Are low-fat diets, keto, carnivore, elimination diets, and intermittent fasting doing more harm than good—especially for women? In this episode, functional nutrition practitioner Elizabeth Aylor, FDN-P, explains why restrictive diets can backfire for hormones, thyroid function, metabolism, blood sugar and gut health. We discuss how to support digestion and expand a limited diet, the role of mold toxicity in chronic digestive symptoms, practical approaches to healing eosinophilic esophagitis, and get a starter strength training regimen.
Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoimmune disease naturally. Take her quiz to see which stool or functional medicine test will help you find out what’s wrong. She’s a Certified Health Coach at High Desert Health in Tucson, Arizona. She coaches clients locally and nationwide. You can also follow Lindsey on Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram or Mastodon or X, or reach her via email at to set up your free, 30-minute Gut Healing Breakthrough Session.lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com
Listen to Episode 173 or go to podcast player at the bottom of this page.
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Links Mentioned in the Show
GI Detox* (she refers to it as GI Assist)
Micro Balance Health Products – EC3 Mold Products (she refers to it as E3)
Lindsey’s Links:
Serum Bovine Immunoglobulin (SBI) Powder – An all-around gut health supplement derived from the immune system of a cow’s plasma that binds to a diverse array of pathogens in the gut and carries them out. Helps reduce bloating, diarrhea, loose stool, hard stool, flatulence and incomplete evacuation. Increases lean body mass and absorption of nutrients. Clinically studied in C Difficile, IBS, SIBO, Candida, mold, Crohn’s, colitis and malnutrition/malabsorption in HIV, cancer and diarrheal illness. Free shipping for 1-3 bottles. Also available on Amazon.
Tributyrin-Max – Postbiotic Butyrate/Tributyrin Supplement from The Perfect Stool – 60, 750 mg capsules of tributyrin for gut health, slowing motility and firming up stool. Highest dose tributyrin capsules currently available. 15% off with discount code INTRO15 and free shipping with 1-3 bottles. Also available on Amazon.
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