DIY Fecal Transplants for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Release Date: 02/15/2019
Beta-glucans, Immunological Health and the Power of Mushrooms
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Learn how mushrooms are a great food for your microbiome, a modulator of your immune system, a great source of vitamins and fiber and may even impact your life expectancy with Jeff Chilton, author "The Mushroom Cultivator" and founder of Nammex (North American Medical Mushrooms Extracts).
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What My Sciatica Has Taught Me about Gut Health
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
As they say, suffering brings wisdom. Learn about what chronic back pain has taught host Lindsey Parsons, EdD about gut health, including dealing with health care professionals, traditional versus alternative modalities, the mind-body connection, gut health testing and tips for navigating the medical-industrial complex.
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How FMT Helped One Woman Read Emotions and Normalized Sound and Touch Sensitivities
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
What would it take for you to consider a Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT)? Amanda was 28 when she sought out an FMT at a clinic in Argentina to address her gut issues and psoriasis, but she was surprised when it drastically improved her sensitivity to sounds and touch, her ability to read other people's emotions and improved her social awkwardness--qualities that she believes in retrospect were symptoms of autism.
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Food for Thought: Mental Health and the Gut
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
What’s the relationship between the brain and the gut? What does our digestive health have to do with depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns? Can we improve our mental health by improving our gut health? Learn about the complicated relationship between the brain and the gut, the cyclicality of the gut-brain axis, the roles specific gut bacteria have in creating neurotransmitters in the brain, and much more with Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons, EdD.
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The Cancer Cocktail: Gut Dysbiosis, Inflammation and Poor Immune Function
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Did you know that your risk for cancer (and your path to healing) is connected to the health of your gut microbiome and your metabolism? Learn from integrative cancer specialist Nasha Winters, ND about the relationship between cancer and the gut microbiome. Learn why Dr. Nasha calls gut dysbiosis, inflammation, and poor immune function the “cancer trifecta”, and hear about current research on naturopathic approaches to cancer treatment and recommendations on how to deal with a cancer diagnosis.
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Prebiotics and Fiber: Supplemental Treasures or Marketing Ploys?
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Are you unsure about whether to take prebiotic or fiber supplements? Have you heard conflicting messages in the media or from your doctor about prebiotics and fiber? Are you confused about the impact of these supplements on your gut microbiome? Learn more about supplemental prebiotics and fiber, what they actually are, what they do, and their efficacy in helping various gut conditions with Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons, EdD.
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Autoimmunity and the Gut
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Autoimmune disease often starts in the gut. In fact, intestinal permeability is believed to be a necessary precursor to autoimmune disease. In this interview with Dr. Drew Sinatra, a naturopath from Northern California and co-host of the podcast “Be Healthistic”, we talk about what the research says about the gut microbiome in autoimmune disease, his approach to treating autoimmunity and immune-supportive supplements, as well as his approach to treating Epstein-Barr virus, SIBO, candida and much more.
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Overcoming Gut Health Stigma
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Does it feel like people are treating you differently because of your gut health issues? Is your doctor taking you seriously? Is your workplace accommodating? Or are you suffering in silence and not sharing about your condition? Learn more about gut health stigma, where it appears, its effects, and how to overcome it with Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons, EdD.
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The State of the Research: Gut Health Interventions
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Lucy Mailing, PhD is an up and comer in the gut health world, giving keynotes at many conferences and writing blog articles on the current research on the gut microbiome. We delve into what the research says about how various interventions impact the gut microbiome, including exercise, diet, red meat, fiber, probiotics, prebiotics, butyrate and glutamine. We also discuss the gut health tests she recommends and the oxygen-gut dysbiosis connection whose hallmark is an overgrowth of proteobacteria.
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Leaky Gut: Science or Science Fiction?
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Chronic diarrhea, constipation, gas or bloating; arthritis or joint pain; nutritional deficiencies; autoimmune disease; headaches; brain fog; memory loss; excessive fatigue; skin rashes; acne; eczema or rosacea; cravings for sugar or carbs? You may have leaky gut or intestinal permeability. Learn about what it is, why it happens and how to fix it with Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons, EdD.
info_outlineIn this episode, host Lindsey Parsons interviews Michael, who has given himself 9 fecal microbiota transplants in order to address serious problems with IBS, irregular heartbeats and severe fatigue that have kept him on disability for over 10 years. They discuss how he found 9 donors and their impact on his heath, how to properly screen a donor, how to do the transplant, the need for high quality donors and the potential profit healthy people may be flushing down the toilet. Since our recording, a site has been created: https://microbioma.org/ to connect high quality stool donors and recipients.
You can find more information on your host, Lindsey Parsons, EdD, Certified Health Coach, at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. Lindsey coaches clients locally and nationwide on improving autoimmune, thyroid and digestive issues naturally and in losing weight without cutting or counting calories so that they can keep it off for life. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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World's first microbiome donor bank: https://microbioma.org and flyer to recruit stool donors: https://i.imgur.com/GfKzfGL.png
Michael’s detailed experiences and lessons from 9 different FMT donors: http://tinyurl.com/experiencesFMT
Michael’s sample donor questionnaire: https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanMicrobiome/wiki/fmtquestionnaire
Video of home FMT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIndT7fuGo
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1676427302597468/
Methods Michael has tried to find donors: https://archive.is/gEw3u
Article on the RDS clinic in Tampa and history of fecal transplants: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/inside-tampa-fecal-transplant-clinic
RDS Infusions: https://www.rdsinfusions.com
Michael’s Openbiome analysis: http://tinyurl.com/openbiomereview
Wiki that Michael maintains on FMT and the microbiome: https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanMicrobiome/wiki/index
Lindsey Parsons’ web site: High Desert Health: http://highdeserthealthcoaching.com and email: lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com
High Desert Health on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighDesertHealth/
High Desert Health on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HDesertHealth or @HDesertHealth
High Desert Health on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/high.desert.health/ or @high.desert.health
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Thank you to SoundDot for the music on the podcast: Royalty Free Music: www.soundotcom.com