The following is a conversation with Jordan Haworth, a gut health physiologist working at the Functional Gut Clinic who are based in Manchester and London.
In this conversation, we covered probably, possibly the widest range of gut health-related topics in the history of Inside Matters, so this could become a reference episode for all things gut health in the future.
Jordan is a fountain of knowledge relating to basically all things to do with the gastrointestinal tract, prebiotics, probiotics, polyphenols, everything. We covered what to eat for your microbiome, what not to eat for your microbiome, what IBS is, including how to potentially classify it in a way that's not currently widely accepted amongst the broad range of medical community specialists that currently focus on IBS.
We talked about antibiotics, in particular an antibiotic called rifaximin, which counterintuitively may actually be good for gut health in specific situations. We also talked about food sweeteners, emulsifiers, and some of the really exciting research that Jordan and the team at the Functional Gut Clinic are focused on.
I absolutely love this episode. I've learned a heck of a lot. I'm absolutely sure you will as well.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:26 IBS: what is it?
00:03:29 Bloating
00:04:30 IBD causes & diagnosis
00:09:38 What is bile?
00:11:54 Different categories of IBS
00:18:18 Coffee a laxative?
00:19:18 What is gut health?
00:21:38 What aren’t normal gut responses?
00:23:23 Most common symptoms
00:28:53 Mr Gut Health’s journey
00:32:51 Stool sampling
00:35:46 Functional Gut Clinic
00:37:18 Definition of probiotic
00:43:46 Probiotics: what to look for
00:48:14 Tummy MOT
00:53:15 Microbiome is an orchestra
00:55:30 More on Tummy MOT
00:57:00 Prebiotics: what are they?
01:01:04 Partially hydrolyzed guar gum
01:03:59 FODMAP diet
01:07:27 Best food for microbiome
01:10:49 How to improve microbiome
01:12:52 ChatGTP for gut health tips
01:15:17 Fermented foods
01:22:08 What’s bad for the microbiome?
01:26:30 Artificial sweeteners
01:30:15 Gluten intolerance
01:34:22 Cutting out dairy for the gut
01:41:33 Testing for SIBO on the NHS
01:49:47 TikTok gut health trends
01:53:20 Things to avoid for a healthy gut
02:00:53 Colonic irrigations