9: Leaky Gut, Heartburn, & Digestion
The Wellness Mama Podcast
Katie Wells
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2014
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I welcome special guest Steve Wright from SCDLifestyle.com to talk about all things digestion.
Steve is the co-creator of SCD Lifestyle and the Solving Leaky Gut System. He is a featured contributor for Wellness Media, and has worked with hundreds of people to help them improve digestive health. SCDLifestyle.com helps readers find answers to problems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Indigestion, Heartburn, Ulcerative Colitis, and other digestive problems.
How Leaky Gut Effects Digestion
In this episode we talk about finding real solutions for digestive problems and how to know what your body needs to improve digestion. Steve shares why conventional treatments often don’t work and how sometimes the “cure” can be like throwing fuel on the fire.
He shares the two supplements that often make a night and day difference for digestive health and tells his own story of recovery.
Steve talks about three things you must do everyday for optimal health and gives practical tips that you can do to give your family better health everyday.
Notes From This Episode
2:02- Steve’s own health problems
2:52- Why his family called him “the gas man”
4:07- Why Steve got in trouble with his boxx
4:37- The pivotal moment for him
5:37- How he got in to health education
6:35- The Leaky Gut- Is Poop Leaking in to the body
6:52- The small intestine is only one cell thick
7:55- How food and toxins can escape into the body
8:52- What causes heartburn and indigestion
11:22- Why antacids and PPIs are dangerous
12:37- The underlying causes of stomach problems and how to find your cause
13:22- Two Supplements to help increase stomach acid
14:31- The supplement turned his life around.
15:33- Other symptoms that can be caused by digestive problems (skin problems, fatigue, etc)
16:00- How every disease can be traced back to the gut
16:16- How intestinal permeability (leaky gut) leads to disease
18:22- How gut problems manifest differently in different people
19:22- What causes diarrhea
20:00- The fastest way to stop diarrhea
20:42- Why you might not be absorbing your food
21:10- What causes constipation
21:20- How gut infections lead to constipation and diarrhea
22:02- How to poop more easily
22:32- The hormonal component of digestion
23:22- Three things you MUST do everyday
24:03- The major factors that harm gut health
24:32- Why stress is so important
24:30- The triggers of leaky gut
25:02- Head injuries and gut health
25:32- SIBO
25:52- Two things to improve gut health fast
26:52- Things to do to help your gut- paleo autoimmune diet
27:22- One reason to binge on gluten
29:22- Another reason to eat healthy fats
30:07- Tips to help kids with digestive issues
30:52- Interesting study about feeding kids candy
32:37- The advice he wishes he’d gotten
33:22- One action step to take now
24:55- Resources he likes
Resources We Mentioned
Book: Why Stomach Acid is Good for You by Jonathan Wright
Supplement:
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Katie from WalnutSmama.com. |
| 0:26.3 | Welcome to Episode 9 of the WalnutSmama Podcast, where I provide simple answers for healthier families. |
| 0:32.0 | Did you know that according to a recent report, 29.9 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in the US for meat and poultry production, |
| 0:40.4 | which is almost four times the 7.7 pounds, million pounds sold to treat sick humans. |
| 0:45.6 | There's a lot of research showing that antibiotics given to livestock are contributing to resistance strains of bacteria. |
| 0:51.6 | This is yet another reason to focus on high quality and humanly raised meats, since these animals are typically exposed to fewer antibiotics. |
| 0:59.6 | Overuse of antibiotics can also contribute to gut problems, which we will be talking about in depth today. |
| 1:05.7 | Today's guest is an expert in gut health and a personal friend of mine. |
| 1:10.4 | Steve Wright writes at scdlifestyle.com and is the creator of the Solving Leaky Gut System for dealing with digestive troubles. |
| 1:18.8 | After a personal diagnosis with IBS and unsatisfying answers from the medical community, |
| 1:23.8 | he researched his way into the specific carbohydrate diet and has reversed his problems with careful diet, supplement, and lifestyle changes. |
| 1:32.3 | He now works to educate others about the real cause of digestive issues and to help others get well. |
| 1:37.6 | Welcome Steve, thanks so much for being here. |
| 1:40.3 | Thanks Katie, I'm excited for our conversation. |
| 1:42.9 | Awesome, we'll just jump right in. Can you tell us a little bit about your personal story and how you started writing about digestive health? |
| 1:50.2 | Yeah, of course. As we've talked a few times, I feel like people are either what I call from birth. |
| 1:59.9 | So I used to see consulting clients with the various typically and digestive issues, but all types of chronic health complaints. |
| 2:09.2 | People tend to be either from birth people or there was a trigger point in their life in which everything changed. |
| 2:16.0 | They went from completely healthy to this downward spiral. |
| 2:19.9 | My story is I was a from birth person. I was born with a hydroceal hernia and it went kind of undiscovered for a long time. |
| 2:27.6 | I was eating and ended up having to use some drugs just to get me to eat and stay alive and then I had young surgery. |
| 2:34.0 | One thing led to another, I have really bad acne in pre-high school and then getting into high school. |
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