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What is bloating, and why don’t your pants fit after just one meal?

What are the 10 foods to avoid when you feel bloated?

What is gut health, and how can you improve yours?

Today Mel is joined by double-board certified Dr. Amy Shah, who is here to explain bloating and optimal gut health in a way that you can understand and easily apply to your life.

Dr. Shah, a medical doctor trained at Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia University, is an immunologist and leading expert in women’s hormonal health and nutrition.

She is giving you all the tools you need, including her 3-step plan to get long-term relief from bloating.

In this episode, Dr. Amy discusses:

What bloating is; why and when it happens.

3 symptoms of being bloated.

10 foods notorious for causing bloating.

The one food that bloats everyone.

Why bloating can be worse during menopause or menstruation.

How to tell if you are bloated vs. gaining weight.

What “water weight” is and how to avoid it.

What a “distended belly” is and where it comes from.

2 everyday (non-food) things that cause bloating and how to avoid them.

3 foods you should not eat when you are bloated.

The pill you are taking that surprisingly may make you bloated.

One type of food that 68% of the world is intolerant of and doesn’t know.

Why alcohol bloats most of us.

Why you shouldn’t take Advil after a night of drinking.

Why sleep is so essential for reducing bloating.

What gut bacteria are and how to know when they’re upset.

What a food elimination diet is, why you need one, and how to safely try it.

Why fasting for 12 hours is essential for a gut reset.

Dr. Shah’s 3-F plan and why you should start your day this way to reduce bloating.

What the best probiotic is. (Hint: you can’t buy it.)

The surprising experience Mel’s daughter had with “bad” gut bacteria.

How anxiety and depression can be tied to gut health.

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Disclaimer

This episode is brought to you by AG1, AirDoctor, HigherDOSE, and Super Simple Protein. 

So many people are plagued every day with uncomfortable symptoms like bloating, cramps, diarrhea, constipation, and pain that often reduce quality of life or derail daily activities. Thankfully, emerging research has helped identify the real underlying issues of digestive conditions, which means we are developing an understanding of how to actually treat—and fix—gut dysfunction.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dhru Purohit and Dr. Elizabeth Boham about the importance of a healthy gut and how to treat common symptoms like bloating, malnutrition, dysbiosis, and more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.

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Full-length episodes (and corresponding links) of these interviews can be found here:

3 Things That Destroy Your Gut Health

Underweight, Overtired, and Malnourished: How To Get Your Health Back On Track

Why Gut Issues Are On The Rise And How To Fix It

Bloating: Getting Rid Of Your Food Baby With Functional Medicine

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