528: Why You’re Bloated – A Surgeon Debunks the Internet’s Worst Gut Health Myths | Karan Rajan, MD
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Max is joined by Dr. Karan Rajan, NHS surgeon, senior clinical lecturer, and one of the internet’s sharpest science myth-busters, to break down the real evidence behind bloating, fiber, carnivore, probiotics, and everything the gut-health world keeps getting wrong.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, everybody? It's episode 528 of The Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:06.7 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:13.1 | Max Lugamere. What is looking at the Genius Life? |
| 0:18.5 | The Genius Life. |
| 0:23.9 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:25.2 | Happy Holiday Week, and welcome back to The Genius Life. |
| 0:27.5 | I'm your host, Max Lugavir. |
| 0:29.1 | Today we're tackling one of the most confusing topics in wellness right now, and that is gut health, |
| 0:34.4 | bloating, fiber, carnivore, probiotics, CGMs, all of it. My guest is Dr. Karan Rajan. |
| 0:40.1 | He's an NHS surgeon, senior clinical lecturer, and one of the biggest health myth busters |
| 0:45.1 | on social media. He's insanely good at doing the hardest thing online, going viral without |
| 0:50.3 | fearmongering, just sharp, funny evidence-based content. In this episode, we unpack |
| 0:55.2 | why ultra-high-fat, low-fiber carnivore and keto diets can feel amazing short-term, but may |
| 1:00.3 | have long-term downsides, what fiber actually does over hours, months, and years, and how much |
| 1:05.9 | do you really need to see benefits for blood sugar, lipids, and disease risk. We talk about why some people get super bloated |
| 1:11.9 | when they add fiber and how to fix it. Female specific gut issues across the menstrual cycle and in |
| 1:17.1 | conditions like endometriosis, when probiotics actually help versus when they're a waste, |
| 1:22.3 | and how the obsession with perfect blood sugar spikes and quote unquote chemophobia can quietly wreck your gut and |
| 1:29.2 | relationship with food if you care about your digestion hormones energy and long-term health |
| 1:34.1 | and you're tired of extreme gut advice while this conversation is going to give you a ton of |
| 1:37.7 | nuance and practical takeaways if you enjoy this episode please follow the show and leave a rating |
| 1:42.3 | and review on your podcast app of choice and make sure that you're subscribed on YouTube as well. And if you want more deep dive, no BS health breakdowns from me each week, jump on my free weekly newsletter at max lugavir.com slash newsletter. It's where I share new research, simple upgrades and deals that don't post anywhere else. Now, with all that out of the way, let's dive into it with Dr. Karan Rajan. |
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