What Causes Skin Tags? The Link Between Diet, Insulin, and Metabolic Health | EP 392.A
DR. GUNDRY PODCAST: GUT HEALTH, WEIGHT LOSS, AND NUTRITION
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Most people think skin tags are just a harmless cosmetic issue — something you remove and forget about.
The truth is, these small changes on your skin can sometimes be early clues that something deeper is going on.
In this episode, I’m diving into the real story behind skin tags and what they may be telling you about the way your body is processing food, managing hormones, and handling inflammation.
We’ll look at the dietary patterns and everyday choices that can influence skin health from the inside out, and why what you eat plays a much bigger role than most people realize.
On this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why small skin tags are more than a cosmetic nuisance — and what they could be signaling about your health (1:40)
- The surprising pattern I’ve seen in virtually every patient with skin tags (4:40)
- How a specific style of eating can help lower insulin-like growth factors and support healthier aging from the inside out (8:45)
- The reason you should think twice before trying to burn off a skin tag (12:00)
- Whether grass-fed ghee actually contains NEU5GC (12:32)
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| 0:00.0 | You know, those little bumps on your neck, underarms, or eyelids, or down in your groin, |
| 0:06.6 | aren't random and they're not just cosmetic annoyances. |
| 0:11.3 | Skin tags are actually your body quietly signaling. |
| 0:15.0 | There's something deeper, often metabolic, that is probably out of balance. |
| 0:22.0 | So if you're experiencing skin tags like I did and thought it was perfectly normal, |
| 0:28.4 | you don't want to miss this episode about what they are and how to fix them. |
| 0:34.3 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:44.2 | Dr. Gundry here. I want to give a big thanks to all of you who are listening to my podcast right now. To show my thanks, we're giving listeners the chance to win free Gundry |
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| 0:57.7 | Here's all you need to do. Leave a positive review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts. |
| 1:03.6 | Then take a screenshot of your review and email it to podcast at Dr. Gundry.com. |
| 1:09.9 | That's it. You'll be entered for a chance to win a free prize |
| 1:13.3 | that can help support your health from the inside out so don't overthink it leave a review |
| 1:19.4 | send the screenshot and you could be our next winner does everybody know what a skin tag is? |
| 1:29.6 | These are little growths of skin, which are, quote, harmless. |
| 1:35.6 | They're benign. |
| 1:36.5 | And many of you, as you age, somehow these little guys begin to pop up, often on our neck, often in our armpits, |
| 1:47.9 | often in our groin, and they're benign, and it's kind of just a part of aging. And you go to the |
| 1:55.6 | dermatologist and the dermatologist says, oh yeah, that's a skin tag here. |
| 2:01.0 | Let me zap it or cut it off. |
| 2:03.3 | And don't worry about it. |
| 2:04.6 | It's not a cancer. |
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