation
The 3 Pillars of Foundational Gut Health™
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Gut Microbiome
The trillions of organisms in your gut that help influence your digestion, immunity, metabolism, and whole-body health.
Listen: Ep 4 — Your Gut Microbiome2)
Gut Lining
The protective barrier that helps regulate what stays inside your digestive tract and what enters your body.
Listen: Ep 5 — Your Gut LiningListen: Ep 6 — Understanding Your Gut Lining3)
Gut Digestion & Detoxification
The processes that break down what you eat, help your body use those nutrients, and process and eliminate what it doesn't need.
Listen: Ep 7 — Your Gut DigestionListen: Ep 8 — Gut Health DetoxWhen you understand how these three pillars work together, your health can start making more sense.
The pillars are Alyssa's educational framework, not a diagnostic method. For background on digestion, nutrient absorption, and the role of gut bacteria, see the NIDDK digestive system guide. Education and supplements do not replace your individual medical care.
Connect the dots
Does any of this sound familiar to you?
Your child seems to get sick over and over.
You're dealing with bloating, constipation, fatigue, skin concerns, or food reactions.
You've made changes—but you're still not feeling your best.
You keep getting different answers from different people.
You simply want to understand what may be happening inside your body or your child's.
Your symptoms aren't necessarily random. They may be clues.
Your gut is not just where digestion happens. It's an ecosystem that communicates with your immune system, nervous system, metabolism, hormones, and more.
Your story matters
Why I Put Your Gut First
I'm Alyssa Kalberer, PA-C, a family gut health practitioner and host of the Gut First™ Podcast. I created this space to help you explore gut health through a Catholic, faith-based lens.
I spent years caring for patients and watching people struggle with symptoms that didn't always have simple answers.
The more I learned, the more I realized something:
We often try to fix what we can see without understanding what's happening underneath.
That's why I created the 3 Pillars of Foundational Gut Health™.
I want to help you stop guessing, start understanding, and feel more confident making decisions about your health.
Your Free Gut Health Guide
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