Bloating and digestive issues often stem from three overlooked problems: an imbalanced microbiome, low stomach acid that prevents protein breakdown, and poor sleep that worsens food choices. Stool testing reveals what's actually happening in your gut, while fixing sleep quality can be the fastest fix.
For women that are suffering from anxiousness or the classic gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, where do they start on the gut microbiome bandwagon?
Therapeutically, I like to look at stool testing, and I do think that's important. And then getting really nuanced about do they have micronutrient deficiencies. If we're really kind of digging deeper, oftentimes women need a personalized set of recommendations for them. So it could be they don't have enough digestive fire. Maybe they have not enough hydrochloric acid to help break down their protein. And then the other piece of it is, what's your sleep like? If you're not sleeping, you are not going to make good food choices. So I think there's a multi-layered issue that can kind of be apparent, but those are kind of the broad level things that I start to consider.
