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Episode 77: How Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Are Wildly Different Than IBS
The terms inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) get used interchangeably, but as we’ll learn in this episode, they are wildly different diagnoses with very different treatment...
Episode 76: Are You Doing Everything "Right" And Still Sick?
It can be frustrating when you feel like you’re “doing everything right” and still not improving. On this episode, Dr. Ami Kapadia joins Andrea to talk about persistent yeast overgrowth...
Episode 75: One Species' Trash Is Another's Treasure
Typically, we don’t think about picking up the waste byproducts of another species and using them to our advantage. But when it comes to short chain fatty acids - the...
Episode 74: Persistent Fatigue's Connection to Mold
Since we recorded this episode in 2019, we’ve only continued to hear about the havoc that toxic mold and environmental toxins, such as glyphosate (aka Roundup), can have on the...
Episode 73: What to Eat? Two Surprising Gut Health Recipes
You get it. Sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt. They’re all good for gut health. But what about some foods that - on the surface - don’t seem like they’d really make a...
Episode 72: What Color Is Your Microbiome Cloud?
On this Straight From The Gut episode, Andrea Wien and BIOHM CEO, Afif Ghannoum, kick off the episode dreaming up an app that could change the lives of parents everywhere....
Episode 71: Unexplained Symptoms? It Could Be SIBO
Dealing with bloating, gas, belching, pain or nausea? These are common symptoms of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, also called SIBO. And they’re symptoms that our guest knows all too well. ...
Episode 70: Your Microbiome Controls Your Estrogen
Estrogen is a misunderstood but widely recognized hormone that can make you either happy or miserable, depending on whether it’s in balance. Excess estrogen - a common problem for many...
Episode 69: Can Ketamine Cure Depression?
Infusions - also known as IV therapy - have sprung up all around the country as the answer to nearly every health problem that ails us. But are they the...
Episode 68: What Madonna’s Yoga Instructor Can Teach Us About Gut Health
Yoga typically brings to mind images of people twisted into different positions or sitting peacefully with crossed legs and closed eyes. But can regular people use yoga to improve their...
Episode 67: Have Kids? This Is A Must Listen
We’re re-airing this episode because not only is it one of our most popular episodes, it’s also the one we’ve most often shared with family and friends. We believe it’s...
Episode 66: Viruses Are Friends, Not Foes
Viruses. Does the word just make you want to lunge for a cleaning product and pull your mask a little tighter? On this mini-episode, Andrea talks to Dr. Keesha about...