constipation

It could be not enough calories, not enough vitamins and minerals, uh, maybe it's, uh, that could be related to not wanting to eat because you're constipated, and then just not feeling like you have the space, but then you're not getting enough food in your, in your diet.

Um, but it could also be you're eating enough, but then you're not digesting and absorbing it because of the other root causes to constipation, which we're gonna get to in a little bit and is what we address in the Clear Your Constipation Challenge, is, are the actual five root causes to constipation that has nothing to do with fiber or magnesium or probiotics, and it's why all those things fail people.

Like, when they fail them, it's because of these five root causes to constipation.

So there could be an issue where estrogen's not getting very high and it's too low in ovulation.

I'm in my 13th week of pregnancy, and I've definitely been struggling more with slower bowel movements, and I'm having to support my body.

But it's none of the five root causes, 'cause none of the five root causes of constipation that I cover are pregnancy.

Pregnancy is just, you're able to overcome, um, constipation with some very simple methods not related to the Clear Your Constipation Challenge.

But if you're already constip- ooh, excuse me.

But for these four problems, we've got it.

And they're very successful because all of their marketing shows these very happy, giddy, Non-constipating.

That's true.

Non-fussy babies.

There's a lot of different options.

I think the key take-home point is for almost everyone, Miralax tends to be the most evidence-based laxative for constipation.

And if you're interested in learning more about how you can use over-the-counter medications and self-care of constipation, we can direct you back to our Helix Talk episode of 46, Self-Care of Constipation.

Perfect.

So Dr. Patel, our last stop for the day is heart failure, specifically heart failure, exacerbation, or acute decompensated heart failure, and the notion that patients should fluid restrict themselves to treat or prevent them from going into heart failure.

And over the last six years, Alison has helped more than 600 clients across the US and around the world find and address the root causes of their whole body health issues, especially when nothing else has worked.

Through years of careful observation and experimentation, she developed something called the Gut Healer System, a method that has helped her clients reduce symptoms like bloating, constipation, acid reflux, brain fog, fatigue, and hormone imbalance on average by 80% in just three to six months, and I just feel like that is remarkable.

Amazing.

So Alison, welcome to Inspired Wellness Podcast.

You could get food starting to lodge in your, in your chest or your throat when you swallow it.

You could see acid reflux.

You could see constipation.

You could see bloating.

But for all the others, you do have genes.

Now, hypermobile is the most common, followed by classical, okay? As we get into some of the other stuff, you'll see some of these are not that common at all, and this is where it frustrates a lot of people because Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is being talked about as this whole spectrum, but most of the attention is going to hypermobile, and it's just because it accounts for the vast majority, and some of the other ones, as you're gonna see, they just are very infrequent, and when you already don't get enough research on a topic, things are going to go to the one that you know is most prevalent so as we talked about right they all have genes um hypermobile ellers danlos is the most common what do you see with it joint hypermobility musculoskeletal pain so lots of people they've got neck pain they may have back pain gastrointestinal issues constipation diarrhea Constipation has been more common with gastroparesis.

You can have autonomic dysfunction, as we said, with POTS.

So how common is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? This is something still being researched.

All right.

Have you ever seen the movie Constipated?

Excuse me? What?

Constipated?

The movie Constipated?

What?

No, I've never seen that movie, bro.

Shout out Isaac.