The Gut Health Dialogues

The Gut-Liver Connection: Beyond Dieting for Better Weight Management and Metabolic Health With Anu Simh

Send us Fan Mail What if weight management involved more than calories and restriction? In this episode, Alyssa speaks with Anu Simh, board-certified health and wellness

The Elemental Diet for SIBO: What to Expect and What Comes Next

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa takes a closer look at what it takes to approach the elemental diet thoughtfully, including the questions to consider before sta

“I Already Had a Stool Test.” Why Functional Gut Testing Is Different From Conventional Testing

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve been dealing with bloating, diarrhea, constipation, food reactions, or other ongoing digestive symptoms, you may have wondered whether functio

Methane SIBO Diet in 2026 - What to Eat With IMO Without Over-Restricting

Send us Fan Mail What if the diet that's helping you control your methane SIBO symptoms isn't actually addressing the reason you still need such a restrictive

Spent Thousands on SIBO Treatment but Still Not Better? Here’s What’s Missing

Send us Fan Mail If you've spent thousands of dollars on SIBO testing, antibiotics, herbal antimicrobials, supplements, restrictive diets, and practitioner visits b

Could Bile Acid Diarrhea Be Part of Your IBS-D? What to Eat and How to Manage It

Send us Fan Mail If you're dealing with urgent, watery diarrhea after meals, you may have already started looking for the food responsible.  But when eliminating da

Low FODMAP vs. Low Fermentation for SIBO Can Either Diet Prevent Relapse

Send us Fan Mail If a SIBO diet makes your symptoms disappear, does that mean the SIBO is gone? In this episode, Alyssa breaks down the role of low FODMAP and low ferme

Digestive Enzymes Explained: IBS, SIBO & Food Intolerances | Erin Judge

Send us Fan Mail Can digestive enzymes actually reduce bloating and food reactions, or does it depend on what's causing your symptoms in the first place?  In this

Fat Malabsorption: Why Fat in Your Diet May Be Triggering Digestive Symptoms

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa explains why fat malabsorption is an often-overlooked cause of chronic digestive symptoms like diarrhea, greasy stools, bloating

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: The Overlooked Root Cause of SIBO, Chronic Constipation, Bloating & Motility Disorders with Rebecca Patton

Send us Fan Mail If you've been treating chronic constipation, bloating, and motility issues from the gut side alone, microbiome work, methane SIBO protocols, bile

Is Your SIBO Diet Helping or Keeping You Stuck?

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa explains one of the biggest misconceptions in SIBO recovery: the belief that a therapeutic diet is the treatment. While Low FODM

Pancreatic Insufficiency: What to Eat, How to Structure Your Meals, and Why Enzymes Aren't Enough on Their Own

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa breaks down one of the most overlooked aspects of pancreatic insufficiency management: nutrition. While pancreatic enzyme replac

A New IBS Study Just Validated What Functional Practitioners Have Been Saying for Years

Send us Fan Mail Why do some people dramatically improve with a treatment that does absolutely nothing for someone else with the exact same IBS diagnosis? A new 2026 stu

Why We Need to Get Things Moving Before SIBO Treatment

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa breaks down one of the overlooked pieces of successful SIBO recovery: making sure the digestive system is actually moving before

Root Causes of SIBO: Why It’s Usually a Gut Environment Problem, Not Just a Bacteria Problem

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever felt better temporarily after antibiotics, herbals, or restrictive diets only to have symptoms slowly return again, this episode explains

Why Your Constipation Diet May Be Making IBS-C Worse

Send us Fan Mail Constipation is one of the most oversimplified digestive symptoms online. But what happens when you’re already doing all of the things - eating more fib

When Your SIBO Test Is “Negative,” But Your Symptoms Say Otherwise

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa breaks down why SIBO breath tests can miss what’s actually happening, and how to look beyond the “positive vs negative” label to

Trying to Do Low FODMAP as a Vegetarian? Here’s How to Make It Actually Work

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever tried to follow a low FODMAP diet as a vegetarian, you’ve probably had this exact thought: “What am I even supposed to eat?” Because the

SIBO Die-Off Explained: Why You Feel Worse Before You Feel Better (And What To Do About It)

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever started antibiotics, herbals, or an elemental diet, and suddenly felt more bloated, more fatigued, and completely off, this episode will

The Nervous System Root Cause Most People Miss (And Why Your Symptoms Don’t Make Sense) ft. Alex Mufson

Send us Fan Mail Your symptoms aren’t just physical, and not just “in your head” either. In this episode, Alyssa sits down with nervous system expert Alex Mufson to unpa