Issue #7, 8 Apr 2026

There is no single root cause - and that’s exactly the problem

Hi Reader,

“Find the root cause.”

It’s one of the most widely accepted and chased after ideas in health right now.

And it sounds right — if you can identify the cause, you can fix the problem. Right?

But there is no single root cause.
And chasing one is exactly why most people stay stuck.

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Let me tell you.

In all the clients I’ve run hundreds of labs on, there hasn’t been a single one who had just one root cause.

Not one.

In fact, five is usually the minimum.
​Eight to ten has been far more common.

Shocking? Not really.

That’s the pattern of someone who has been dealing with chronic symptoms for two or more years.

Stay with me, because this changes how you look at healing entirely.

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Imagine an orchestra midway through a performance. It begins subtly — the violinist drifts slightly out of tune. Not enough for the untrained ear to catch immediately, but enough to shift the pitch of the entire section. The violas start adjusting unconsciously. The cellos follow. The trumpet, trying to match what it hears rather than what’s written, compensates. Timing slips. Harmony blurs. Within minutes, the entire orchestra sounds off — not because every musician suddenly forgot how to play, but because they’re all responding to a system that has lost coherence.

At that point, do you stop and correct just the violinist?

You could. And it might help, briefly.

But unless the entire orchestra is brought back into alignment — pitch, timing, coordination — the distortion persists. Because the problem is no longer one instrument. It’s the way everything is interacting.

The body works the same way. What looks like a single issue is often just the first place the system went out of tune.

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What most people call “the problem” is usually just where symptoms are showing up most clearly.

So naturally, the focus shifts to that system.

If it’s gut symptoms, the gut is treated.
If it’s hormones, hormones are targeted.
If it’s skin, the focus stays on the skin.

That becomes the “root cause.”

But symptoms are not isolated events.

They are outputs of a system that is already under strain.

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When I look at cases clinically, what I see is not a single cause.

I see multiple dysfunctions and deficiencies, layered and interacting.

Digestive function is reduced — so food isn’t broken down or absorbed properly.
Stress physiology is dysregulated — affecting gut motility, inflammation, and recovery.
Blood sugar is unstable — driving further inflammation and hormonal disruption.
Key nutrients are depleted — weakening multiple systems at the same time.

Each of these doesn’t just exist on its own.

They amplify each other.

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This is what I would call metabolic chaos.

Not a single failure.

But a system where multiple things are slightly off, at the same time — and no longer regulating each other effectively.

This is also why chasing a single root cause becomes limiting.

Because even when one piece is identified and addressed, the rest of the system continues to behave the same way.

So progress feels partial.
Or temporary.
Or inconsistent.

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The question, then, is not:

“What is the root cause?”

It’s:

“What are the multiple hidden dysfunctions and deficiencies here — how significant are they, and how are they interacting?”

Because that’s where the real story is.

This is why the work I do begins very differently.

I don’t start by trying to find or confirm a single issue.

I start by launching the most detailed health investigation most clients have ever had.

To see the multiple root causes.
To understand how they’re interacting.
To map the state of metabolic chaos.

Because that’s where clarity begins.

And that’s where real healing starts to become possible.

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If you’ve been trying to find the root cause and still feel like something isn’t adding up, it’s probably because there was never just one.

In my work, I help clients uncover these multiple root causes through comprehensive testing and structured analysis — not guesswork.

We identify what’s actually driving the system, in what order, and how to address it without overwhelming the body. That’s why this approach works when others haven’t — because it finally matches the complexity of what’s going on.

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If you’d like to explore whether this approach to testing and personalised targeted protocols is right for your healing journey, you can book a free discovery call.

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In good health,

Yukta,

Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P) &

Founder, Wellness Mastery Practice