You bloat every day. You unbutton your pants after meals. You've been told it's "just IBS," just stress, just part of getting older - and you've been suffering for years. Here's the truth: bloating isn't normal. It's a signal. In this episode, Dr. Kenneth Brown breaks down why up to 80% of people diagnosed with IBS may actually have something else entirely - small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) - and why gastroenterology has been getting this wrong for decades. You'll learn where gas act...
Apr 21, 2026•42 min•Ep. 165
You’re not supposed to talk about this stuff… So we did. In this episode, we sit down with one of the top colorectal surgeons in the country and nothing is off limits. We cover: How your body actually knows the difference between gas and disaster Why so many people are struggling to go to the bathroom (and doing it wrong) The real reason hemorrhoids are exploding in younger people The uncomfortable truth about habits no one wants to admit What doctors are seeing WAY more of right now… including ...
Apr 06, 2026•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 164
What if your “IBS” diagnosis isn’t the truth… just a placeholder? In this episode, Dr. Ken Brown breaks down a massively overlooked condition that could be behind chronic diarrhea, urgency, and gut dysfunction - bile acid malabsorption (BAM) . It affects millions of people , rivals conditions like celiac disease in prevalence, and yet… almost no one is testing for it. You’ll learn: Why IBS is often a “trash can diagnosis” The real mechanism behind BAM (and why your body is working against you) H...
Apr 01, 2026•43 min•Ep. 163
What if everything your doctor told you about cholesterol is based on corrupted science? In this episode of the Gut Check Project, Dr. Kenneth Brown and Eric Rieger dive deep into the emerging world of Lean Mass Hyper Responders (LMHR) - metabolically healthy people on ketogenic and carnivore diets whose LDL numbers look alarming on paper but may tell a completely different story in real life. They break down a groundbreaking citizen-science study led by Dave Feldman and Dr. Nick Noritz that's c...
Mar 09, 2026•53 min•Ep. 162
What if the most powerful tool to delay dementia isn’t a drug, a supplement, or even your diet… but a language? In this episode of The Gut Check Project , board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Ken Brown is joined by a special guest co-host his son Lucas Brown , a Division I athlete and aerospace engineering student for a fascinating deep dive into one of the most overlooked brain-health strategies we have. Together, they unpack the surprising neuroscience behind bilingualism and multilingualism...
Feb 09, 2026•54 min•Ep. 161
A Division I tennis player. An aerospace engineering major. One schedule. Zero margin for error. Dr. Ken Brown sits down with his son, Lucas Brown, to talk about what it’s really like to compete at a top NCAA program while taking on one of the hardest majors in college. From pressure and fatigue to mindset, discipline, and why performance isn’t just physical, this episode goes beyond sports and grades into what it actually takes to operate at a high level every day. No hype. No clichés. Just a r...
Dec 28, 2025•56 min•Ep. 160
When pain won’t quit, you don’t just manage it—you heal it. In this episode of The Gut Check Project , Dr. Arrash Kirkland—board-certified physiatrist, founder of Nobility Pain Management, and partner with LifeGenix Institute—joins Dr. Ken Brown and Eric Rieger to share how regenerative medicine is changing the way we treat chronic pain. From PRP and stem cell therapy to groundbreaking Discseel procedures, Dr. Kirkland breaks down how patients are skipping surgery, healing faster, and getting ba...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 159
Is hydrogen water just another overhyped health trend—or is it a legit biohack with real science behind it? In this episode, Dr. Ken Brown dives deep into the bubbling buzz around hydrogen-rich water, sparked by health influencer Gary Brecka’s bold claims on Joe Rogan. Skeptical co-host Eric Rieger gets pulled into Ken’s science rabbit hole as they explore the actual clinical studies behind hydrogen water—from improving metabolic health and exercise recovery to boosting brain function and telome...
May 22, 2025•46 min•Ep. 158
Think hair loss has nothing to do with gut health? Think again. In this off-the-cuff, insight-packed episode, Dr. Ken Brown and co-host Eric Rieger dive deep (and hilariously) into the world of male pattern baldness, Propecia, and the surprising role of hormones, enzymes, and even heavy metals in hair health. 🧠 They unpack: Why blocking DHT might solve one problem but create five more What COVID ICU patients and baldness have in common How stress, sleep, and mouth breathing sabotage your hairli...
Apr 25, 2025•40 min•Ep. 157
The boys are back—new (temporary) studio, same no-BS approach. Dr. Ken Brown and Eric Rieger dive deep into the unexpected resurgence of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy—this time, with a controversial twist: microdosing. Is less actually more? Can tiny doses of these peptides do more than just shed pounds? Think anxiety relief, autoimmune improvement, and possibly ditching antidepressants altogether. 🤯 In this episode, you’ll learn: Why the original weight-loss hype may have missed th...
Apr 12, 2025•41 min•Ep. 156
Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is considered Harvard University's Mood Food Expert and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Naidoo is also the national bestselling author of This Is Your Brain ...
Feb 20, 2025•52 min•Ep. 155
Forensic neuroscience is no everyday topic. But it could bring us all everyday lessons on how to interpret our surroundings and personal encounters. Steven McWilliams is a professor at University of Texas Dallas, and there he teaches both graduates and undergraduates the intricacies of the mind, especially those impaired by social disorder. Steven has built a foundation of knowledge from working in a very busy Dallas County morgue to studying neuroscience creating a career of identifying trouble...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 154
Do you or a loved one suffer from IBD such as Crohn’s or Colitis? The world does not have to change for the worse! Get in here and meet Dane Johnson, founder of Crohn’s Colitis Lifestyle, and END the suffering. Dane is the founder of CrohnsColitisLifestyle inspired by his life-threatening battle with Crohn’s/Colitis, which he reversed using natural practice. As a Board Certified Nutritionist and one of the most successful Crohn’s/Colitis coaches in the world, he has helped thousands around the w...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 153
Dr. Ahmed is the Director of Research and Operations for METAVO Metavo is a first of its kind high concentration of AvoB, the natural compound found in avocados which restores and promotes true metabolic health. With a doctoral degree in Food Science from the University of Guelph, Dr. Ahmed has emerged as a trailblazer in the field of metabolic health and nutritional biochemistry. He hit the scene with a groundbreaking doctoral thesis titled "Clinical Development of Avocado-Derived Lipids as Mod...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 152
The game has changed! The days of health insurance only paying for diseases that exist while ignoring the prevention of those diseases are over. You can now use your health insurance plan and gain access to serious dietary planning, fitness coaching, training, stress relief and more, and Dr. Austin Wendell can show you how with Naviwell. NaviWell is a revolutionary lifestyle medicine program that is implemented into medical practices across the country with a purpose of educating patients on liv...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 151
Our tax dollars should not be used to create food sources engineered to make us sicker in exchange for enriching a select few industries. But that is what is happening. So how does this play into what RFK Jr. (Robert Kennedy, Jr.) has planned for the country? Why has he suspended his campaign to surprisingly join forces with President Trump? How serious is the threat of a growing chronic disease epidemic for future generations? Ken & Eric take the latest news of RFK’s announcement and descri...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 150
Ken & Eric give a quick rundown of activities from the summer and a quick update on KBMD & GCP! Purchase Atrantil & Atrantil Pro here!
Aug 27, 2024•53 min•Ep. 149
Are you taking an ACE-Inhibitor for high blood pressure? If so have you experienced a dry cough? It literally can be linked to your medication and we discuss how easily you can get rid of this cough just by talking to your doctor today. Eating the standard American diet puts anyone at risk for developing fatty liver disease. It may sound benign, but for those where fatty liver disease causes chronic inflammation (even if not obese), 12% of those will be in need of a liver transplant, tune in to ...
Jun 20, 2024•56 min•Ep. 148
DEEP DIVE into (LDN) Low Dose Naltrexone with Sebastion Denison, RPh, Andy Komuves, RPh, & Joe Bertrand, RPh Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Clearly from the adjectives it’s a “non standard” dosage from what naltrexone was originally intended. But why? LDN is a method (with EXTENSIVE data) of finding benefits to healing from certain issues that have often left people hopeless. Weight management, nerve damage, palsy, autoimmune thyroid disorders, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain,Crohn...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 147
Mr. Frank LLosa, a serial entrepreneur who has an incredible track record of success in a number of fields from real estate, to highly technical photography for National Geographic, to one of the first cloud-based storage systems available to the public. Mr. LLosa was also an elite Division I track athlete who currently incorporates biohacking to stay competitive in all his endeavors. Which of course lead him to launch KetoneAid! KetoneAid is a comanpy dedicated to harnessing ketone esters inord...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 146
SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) is a tricky diagnosis sometimes to have confirmed, hard to learn exactly what it is, and even worse… find out what can be done. Ken Brown, MD is a board certified gastroenterologist, and he has seen thousands of patients with SIBO, its so called blurred lines with IBS and the hopelessness of those that endlessly suffer. In this video, you can find why the pain, insomnia, agitation, discomfort and more are actually all rooted in poor digestive health, a...
Mar 18, 2024•45 min•Ep. 145
Chris Kilham , a medicine hunter, author, educator and TV personality who has conducted medicinal plant research in over 45 countries and lectures worldwide about holistic wellness and botanical medicines. As a speaker and guest expert on TV in U.S. and international markets, he advocates for traditional botanical medicines, including psychoactive and psychedelic plant medicines such as cannabis. Chris has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, Forbes, Ps...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 144
Dr Cate has emerged as a leading authority on nutrition and human metabolism. A board-certified Family Physician with over 20 years of clinical experience, and NY Times bestselling author The FatBurn Fix, Deep Nutrition & Food Rules She was Endorsed by popular athletes such as NBA players Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, & Steve Blake after re-engineering the entire diet and food process habits for the LA Lakers After getting her BS in biology from Rutgers University, she trained in biochemis...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 143
Teresa Marie is a certified Coach and specialist in mind medicine. She has a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from John F. Kennedy University and has a Dallas practice treating clients with PTSD, ADHD, Depression and Anxiety. The combination of various medicines (psychedelic and traditional) and integration therapy helps clients transform their conscious state of being. David Jackson, MD received his BSEE from Rice University with a focus on biomedical engineering. He completed his M...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 142
Have you ever found it difficult to tell an important story… a story so important that you feel everyone must know for there own benefit? These types of dilemma arise when the information is vast and technical and you have to relay so much information. An investigative journalist serves this purpose on a daily basis, and today on the GCP we have one of the best, Martha Rosenberg! Martha Rosenberg is a nationally recognized medical reporter. Her work appears in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), ...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 141
The use of “pill cams” (cameras embedded within ingestible capsules) to take pictures of a patient’s digestive tract began almost 20 years ago. It was a huge win to find some very difficult to detect disease, bleeds, obstructions, and more. But, that only solved the problem of getting to the problem. The process still requires hours of downloading pictures from the cam (several hours at 6-12 pictures per second!) and then the physician sitting in front of the computer screen, watching the frames...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 140
You should have the choice wether you want to supplement your health with natural supplements. It’s really not a controversial statement. (Ex vitamin D, vitamin C, NMN, NAC, etc…) But without people like Daniel Fabricant, PhD., we would all be limited SEVERELY by what we could access without a prescription, or in many cases… ACCESS AT ALL! It doesn’t end with supplements. The fight by the Natural Products Association (NPA) is one to liberate information and fair representation of clinical studie...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 139
Ever heard of the “golden window” for your baby? How much of your child’s brain is formed by age 3? More than likely these questions pique your interest because every mother wants the absolute best for their child, and they should. Just beyond physical security for your child is the nutritional value of the food that is afforded to the child. As a parent, you set the stage for the health of your baby well into adulthood by the choices and foods that your young one consumes, ben as an infant! Joi...
Nov 05, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 138
Why work so hard to lose weight when you can just medicate the pounds away? Well, everything in life has a trade off. The best athletes sacrifice free time to practice skill development. Scientists spend free time studying to lead to discovery… So what is the trade-off other than just expense? Are all healthcare providers that prescribe and administer these peptide medications for weight loss really weighing the risks & benefits, and are all of those patients keenly aware of the biological c...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 137
This incredibly successful movie, television, and music producer, CEO Of Edmonds Entertainment Group, joins Ken and Eric to discuss the transformations for better health that she is now sharing with her newly launched Alrightnow.com site and podcast. Tracey Edmonds has worked diligently throughout her career to develop entertainment that connects with the audience. Overtime she has observed the challenges that we all face with finding and securing healthy foods, beneficial exercise regimens, and...
Sep 23, 2023•47 min•Ep. 136
