Brain Fog, Bloating, Joint Pain? Inflammation and Your Gut May Be the Link | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Inflammation is tied to some of the biggest health problems in the world — heart disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune conditions, gut disorders, brain health issues, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, mood changes, and more.
And one of the best ways to understand what is driving that inflammation may begin in your gut.
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and Plant Powered Plus, joins Chuck Carroll to reveal how the gut microbiome can shape inflammation throughout the body — and what you can do to start reducing inflammation naturally.
Dr. B also shares practical steps for people with sensitive stomachs, bloating, IBS, or food intolerances who want to improve gut health without making symptoms worse.
This is your gut-first guide to understanding inflammation, identifying what may be driving your symptoms, and taking the first steps toward better health.
🧠 You'll learn:
- What inflammation actually is
- Why chronic inflammation is so dangerous
- How gut bacteria influence the immune system
- The best foods to start eating today
- Exercises that can reduce inflammation
- How sleep, stress, and weight also affect inflammation
- The biggest food drivers of inflammation
- Why ultra-processed foods may raise inflammatory markers
- How fiber helps produce anti-inflammatory short-chain fatty acids
- Why eating 30 plants per week can support a healthier microbiome
Dr. B also shares details about his free live workshop, Discover the Inflammation Phenotype Driving Your Symptoms, happening Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET. The 90-minute webinar will explore how inflammation may express itself differently from person to person, why symptoms such as bloating, autoimmune flares, brain fog, joint pain, hormonal issues, fatigue, and mood changes can show up together, and what may connect them beneath the surface.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. |
| 0:04.0 | What's happening with your body is you're going from a high inflammation state to a low inflammation state. |
| 0:11.0 | And in that process, it shows up in all these different places. |
| 0:14.0 | And skin is just one. |
| 0:16.0 | Skin is the one that we share with the outside world so they can like people can literally see it. |
| 0:21.6 | But it could be in your gut, it could be in your brain, it could be your energy levels, it could be in your joints. |
| 0:27.6 | There's many different places and ways in which inflammation shows up. |
| 0:31.6 | And one of my important lessons that I want people to hear and understand is that your body is not compartmentalized. |
| 0:40.8 | We just think about it that way, which is a mistake. |
| 0:44.5 | Because when we develop inflammation, the inflammation, which by the way could start |
| 0:49.2 | in the gut and often does, it can spread to other places and manifest with new symptoms. |
| 0:55.2 | And again, it's like you said, you go to five different doctors for five different symptoms. |
| 1:00.0 | You get five different diagnoses and five different medications and five different treatment |
| 1:03.7 | plans. |
| 1:04.9 | But at the heart of it all was this one story that's upstream that we need to get to and |
| 1:09.8 | we need to address that. That's information. |
| 1:15.3 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. Hi, I'm Chuck |
| 1:20.8 | Carol raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. Hi to the exam room. He's listening in |
| 1:26.9 | Omaha, Nebraska, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Vilnius Lithuania. |
| 1:32.8 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:37.2 | This is episode 37 of season 9, number 736 overall. |
| 1:42.8 | And today we are talking about taming the flames of inflammation. Talking about the |
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