What's Causing Your IBS And How To Heal Your Gut

This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens.
Believe it or not, the surface area of your small intestine, which
is where your food is absorbed, is the size of a tennis court. Your
small intestine is also the home of your gut-immune system, which
accounts for about 60 percent of your total immune system. The
lining of this sophisticated system is just one cell layer away
from a toxic sewer where all of the bacteria and undigested food
particles live in your gut. If that lining breaks down—from stress;
too many antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin or
ibuprofen; steroids; intestinal infections; a low-fiber, high-sugar
diet; alcohol; and more—your immune system will be exposed to
foreign particles from food, bacteria, and other microbes. This, in
turn, creates havoc that can lead to an irritable bowel and other
system-wide problems including allergies, arthritis, and autoimmune
and mood disorders. In today’s episode of a new series called
Health Bites, I discuss how to heal irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
and upregulate your gut health, which is at the forefront of
Americans’ most common health complaints. This episode is sponsored
by InsideTracker and Athletic Greens. InsideTracker is a
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athleticgreens.com/hyman. Here are more details from the episode
(audio version / Apple Subscriber version): What is irritable bowel
syndrome? (4:05 / 1:12) Symptoms of IBS (4:30 / 1:35)  Causes
of IBS (4:54 / 2:00)  Identifying food allergies as the
potential cause of IBS (8:00 / 5:11)  How gut imbalance leads
to IBS (9:36 /  6:44) Diagnostic testing to access gut health
(12:14 / 9:25)  What is SIBO, how does it cause IBS, and how
is it diagnosed? (15:20 / 12:29)  Assessing if yeast
overgrowth is causing your gut issues (15:58 / 13:05) 
Treating yeast overgrowth and SIBO (16:40 / 13:50)  Strategies
for rebooting the gut and restoring optimal gut health (17:44 /
14:55)