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. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

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. On this episode of The Perfect Stool, hear from Amanda, four years post-FMT, about the symptoms that led her to consider the procedure in the first place, how she selected a clinic for treatment, and the unexpected results she experienced, with Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons, EdD. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

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.  Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session.  Show notes

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. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

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 effect on various gut conditions with Certified Health Coach Lindsey Parsons, EdD. Lindsey helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session Show Notes

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. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

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. Lindsey helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

Lucy Mailing, PhD is an up and comer in the gut health world, giving keynotes at many prestigious conferences and writing blog articles summarizing the current research on the gut microbiome. We delve into what the research says about how a variety of interventions impact the gut microbiome, including exercise (particularly with ulcerative colitis), different diets, 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. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues, reverse autoimmune disease and type 2 diabetes naturally and lose weight without cutting calories or cutting out major food groups. 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 Healthy and Sustainable Weight Loss/Health Restoration Breakthrough Session. Show Notes

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. Show Notes

What would you do if your child was having auditory and tactile hallucinations and severe social anxiety? Hear what Mary did to bring healing to her daughter, improve her son’s autism symptoms and ultimately heal herself in this story demonstrating the amazing healing power of fecal microbiota transplantation. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. Take my quiz to see which stool or functional medicine test will help you find out what’s wrong. I’m a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. I coach clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow me on Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest or reach me via email at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com to set up a free 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session. Links Mentioned in the Show: European consensus conference on faecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice: https://gut.bmj.com/content/66/4/569 OpenBiome’s Donor Screening Protocol: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50e0c29ae4b0a05702af7e6a/t/5e56afe03f9a6c648330e81b/1582739484385/The-OpenBiome-Quality-Safety-Program..pdf FMT supplies: 60 ml Catheter-tipped Syringes on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2VN51R0 PVC Colon Tips (Catheters): https://amzn.to/3axnVj7 Donate Stool or Find a Donor: https://www.humanmicrobes.org Lindsey's Links:  Lindsey’s quiz (https://0p6cywvgmku.typeform.com/to/x1VUjSAy) on which stool or functional medicine test will get to the root cause of your gut health problems  Free, 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session: https://calendly.com/highdeserthealth/30-minute-breakthrough-session-by-phone-or-vi-clone?month=2023-06 Individual Consultation with Lindsey: https://calendly.com/highdeserthealth/60-minute-consultation?month=2023-06 https://Tributyrinmax.com – Postbiotic Butyrate Supplement from The Perfect Stool – 60, 750 mg capsules of tributyrin for gut health, slowing motility and firming up stool. Highest dose tributyrin capsules currently available. 15% off with discount code INTRO15. Also available on Amazon; 15% off with discount code TMINTRO15. Lindsey’s web site: High Desert Health: http://highdeserthealthcoaching.com and email: lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com Lindsey’s Fullscript Dispensary*: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/highdeserthealth/signup eVitamins*: https://www.evitamins.com/?affref=14172 Bulk Supplements*: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=602574&u=2874792&m=53326&urllink=&afftrack= Amazon*: https://www.qksrv.net/links/100473938/type/am/https://www.amazon.com/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=hdh85749-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6598126f528c7bf16ff46f960cfad955&camp=1789&creative=9325 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 The Perfect Stool on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theperfectstoolpodcast High Desert Health on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/highdeserthealth/ The Perfect Stool YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6gOjdJwcmQbrbe6oLbZrQ?view_as=subscriber Lindsey’s Gut Healing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gut.healing.for.you/ Gut Health Tests and Recommended Supplements: https://highdeserthealthcoaching.com/supplements-and-lab-tests/ Gut Health Coaching with Lindsey: https://highdeserthealthcoaching.com/gut-health-coaching/ Autoimmune Disease Reversal Coaching with Lindsey: https://highdeserthealthcoaching.com/autoimmune-disease-reversal-coaching/ Health Coaching with Lindsey (for weight loss, etc.): https://highdeserthealthcoaching.com/healthcoaching/ Support the podcast as a monthly patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theperfectstool  Credits:   Thank you to SoundDot for the music on the podcast: Royalty Free Music: www.soundotcom.com