Constipation, Gut Health & Melatonin | Ep 76

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Today I’m talking about the gut hormone connection, ideal bowel habits and asking the question - Are you constipated? I also discuss why we HAVE to avoid constipation, the sleep - poop connection, and some of my favorite supplements for constipation. In this episode: -Gut hormone connection -Ideal bowel habits -Are you constipated? -Why we HAVE to avoid constipation -Estrogen Detox -Underlying causes of constipation -Different types of fiber -Why a high fiber diet might cause constipation -Low carb diets + constipation -How to move to increase motility -The sleep - poop connection -New treatments for IBS? -Laxative use -Metamucil & Miralax -My favorite supplements for constipation Join waitlist for early bird special for Your Hormone Revival™: https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones Hang out with Erin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt, and I'm a board-certified, integrative, and functional nutritionist. I live on the sea coast of New Hampshire and work with clients in my virtual practice all over the world through private consultations and online nutrition and functional
0:22.4	medicine programs. Functional medicine nutrition is all about diving deep with people to get to the root
0:28.6	cause of their health issues. And that's exactly what I tackle in this podcast, all things health,
0:34.8	food, and nutrition, unpacking current research and almost a decade of clinical
0:40.3	experience. I love to bring experts and thought leaders to the table so we can all learn
0:45.4	together. Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:51.9	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.
0:55.8	Thanks for joining me. Now let's dive in.
1:01.9	What up my people? Today we're going to talk about a topic that comes up quite a bit in LQ's listener
1:09.4	questions but also something that I see
1:12.1	all the time over the past quite a few years of clinical practice, and that's chronic
1:19.3	constipation. Lots of folks struggling with constipation, whether they know it or not.
1:24.9	So we're going to go all in on the subject, constipation, the gut, and we're going to talk
1:31.6	a little bit about melatonin too. So you'll have to stay tuned to figure out what the connection is,
1:36.5	cliffhanger. Before we go into all of that, I want to say, you guys are the freaking best.
1:45.8	So I've had four different people that I've interviewed on the show with like a pretty big audience.
1:52.9	Um, tell me that after doing the functional nutrition podcast, they've got the biggest outpouring of feedback in new follows than doing
2:03.3	any other podcast, which just tells me that you guys are awesome. Like, you're just the coolest
2:08.8	people. Um, so thank you for that for like really embracing the people that come on to the show.
2:14.2	We had Aaron Telford on last week to talk about breath work now
2:17.7	obviously I'm a huge Aaron Telford fan girl that's why I had her on the show
2:22.8	but I was like a little bit apprehensive because I'm like you know this doesn't really
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