7 Sneaky Reasons You're Still Bloated (That Have Nothing to Do with Food) | Ep 363

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Have you tried probiotics, collagen, and cut out food groups but still feel bloated? Erin unpacks the 7 most overlooked (but common!) drivers behind chronic bloating that often go undetected in traditional care models. True digestive healing starts at the top, literally in your brain. And she’ll walk through how stress, poor digestion, and imbalances in the gut can contribute to that uncomfortable, distended feeling.

Rather than just focusing on what to cut out of your diet, Erin will help you zoom out and examine digestion from a functional lens: are you chewing enough? Do you have sufficient stomach acid? Could sluggish bile or bacterial overgrowth be to blame?

With practical insights, simple self-tests, and supplement strategies, this episode gives you a checklist to start solving the bloating mystery at its root.

In this episode:

Why stress and rushed meals shut down digestion before food even hits your stomach
The signs of low stomach acid and why it might be behind your food sensitivities
How to tell if poor fat digestion or gallbladder issues are causing bloating
The “I look 7 months pregnant” symptom Erin hears from clients with SIBO
Why food sensitivities are often a SYMPTOM and not the root cause of digestive issues

Transcript

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0:00.0	To uncover the drivers of digestive issues, like bloating and other things, we first have to
0:06.6	understand that digestion is a top-down process, and we always want to start at the top.
0:14.4	Digestion technically starts in the mouth, but it really actually starts in your brain.
0:19.7	You have to be switched into
0:21.3	parasympathetic rest and digest mode for everything else in the process to work effectively
0:27.0	and efficiently. And this shift happens in the brain. I'm Aaron Holt, and this is the functional
0:33.2	nutrition podcast where we lean into intuitive functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment,
0:39.7	our emotions, and our beliefs all affect our physical health. I've got over a decade of clinical
0:45.2	experience and because of that, I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional
0:50.1	health care model. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about your
0:54.7	health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. I would love for you to
0:59.6	follow the show, rate, review, and share because you never know whose life you might change.
1:05.2	Hello, my friends. Today, we're going to get into the top seven reasons for bloating.
1:13.0	Bloading and distention is something that we see a lot, and it can be so frustrating, especially when you don't know what's causing it.
1:19.1	And maybe you have tried all of the things, probiotics, collagen, colostrum. There is certainly
1:25.2	no shortage of supplements on the market that are targeted toward gut health and sometimes even bloating.
1:31.4	But honestly, none of those things will really touch the bloating caused by the seven things that I'm going to outline in today's show.
1:39.2	So we work with people on their health, including their digestive health, in our one-to-one practice,
1:44.8	and these are the things that we are seeing every single day. So my goal with this episode is to
1:50.4	help you pinpoint and understand, number one, why your bloating is happening, and then number
1:55.7	two, connect you with the right resources for support. Now, my free digestive guide breaks all of this down.
2:03.9	Today, I'll mention some different digestive support options, but I won't get into the specific
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