The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome

Hear one man's story of using the carnivore diet and fecal transplants with his son's stool to reverse IBS, interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia, tendonitis, joint pain, TMJ, hair loss, declining eyesight, prediabetes, high cholesterol and trigylcerides, histamine intolerance and more. Also hear about his FMT protocol and encapsulation techniques. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut...

If you have an autoimmune disease, you may not have realized its origins could be in your gut. Learn about various causes of leaky gut, one of the three preconditions for autoimmunity, as well as other triggers and factors in autoimmunity, in particular with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Plus learn the basic steps in reversing autoimmunity naturally. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut...

Tried everything to no avail to solve your gut health issues? Heavy metals, environmental contaminants or mycotoxins may be preventing your healing. Learn about sources of toxins, testing, hormonal impacts, gut health and other symptoms like hair loss that point to a high toxic load with Wendie Trubow, MD, functional medicine gynecologist and co-author of " Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great...

Fecal transplants or FMT are only allowed in the US for recurrent C Difficile infections. Hear from Sabine Hazan, MD, a researcher who conducts clinical trials using FMT and lead author of the 2020 book "Let's Talk Shit: Disease, Digestion and Fecal Transplants" about her experience with FMT (versus antibiotics) for C Diff, the importance of gut health, Covid and the microbiome, incidental conditi...

Having digestive issues but not sure where they may be originating? Learn about the details of the digestive process and organs from start to finish so that you can pinpoint possible areas where your digestion may be going wrong in order to restore your gut health on the latest episode of The Perfect Stool podcast with host Lindsey Parsons, EdD. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut...

Studies show that many children with autism have intestinal yeast infections, which can impact their behavior. Learn about current research from purified microbiota transplants to probiotics to nutritional interventions to improve the functioning of children and adults with autism with James Adams, PhD from Arizona State University. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and re...

Unexplained food sensitivities and gut issues like bloating soon after eating? It may be SIBO-induced histamine intolerance. Learn about histamine intolerance, how it differs from histamine dysregulation, how it relates to SIBO, and the approaches used to mitigate it and get better with Heidi Turner, RDN. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease nat...

Why do some people manage to get to the root of their gut health issues and solve them while others hop from practitioner to practitioner, never finding a solution? Learn how to avoid the pitfalls that keep people from getting better, how to safely treat yourself and how to best prepare for seeing an alternative health practitioner so that your efforts will be met with success. Lindsey Parsons, yo...

Struggling with digestive issues, brain fog, fatigue or other random bodily issues, especially following antibiotics, steroids or other medications? It could be candida. Learn more about the symptoms, root causes, and treatment protocols used by Dr. Michael Biamonte, author of "The Candida Chronicles" and expert candida practitioner. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and r...

Dealing with gastrointestinal issues and/or insulin resistance? Hear how functional foods and microbiome-related therapies help improve microbiome and metabolic health with Dr. Chris Damman,  Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of UR Labs and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Medicine at University of Washington. Learn more about how fiber, including resistant s...

Having loose stool and wondering if it's a parasite, stomach flu or a chronic disease such as IBS? Learn about diarrhea and loose stool and the causes and solutions for common functional digestive problems. Find out the connection between diarrhea, loose stool and IBS, SIBO, Candida, IBD, celiac disease, gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance, as well as supplements you can take to address some c...

Hear about Niraj Naik's journey from desperately ill with colitis, to thriving through ayurvedic diet changes, colostrum, breathwork and following his passion. This led him to develop Soma Breath, a breathwork program combined with music to facilitate breakthroughs in your physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health, and a protocol of colostrum fasting and probiotics for restoring your gut mi...

If Crohn's Disease, colitis or other GI or autoimmune issues have touched your life, you will be inspired by the story of Heather Hausenblas' fight to get a diagnosis and help her son get into remission from Crohn's Disease. Learn about advocating for your child or loved one, food/symptom journaling, the health benefits of gratitude, Ally's law to give you access to restrooms in businesses, and ti...

Diverticular disease is a surprisingly misunderstood, yet very common condition, especially for those over the age of 50. Hear Lindsey Parsons, your host, break down the symptoms, possible causes, prevention and treatment options for diverticulosis and diverticulitis. Also, hear from Lily Lopez, founder of Gut Garden, this episode's sponsor, about her gut health journey and how it led her to creat...

Steven Wright is a gut health specialist who invested over $400,000 to study, understand and heal his gut microbiome. Through that process, he developed Healthy Gut and three tailored supplements to help restore the gut ecosystem and help others who suffer from SIBO, IBS, diarrhea, soft stool, constipation, bloating, IBD and other digestive issues. Learn more about how butyrate, betaine HCl and di...

Hear from Laura Martin, founder of Healing to Happy, about diet and lifestyle changes to reverse your IBS, hypothyroidism, anxiety and hormonal imbalances. Having struggled with these issues, she uses her expertise to help other women get off of strict elimination diets, heal their relationship to food, bring up their core body temperature and find their voice with health care providers. Lindsey P...

Having just learned that she has autoimmune SIBO from the ibssmart test, Lindsey Parsons, your host, revisits her gut health journey, how it led to 3 autoimmune disease diagnoses, and how through diet changes, antimicrobials and other supplements and she has been able to get her gut health back to normal and reverse most of her autoimmune conditions. Lindsey helps clients solve gut issues and reve...

Thinking of ordering a full genome gut sequencing test? Robin Rose, DO, a double board-certified specialist in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine takes us through a BiomeFX test, Microbiome Lab's metagenomic gut microbiome test, explaining what each section means for your gut health, and finishes with her treatment plan for the sample report we examine. Learn about how Dr. Rose approaches gut...

Interested in learning about natural therapies used in IBD? Dr. Steven Sandberg-Lewis follows a three-point approach to encouraging and maintaining remission in Crohn's and colitis, which includes diet, immunomodulation and stress management. Hear about the importance of physical as well as emotional healing, the different types of colitis, a musical rendition of the Bristol Stool Chart and more....

Do you have occasional minor gut health issues but have felt that they weren't important enough to address? Adjusting your diet and lifestyle can make a huge difference! Hear about the basics of gut health, which includes eating organic, unprocessed foods, avoiding antibiotics and NSAIDs, limiting coffee and alcohol consumption and determining the right time to seek professional help. Lindsey Pars...

Did you know peptides can help you shortcut the body's healing processes? These specific chains of amino acids repair the body and help heal a whole host of conditions like gastritis, IBD and autoimmune diseases. Hear Dr. Miles Nichols explore peptides as well as discuss recurrent SIBO and its connection to sinus infections, Hashimoto's and parietal cell antibodies and more. Lindsey Parsons, your...

Even the most symptomatic cases of candida are treatable! This otherwise normal fungal resident of our GI tract, when it becomes invasive, leads to a whole host of symptoms, including bloating, gas, constipation and other digestive issues, brain fog, drunken-like behavior in children, food sensitivities and leaky gut. Hear Dr. Kurt Woeller, DO explore the root causes of candidiasis, its connection...

Fermented foods like kefir, kombucha, pickles and sauerkraut have been shown to improve digestion and increase the availability of nutrients. Hear about the numerous benefits of these probiotic foods and peer reviewed studies on their ability to alleviate IBD symptoms, reduce chronic constipation and diarrhea, heal SIBO, protect against candida, decrease inflammation, build bone strength, boost th...

Learn how Ann Marie turned around her chronic IBS-C (constipation), bloating, gut pain, depression and anxiety through functional medicine testing (which revealed H. Pylori, candida, SIBO, dysbiosis and low levels of serotonin and dopamine) and natural remedies. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She's a Certified Health Coach at Hi...

Periods of chronic stress can precede gut problems and often be their cause or a major contributing factor. Learn about the physiological mechanisms involved in stress-induced gastrointestinal issues or flares of existing problems like diarrhea, constipation, acid reflux, SIBO, candida, dysbiosis, leaky gut, IBS and IBD and ways to combat and reduce chronic stress for better gut health. Lindsey Pa...