Meet Dr. Poonam Dua

Dr. Dua's story began in India, where she trained as a dental surgeon before relocating to Australia. She built a successful career training overseas dentists for Australian licensure exams — an effort that earned her a nomination for the prestigious Governor of Victoria Export Awards.

After putting her own chronic conditions into remission — including coeliac disease (95% cancer risk), cluster migraines, medication-induced liver dysfunction (thrice), high cholesterol, lactose intolerance, and sorbitol intolerance besides other issues — Dr. Dua developed a globally recognised, clinically grounded system for food-based recovery, informed by Nobel Prize–recognised science.

Following the emotional trauma of her father's sudden passing, Dr. Dua developed an aggressive form of coeliac disease — later confirmed via biopsy and genetic testing. A gastroenterologist warned she had a 95% cancer risk from just 10 milligrams of gluten exposure, highlighting the extreme sensitivity of her condition.

This moment changed everything.

Doctors had no answers. So she researched. Relentlessly! For six and a half years!

Years later, after the profound loss of her mother, she developed secondary lactose and sorbitol intolerances — conditions commonly seen post-coeliac but rarely addressed with precision. At one stage, her diet was reduced to only bok choy and asparagus, as even familiar foods like cauliflower and fruit became intolerable. (The sorbitol intolerance, shockingly, triggered a hospitalisation episode after what she believed was a 'healthy' cabbage-based diet.)

What she found was radical: Many of the conditions assumed to be permanent… were reversible!

Through rigorous food logging, emotional mapping, circadian and cultural realignment, and principles of gut ecology, autophagy (inspired by Nobel-winning science), metabolic repair, insulin sensitivity, and culturally intelligent food rhythms — Dr. Dua rebuilt her health with clinical intent.

Her FoodRx Method™ was born.