
The Perfect Stool Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome
Are you struggling to restore your gut to perfect health? Hear host Lindsey Parsons interview functional and integrative medicine professionals, patients and scientists about the gut microbiome, the current state of research and how they approach treating IBS, IBD, candida, constipation, diarrhea, GERD, gastritis, SIBO and other digestive issues. Hear patients talk about their experiences with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) both in clinics and do-it-yourself and how it impacted their gastrointestinal issues. Learn about the gut microbiome’s influence not just on digestive health, but on cardiovascular health, mental health (including anxiety, depression, ADHD and autism), autoimmune diseases, skin conditions and overweight/obesity.
Latest episodes

May 19, 2021 • 23min
Stress, what is it good for? Not your gut!
Periods of chronic stress can precede gut problems and often be their cause or a major contributing factor. Learn about the physiological mechanisms involved in stress-induced gastrointestinal issues or flares of existing problems like diarrhea, constipation, acid reflux, SIBO, candida, dysbiosis, leaky gut, IBS and IBD and ways to combat and reduce chronic stress for better gut health. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session or a 1-hour initial consultation. Show Notes

May 5, 2021 • 53min
Bipolar Disorder and Fecal Transplantation: A Miraculous Recovery
You might know about Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) as a gut health treatment, but did you know it has potential as a mental health treatment as well? Hear about Jane Sullivan’s miraculous experience with FMT as a treatment for her bipolar disorder, which has dramatically improved her symptoms. Also learn about how she has used her personal experience to help others, including her two sisters, with bipolar disorder AND in healing their IBS, on this episode of The Perfect Stool: Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome with host Lindsey Parsons, EdD. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Apr 21, 2021 • 59min
Gut Interactions with Autoimmune Disease, Anemia and Hormones
Think your autoimmune disease has no connection to your gut because you have no gut symptoms? Think again! Functional Medicine Practitioner Dr. Ian Hollaman explains the connections between the gut, autoimmunity, hormones and anemia. Learn more about testing and management of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity, and what to do if celiac doesn't improve on a gluten-free diet. Also learn how to detox excess estrogen and increase morning cortisol naturally. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Apr 7, 2021 • 19min
Why Am I Always Bloated?
Frequent, painful bloating can come from lifestyle factors like diet and stress or be a sign of a more serious root cause like a gut infection or problems with gut motility. On this episode of The Perfect Stool, Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons goes into potential causes of bloating and functional solutions to flatten your stomach. SIBO, food intolerances, digestive organ dysfunction, H. pylori and candida overgrowth can all present with bloating. Learn how to tell the difference through other symptoms and testing, as well as diet, activity, stress management, supplements and other simple solutions that can help you prevent and manage bloating. Lindsey Parsons, EdD, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Mar 24, 2021 • 44min
Microcurrent Therapy: A New Tool for Managing Crohn’s, Colitis and IBS
Learn more about microcurrent therapy and how it can reduce pain and inflammation in many gut conditions, such as IBS, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as stimulate the vagus nerve, with Rob Vanbergen, Certified Holistic Healthcare Practitioner. Rob also explains how microcurrent therapy is incorporated into the Haché protocol, which also focuses on sleep, nutrition, fitness and stress to help patients heal and improve their quality of life. Show Notes

Mar 10, 2021 • 55min
Lyme and Mold: Possible Root Causes of IBS, Dysbiosis and Other Gut Issues
After going through IBS, Lyme Disease and mold illness herself, Dr. Diane Mueller now helps her patients overcome these health challenges. Learn how Lyme and mold can impact gut health and be a root cause of gut issues, when to consider them as a possibility, appropriate testing and treatment tricks and products. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She's a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Feb 24, 2021 • 20min
Could my IBS, SIBO or other digestive issues be lactose intolerance?
The symptoms of IBS, SIBO, candida and other forms of dysbiosis are very similar to those of lactose and casein intolerance. This show delves into primary and secondary lactose intolerance, casein intolerance and their symptoms, how to test for lactose intolerance, and how to manage both. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Feb 10, 2021 • 1h 1min
The Fast Tract Diet™: A New Approach to SIBO, GERD and Related Digestive Disorders
Learn about a new, innovative diet for small intestinal dysbiosis or SIBO, as well as GERD, IBS, LPR, lactose or fructose intolerance, Celiac Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Diverticulitis, Asthma, Rosacea, leaky gut and autoimmune diseases, based on a theory of carbohydrate malabsorption, from the creator of the Fast Tract Diet™, Norm Robillard, PhD. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Jan 27, 2021 • 55min
Supplements and Food Sensitivity Testing for Digestive and Overall Health
Join this informative conversation with Dr. Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD about probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics; advanced food sensitivity testing; and the unique delivery systems and formulations that make Perque products for digestive health, as well as their vitamin C, multivitamins and polyphenol products unique and effective. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She's a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 1-hour Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Jan 13, 2021 • 34min
Eleven Diets for Addressing Chronic Health Conditions
Confused about how undiscovered food sensitivities might impact your gut health, autoimmune disease or other chronic health problem? On this episode, learn about different elimination protocols and other special diets, including the conditions they address and how they show up in lab work. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. She's a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach her via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Show Notes