Functional Stool Testing: What It Is & How to Know If You Need It | Ep 333
The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast
Erin Holt
4.9 • 759 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
If you have obvious GI symptoms going on (digestion, bloating, gas, heartburn, acid reflux, loose stools, diarrhea, constipation, or sluggish bowels) you might want a stool test. But there are some non obvious conditions that also have a GI component, such as autoimmune diseases, hormonal imbalances, and skin conditions, that would also benefit from results of a stool test. Learn about functional stool testing, what it is, how you know if you need it and how it can help you.
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Timestamps
(5:44) Non-obvious signs that something is going on with your gut health
(11:27) How functional stool tests differ from conventional GI labs
(15:38) Specific things that a stool test can show you
(20:04) Importance of stool testing with autoimmunity
(27:52) The most important thing to consider when getting a stool test
(31:33) When to forego the basics and jump into a stool test
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Erin Holt, and this is the Functional Nutrition Podcast, where we lean into intuitive |
| 0:07.2 | functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions, and our beliefs |
| 0:12.5 | all affect our physical health. This podcast is your full-bodied, well-rounded resource. |
| 0:18.7 | I've got over a decade of clinical experience, and because of that, |
| 0:22.2 | I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model. |
| 0:26.4 | They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made |
| 0:31.3 | out to be either. We've got some work to do, and that's why creating a new model is my life's |
| 0:37.0 | work. I believe in the ripple |
| 0:38.7 | effect. So I founded the Functional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners |
| 0:43.5 | who want to do the same. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about |
| 0:48.6 | your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. Please keep in mind |
| 0:53.6 | this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never |
| 0:57.2 | be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. |
| 1:00.7 | I would love for you to follow the show, rate, review, and share because you never know |
| 1:05.5 | whose life you might change. |
| 1:06.7 | And of course, keep coming back for more. |
| 1:12.6 | Hello, my friends. |
| 1:13.8 | Welcome back. |
| 1:15.3 | Let's just keep the poop talk going, shall we? |
| 1:18.9 | Last week we talked about coffee enemas. |
| 1:20.9 | And today we're going to talk about functional stool testing, what it is in how to know if you need it. It's a question that I get over and over |
| 1:31.0 | again. And honestly, sometimes it's not even a question. It's not a question that people know to ask |
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