Ashley shares why several people got severely sick on keto: they had compromised gallbladders or bile production. Before fasting or going keto, you need to check your liver and gallbladder function, especially if you're a woman dealing with hormonal issues.
What if they're all connected through one hidden system that most women—
oh my gosh— and most doctors unfortunately completely overlook or don't understand? I am so excited because today we're uncovering the gut-liver-hormone connection and why healing this pathway may be the missing piece to finally feeling like yourself again. Is this not an important conversation, Ashley? It is.
And it's going to be a fun topic to cover today. I'm excited about it.
Yes. Oh my gosh, I always think back to my first cohort when I first created a fasting program. Oh my gosh, this is probably 4 or 5 years at this point. And there were almost 30 women in the first cohort, and at least 7 of them felt terrible one week into the program. And I was getting them into ketosis with ketogenic diet, and they were all like vomiting, diarrhea. They were not doing well. And that was a huge learning lesson for me, uh, ask about the gallbladder. And of course, I immediately got on the call the following Monday after it all started clicking and, and teaching them like, oh my gosh, if you've had your gallbladder removed, you're not going to tolerate a higher fat diet very easily. You are You're now no longer storing bile. You can't, like, produce on demand. Um, and so that was a big learning lesson and just a great reminder that women struggle with this in silence. People just assume, like, this is just my lot in life now, right? And so we do a better job now at prepping women coming into our Fast Faith 40-day program, like Okay, we need to think about your gallbladder and your liver function. Um, but I want to just share this information with women because you don't have to necessarily have your gallbladder out. You don't have to struggle. There are solutions, and we are bringing an amazing expert on the topic in, and we're going to dive into all of this and how it ties into our hormones, right?
Yeah, exactly.
