Ep 023 - The Poop Episode - Why you need to know your $#!t

Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast

POOP (ewww)

What goes in, must come out!

In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC, and fellow FNTP, Stephanie Ewals, CNS, Licensed Nutritionist, owner of Out of the Woods Nutrition, and host of the Help For Hashimotos podcast talk about the end product of digestion - poop. Talking about pooping is a total taboo, but it's an important topic.

The prevalence of GI disorders such as diarrhea, constipation, and alternating diarrhea and constipation is extremely common, with 3-5% of the U.S. population experiencing chronic diarrhea. Globally, 16% of adults experience chronic constipation - up to 19% of adults in the U.S. and a whopping 33% of adults over the age of 60 experience chronic constipation.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with Alternating Diarrhea and Constipation, characterized by symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, and variability in bowel habits, affect 10-15% of the global population. Among those with IBS, a significant portion (around 25-30%) experiences alternating diarrhea and constipation (IBS-M, mixed type).

*Mehta, S. R., Patel, D., Rana, B., Kumar, N., Singh, A., & Sharma, P. (2023). Title of the article. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 1061453. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1061453

1:42 Bristol Stool Chart - shows what the shape and consistency of your poop means

4:11 More about what your poop should look like

4:57 Why should we care about what our poop looks like?

5:25 Bristol Stool Chart Types 5-7

5:54 Loose stools with full food particles (some of it looks like it did when you ate it)

6:35 Bristol Stool Chart Types 1 & 2 - Constipation - toxins - excess estrogens

7:19 Bristol Stool Chart Types 3 & 4

7:43 It's not normal to have diarrhea, constipation, or alternating diarrhea and constipation every day.

8:39 Irregularity with our bowel movements are symptoms of dysfunction somewhere in the body.

10:02 Motility/transit time - testing how long it takes from eating to defecating (aka pooping)

11:21 Hope/help for Type 1 & Type 2 - things that help relieve constipation and determine what is causing it

13:12 If you're not eating fiber now, ease into it! Notes on fiber intake and ways to get more fiber in your diet

16:12 Diarrhea - within a few hours of eating, fiber will not help, look elsewhere for solutions - food inflammatory tests - elimination diet - Whole 30 - your body is telling you something!

18:52 Protocols AND or VERSUS bio-individuality?

21:10 Where nutritional therapy really excels…

22:57 How stress impacts digestion - anxiety - adrenals - cortisol

24:47 Not digesting properly - whole food particles in poop

25:09 What you can do if you're struggling with GI disorders

26:12 Physical activity/movement

26:52 Squatty Potty

28:28 Preworkouts, gels, anything you're putting in that are flushing through…

29:05 Magnesium, Vitamin C

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