“Dehydration is a leading cause of constipation," says Mary Pardee, N.D.
Mary, a naturopathic and functional medicine doctor, joins us to discuss everything you need to know about healing your gut and optimizing body comp, plus:
- The link between over-restriction & digestive issues (~00:13)
- What we get wrong with elimination diets (~04:03)
- Why dairy & gluten aren’t always the problem (~06:23)
- How to assess your overall gut health (~12:49)
- Mary’s top tips to optimize your gut (~17:54)
- How to know when bloating becomes a problem (~20:32)
- Why low FODMAP diets are effective (~24:26)
- How to reduce & prevent bloat (~26:51)
- How to time your meals for gut health (~28:38)
- Hydration tips for bloating & gut health (~29:51)
- How coffee impacts your gut (~31:56)
- The future of fecal transplants (~33:01)
- What’s driving GI issues? (~36:49)
- The best biomarkers for longevity (~39:35)
- Should you test your Alzheimer’s risk? (~43:46)
- Why you shouldn’t conflate weight loss & body comp (~45:25)
- Optimal body fat percentages for men & women (~49:49)
- How to reach healthy ApoB levels (~53:46)
- The dangers of visceral adipose tissue & the optimal fat ratio (~55:48)

Trigger warning: This podcast contains mentions of disordered eating.

Referenced in the episode:
- Check out Modrn Med.
- Read why dairy is back on the table.
- Shop grass-fed whey protein isolate+.
- Stanford study on fermented foods.
- Rebyota & Vowst.
- A study on muscle mass, BMI & mortality.
- mbg Podcast episode #480, with Peter Attia, M.D.

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