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today's episode. This is our limited series Ask an RID inside the Dr. Shannon show, where we ask

registered dietitians, some of your most pressing nutritional questions. I'm Dr. Shannon.

Welcome to the show. Hello everyone. Welcome back to another Ask an R-D. Today I have Allie Chillcoat

with me. And this is your first time on the podcast, but you are an Evel member. You've been an

Evel member for, I don't know. I have two, three years. Yeah. I we've like been chatting on the internet on Instagram for a long time.

We're finally meeting today.

She's also from Kansas City.

So so happy to have you here.

Allie is a functional medicine registered dietitian and the owner of Restored by Allie.

She addresses digestive systems symptoms, hormonal imbalances,

skin issues, fatigue, thyroid imbalances, and she takes a root cause approach, which I absolutely love.

So today we're going to talk about bloating. And this is a topic that I think many are interested in

because it's kind of misunderstood as to why it even

happens. So, Allie, tell us why does bloating happen? And is there like a root cause of it?

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