Why You Need to Stop Self-Treating Your Gut | Ep 248

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Just because something is natural doesn’t mean it can’t harm you. Herbs have the capacity to negatively alter our gut microbiome if they aren’t used properly, so it’s important to know the root cause before diving into herbal remedies for gut problems. And it’s especially important to seek professional help rather than self-diagnosing and treating with potentially harmful remedies.

In this episode, Erin discusses problems with antibiotics and herbal remedies (spoiler alert: they have similar problems), why the 5R protocol needs a revamp, when it’s time to explore functional lab testing, and how to safely support your gut health at home. This conversation is also great for practitioners seeking to learn more about how to treat the gut safely and effectively!

If you’re a practitioner and looking for the education and expert support system to help you level up, the Funk’tional Nutrition Academy is currently open for enrollment, with only a few seats left! Spring Cohort begins April 1.

Timestamps:

(14:35) Parallels between antibiotics and herbal remedies

(21:32) Why you shouldn’t use grapefruit seed oil to treat your gut

(30:24) Oregano oil and its effects on beneficial bacteria

(37:41) The 5R protocol and where it falls short

(1:07:26) Steps to support gut health at home

(1:15:09) Erin’s top labs for testing the gut

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt. I'm an integrative and
0:07.2	functional medicine nutritionist with a feisty attitude in well over a decade of clinical experience.
0:13.0	I work with women all over the world through my online programs. And I'm also the founder of the
0:18.0	Functional Nutrition Academy, a school in practitioner mentorship
0:21.7	where we help other clinicians level up with functional medicine methodologies. I've got a bone
0:27.6	to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model that are both systematically
0:32.4	failing so many of us. Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what this show's all about.
0:39.3	Please keep in mind, this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:44.0	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you like what you hear
0:48.4	today, I would love for you to subscribe to the show, leave a review in iTunes, share with
0:52.9	a friend, and keep coming back for more.
0:55.3	Now give me the mic so I can take it away.
1:01.3	Hello, happy Tuesday. We've got a gut episode for you today. So get ready. I know you guys
1:08.8	love to hear all about the gut. This episode is actually inspired
1:11.7	by an email we received from a podcast listener. I'm going to read some of the email.
1:17.1	I saw the short post that's referring to an Instagram post, by the way, about how aggressive
1:21.5	approaches to killing bacteria and parasites can have collateral damage and negative downstream
1:27.2	effects. I was wondering if Aaron talks more in depth about this collateral damage and negative downstream effects. I was wondering if
1:28.9	Aaron talks more in depth about this collateral damage and negative effects in any of her podcast
1:33.3	that I might have missed. I've listened to a lot. If not, could she do one or elaborate on this more?
1:39.6	I ask because I'm currently taking those kind of supplements as directed by my provider who takes more
1:45.3	of a root cause approach, but I'm concerned because this is the third time she's had me take them.
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