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 t...
Jun 10, 2020•21 min•Ep. 28
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...
May 19, 2020•50 min•Ep. 27
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 ca...
Apr 29, 2020•23 min•Ep. 26
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...
Apr 07, 2020•55 min•Ep. 25
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...
Mar 18, 2020•28 min•Ep. 24
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...
Mar 05, 2020•49 min•Ep. 23
Learn about the most common parasites found in stool samples in the U.S., why parasite testing through your doctor will likely miss parasites you may have, symptoms of a parasite infestation, treatment options, and how to get testing for parasites and candida via ParaWellness Research with Dr. Raphael d’Angelo, MD. 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...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 22
Do you have ongoing gut issues but have never tried to eliminate gluten? Lindsey discusses whether this step is necessary, how to do it properly and why gluten is problematic, especially in autoimmune disease. She discusses the symptoms of celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and SIBO and how to test for them. She also delves into the issue of loss of oral tolerance, when you become sensitive to almost all foods, and how to regain it so you can expand your diet. Lindsey Parsons, your ho...
Feb 03, 2020•30 min•Ep. 21
Learn how head trauma, emotional trauma and infections can trigger gut issues by impacting the electrical firing of the intestines. Hear about an exciting new diagnostic technique, the electrogastogram (EGG), that along with an EEG (electroencephalogram) can determine the directionality of gut-brain problems, and with neurofeedback, correct them. We also discuss how eating disorders may originate not with the brain but in the gut, the importance of sun for the gut lining, how to test for low sto...
Jan 21, 2020•56 min•Ep. 20
In this special new year episode, your host Lindsey Parsons is interviewed by her sister Lauren on how she got interested in gut health, how she reversed 3 autoimmune conditions and is solving her gut health problems that were likely at the root of her autoimmunity, her relationship to FMT and what’s in store for 2020. 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...
Jan 11, 2020•22 min•Ep. 19
Learn how to prevent gut dysbiosis, leaky gut and future health problems by protecting and restoring your gut microbiome during and after antibiotic use. Lindsey discusses probiotics, prebiotics, supplements and food choices that will help you get through antibiotics safely. 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 Coa...
Dec 12, 2019•12 min•Ep. 18
Gas? Bloating? Diarrhea? Constipation? IBS Diagnosis? It may be SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth). Learn about underlying root causes, testing, types of SIBO, other diagnoses like Small Intestine Fungal Overgrowth (SIFO) and parasites with Dr. Nirala Jacobi, the SIBO Doctor. 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 ...
Nov 19, 2019•55 min•Ep. 17
Did you know that your gut health could be impacting your fertility? Hear from Deborahlise Mota, a functional medicine practitioner with acupuncture, Chinese medicine and Ayurveda training who specializes in women’s fertility and gut health about diagnosing and solving gut health issues, passing on your microbial blueprint to your child, estrogen dominance in women and men, using low cost genetic testing and online tools to learn more about how your genetics may be impacting your health, and her...
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 16
Advances in pharmaceutical treatments for IBD have brought a better quality of life for many sufferers, especially for ulcerative colitis. However, treatments for Crohn’s Disease remain elusive for many patients. Hear University of Edinburgh researcher and gastroenterologist Dr. Charlie Lees talk about the current state of research and treatments for IBD, dietary interventions, and his current study to try to determine the role of the microbiome, as well as many other environmental and lifestyle...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 15
Hear Dr. Grace Liu, AKA the Gut Goddess, share her wisdom about fungal, parasitic, mold and bacterial overgrowths in the gut and diagnostic tests (including the OAT or Organic Acids Test), and hear her interpret a sample OAT test on the air. She also addresses restrictive diets, celiac disease, its relationship to Bifidobacterium longum and much more! Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. Take my quiz to see which stool or functional...
Sep 05, 2019•44 min•Ep. 14
Wonder what the heck those gut microbiome test results mean? Hear Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum, Director of the Center for Medical Mycology at Case Western Reserve University and creator of BIOHM, interpret host Lindsey Parsons’ BIOHM gut stool test results, including recommendations for food and supplements that will help bring her gut into balance. Also, listen for instructions on entering a giveaway of a BIOHM gut stool micro- and mycobiome test with dietitian recommendations. Lindsey Parsons, your h...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 13
What led to a 47% decrease in autism symptoms? In this episode, host Lindsey Parsons, EdD talks with Dr. James Adams, Professor at Arizona State University and leader of the Autism/Asperger’s Research Program about his recently published study in the journal Nature called “Long-term benefit of Microbiota Transfer Therapy on autism symptoms and gut microbiota”. They also discuss other diet and supplement interventions that can be used to improve autism symptoms. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps ...
Aug 09, 2019•55 min•Ep. 12
Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum, Director of the Center for Medical Mycology at Case Western Reserve University and the person who named the mycobiome, or the fungi living in and on our bodies, discusses how bacteria and fungi interact in biofilms leading to disease, including Crohn’s Disease, and how a novel combination of probiotics work to break up these biofilms, as well as gut stool testing that can reveal your levels of healthy and pathogenic bacteria and fungi with host Lindsey Parsons, EdD. Lindsey...
Jul 12, 2019•47 min•Ep. 11
In this episode, host Lindsey Parsons talks with Saffron Cassady, Canadian award-winning documentary filmmaker who is currently finishing up a new film, Designer Sh*t , which follows her journey researching and using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to heal herself from colitis. They discuss Saffron’s health journey, her FMT methods, dating for stool donors, donating stool and the film. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. Tak...
Jun 14, 2019•33 min•Ep. 10
In this episode, host Lindsey Parsons interviews Dr. Varykina Thackray, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and a Member of the Center for Reproductive Sciences and Medicine and Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. They discuss Dr. Thackray’s recent article “ Improved PCOS symptoms correlate with gut bacterial composition ” and the mouse study that served as the basis for the article. They discuss Poly...
May 30, 2019•56 min•Ep. 9
In this episode host Lindsey Parsons talks with naturopath Dr. Joseph Klassen of Fish Creek Naturopathic Medicine from Calgary, Albert, Canada. They discuss the importance of bile and the appendix in the digestive process, healthy oils, food sensitivities (testing for them, most common ones and their interaction with autoimmunity), the importance of butyrate in a healthy gut, the interaction between hormones and the gut, colon hydrotherapy, gut cleansing protocols, how to rebuild a healthy gut a...
May 10, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 8
In this episode, host Lindsey Parsons talks with Kristina, who resorted to weekly FMTs or fecal transplants after seeing not just her digestion but her mental health affected after a strong course of antibiotics to treat C Difficile, following a hospital stay for stomach surgery. Kristina shares how weekly FMTs restored not just normal gut function but her personality as well. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. Take my quiz to see...
Apr 18, 2019•23 min•Ep. 7
In this episode, host Lindsey Parsons interviews Canadian naturopathic doctor Rabia Meghji, ND about candida overgrowth in the digestive tract. They cover the symptoms of candida and how they contrast with the symptoms of SIBO, natural and pharmaceutical cures, what to eat during healing, and order of healing for people with multiple digestive problems like candida, SIBO and parasites. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. Take my qu...
Apr 01, 2019•43 min•Ep. 6
In this episode, host Lindsey Parsons interviews Michael, who has given himself 9 fecal microbiota transplants in order to address serious problems with IBS, irregular heartbeats and severe fatigue that have kept him on disability for over 10 years. They discuss how he found 9 donors and their impact on his heath, how to properly screen a donor, how to do the transplant, the need for high quality donors and the potential profit healthy people may be flushing down the toilet. Since our recording,...
Feb 15, 2019•45 min•Ep. 5
In this episode of The Perfect Stool, host Lindsey Parsons speaks with Dr. Xerxes López-Yglesias, CEO of General Biotics , the company that created and distributes Equilibrium Probiotic , which is the highest strain count probiotic currently available on the market. They discuss the origin of Equilibrium, its benefits, different strains of probiotics, how many colony forming units (CFUs) are necessary in a probiotic, soil-based probiotics, anaerobic bacteria and more. Lindsey Parsons, your host,...
Jan 17, 2019•32 min•Ep. 4
Learn about naturopathic approaches to gut testing and healing, stomach acid, how to restore a healthy gut microbiome after antibiotics, how to maintain a healthy gut, conditions that may be impacted by the gut, such as mental health issues, brain fog, fatigue and others, and the rise in diagnoses such as SIBO, Lyme disease, parasites and candida overgrowth with naturopath, Dr. Emily Poccia, on this episode of The Perfect Stool with host Lindsey Parsons, EdD. We also discuss how new mothers can ...
Jan 02, 2019•48 min•Ep. 3
On this episode of The Perfect Stool, host Lindsey Parsons interviews John Fawkes, an evidence-based fitness and health coach practicing in Los Angeles. John recounts his lifelong struggles with IBS, Asberger’s Syndrome and atopic dermatitis, or unexplained itching all over his body. He talks about his experience trying to solve these health problems through diet and traditional and alternative medical channels, culminating in a fecal transplant at the Newbery Clinic in Argentina. John wrote abo...
Dec 08, 2018•30 min•Ep. 2
In this inaugural episode of The Perfect Stool, host Lindsey Parsons interviews Amy Hollenkamp, RD, MS, author of The SIBO Diaries . Amy shares her experience overcoming SIBO, or Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth, subsequent large intestine problems due to an extended period on a very restricted diet and her experience with FMT (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation) at the Taymount Clinic in the Bahamas. You can also find Amy on Facebook . Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issue...
Nov 20, 2018•47 min•Ep. 1
