Dr Kate Klaasen practises functional medicine at the Hormonal Health & Wellness Centre in Cape Town.
PHOTOGRAPH: LIZA VAN DEVENTERDR Kate Klaasen believes that the epicentre of our overall health lies in the gut. She practises out of the Hormonal Health & Wellness Centre in Cape Town.
After completing her MBBCh degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, her career took an unexpected turn. ‘Following my community service period, during which my father passed away, I felt disillusioned with conventional medicine,’ she says. ‘I found it difficult to operate within its constraints, particularly because I tend to engage deeply with my patients.’
She took a break to work outside the medical field. In time, her interest in nutrition led her back to medicine. ‘I did a nutrition course through Stanford University, which ignited my fascination with gut health and its profound connection to food and environment.’
