S12 EP5: Why You Shouldn’t DIY Your Gut
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Is your gut compromised? No worries! We brought Liz Roman, famously known as The Poop Queen, to the podcast because her dedication to uncovering and addressing the root causes of digestive disorders, hormonal imbalances, autoimmune challenges, and metabolic health issues is unmatched.
In today’s episode, Liz and Rachael get into: what to do when you’ve tried everything and your doctor isn’t listening; what diet culture is actually doing to your gut; and how to maintain muscle growth even when your digestive system is going sideways. Want to know what supplement Liz wouldn’t go without? And if you are thinking of checking your gut biome, do you know where to begin? We’ve got you. Give your gut the attention it deserves, starting with this episode.
(00:01:03) Welcome Liz Roman, The Poop Queen, to the podcast
(00:02:21) What led Liz here and why she is so passionate
(00:07:14) Conventional medicine vs functional medicine and when you feel like your doctor isn’t listening.
(00:15:03) What diet culture is doing to our gut health.
(00:23:37) When your gut health changes suddenly for the worse.
(00:28:39) How to calm things down when you are in a flare
(00:36:54) Maximizing muscle growth and maintaining muscle when there’s trouble in the digestive system.
(00:41:10) Betaine HCL, the supplement everyone needs, and how we take it.
(00:46:38) Does Liz recommend doing a stomach acid tolerance test, bloodwork analysis or stool test to start off?
(00:51:36) Where to find Liz and hear more from her.
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| 0:00.0 | and asking the bigger question, why has this been allowed to thrive and take over in the microbiome? |
| 0:06.0 | What environment have we created here? And how do we correct that? Because an antibiotic is one piece |
| 0:11.8 | when we really need to be addressing several other pieces if we want to fully resolve this and not relapse. |
| 0:23.3 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:24.6 | We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past couple |
| 0:29.1 | months. |
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| 1:02.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to the Thigh Thys Save Lives podcast. I'm Rachel and I have a super |
| 1:07.8 | special guest for you today. I have Liz Roman, who is lovingly and deliciously and amazingly |
| 1:16.6 | known as the poop queen. She is our resident gut health expert, and we are so lucky to have her |
| 1:26.3 | on the pod today to talk about all things gut health, |
| 1:29.0 | all the questions that you have, but don't want to ask. Yes, it's so taboo. But listen, we poop. |
| 1:35.7 | Everybody poops. We got those kids books, right? We were just talking about our boys offline. |
| 1:39.5 | We got the books. It's your daily report card. So I'm excited to get into it today. And we'll talk about |
| 1:44.1 | it's okay to ask for help if you're struggling in this category. What a weird thing that |
| 1:51.7 | it's an area that no one wants to talk about or discuss with their doctor or, you know, research, discuss with their friends, |
| 2:03.2 | but it's something you do every day. |
| 2:06.5 | Okay. |
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