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Chronic bloating is one of the most frustrating gut health symptoms—especially when you've already eliminated gluten, dairy, sugar, processed foods, or other suspected triggers and still feel swollen after meals.
In this episode of ReversABLE, Josh Dech explores the potential contributors to persistent bloating and why simply removing more foods may not always address the root cause. The conversation examines five food categories discussed in the episode: gluten and refined carbohydrates, dairy, sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, ultra-processed "health foods," and highly fermentable foods such as legumes and cruciferous vegetables.
The discussion then moves beyond diet into the mechanisms that may contribute to chronic digestive symptoms. These include stomach acid and digestion, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), gut motility, the gut-brain connection, stress, and the relationship between the nervous system and digestive function.
A central theme is the idea of looking beyond individual foods toward the broader gut health "terrain"—including the microbiome, digestive function, nutritional status, inflammation, and other factors that may influence how someone responds to food.
The episode is particularly relevant for people dealing with ongoing bloating alongside IBS or other chronic digestive complaints who feel as though they've already tried every elimination diet available.
Josh also discusses why some foods commonly promoted as healthy can be difficult to tolerate during periods of digestive distress, and why personalized assessment can be more useful than endlessly restricting the diet.
Importantly, several physiological and treatment-related claims made in the episode should be interpreted in the context of current medical evidence rather than as universal explanations for bloating.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
Five Major Food Categories Associated With Bloating
Why Bloating Can Persist After Eliminating Trigger Foods
Stomach Acid, Digestion, And Acid-Blocking Medications
SIBO And Bacterial Fermentation In The Small Intestine
Stress, Vagus Nerve Function, And Gut Motility
 
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What if the story you tell yourself about your health is not entirely coming from your mind—but is being influenced by what is happening inside your body?
In this episode of ReversABLE, Josh Dech sits down with Kyle Gray for a conversation about the intersection of gut health, inflammation, biology, emotions, language, and personal identity.
Kyle shares his own decade-long health journey, including Hashimoto's, gut health problems, fatigue, joint pain, brain fog, and the anxiety and self-judgment that accompanied them. His experience raises a powerful question: when your biology makes you feel terrible, how much of the negative story you tell yourself is actually a reflection of your circumstances—and how much is simply your brain trying to explain the feeling?
The conversation challenges the simplistic idea that you can simply "think positive" and overcome chronic health problems. Instead, Kyle argues that biological health and belief can influence one another. Improving digestion and addressing underlying health problems may create greater access to positive emotional states, while the language and beliefs we repeatedly use can influence our emotions, behavior, physiology, and relationships.
Josh and Kyle explore how gut dysbiosis and inflammation can become intertwined with anxiety, self-worth, imposter syndrome, and hopelessness, as well as how people can begin identifying the stories running underneath their symptoms.
Kyle also introduces a practical process for examining those stories word by word—using language to move from helplessness toward agency and purpose.
For anyone struggling with chronic gut symptoms, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune issues, fatigue, anxiety, or the feeling that their health has become part of their identity, this episode offers a different lens on the root cause conversation: not as a replacement for addressing biology, but as another layer worth examining.
 
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
Gut Health, Dysbiosis, Inflammation, And The Biological Origins Of Feelings
The Relationship Between Biology, Emotions, Thoughts, And Personal Stories
How Chronic Symptoms Can Become Self-Judgment, Shame, And Imposter Syndrome
Language, Self-Talk, Affirmations, And Changing The Words We Use
Finding Purpose And Strength Inside Painful Health Experiences
The Practical Process For Identifying And Reframing Limiting Beliefs
Communicating Chronic Illness To Family, Partners, And Healthcare Professionals
The Role Of Hope, Possibility, And Changing Beliefs In Health Education
 
More from Kyle Gray:
Website: thestoryengine.co Instagram: @heykylegray
Facebook: Kyle Gray
Youtube: Kyle Gray
X: @kylethegray
Listen To Kyle's Podcast: The Story Engine Podcast
 
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Josh Dech sits down with Dr. Cassie Smith, a dual board-certified endocrinologist and founder of Modern Endocrine, to unpack why testosterone matters in women and why hormone health cannot always be separated from gut health, stress, sleep, metabolism, and the microbiome.
The conversation challenges the common perception that testosterone is primarily a "male hormone." Dr. Smith explains that women produce testosterone through the ovaries and adrenal glands and discusses the broad role she sees it playing in mood, libido, muscle mass, recovery, fertility, thyroid function and overall wellbeing.
From there, the conversation moves into what Dr. Smith sees as a major root-cause issue: chronic stress. Rather than defining stress purely as emotional distress, she describes the cumulative effects of poor sleep, excessive workloads, lack of sunlight and movement, late-night light exposure, social media, and modern "go-go-go" lifestyles. She connects these factors to gut dysfunction and discusses dysbiosis, gut permeability, immune activation, insulin, cortisol and downstream hormone changes.
Sleep becomes another major focus, including circadian rhythm, morning sunlight, consistent bedtimes and how couples might divide nighttime responsibilities after having children.
The episode also examines the gut microbiome from infancy, including birth, antibiotics, nutrition and other early-life factors, before turning toward solutions. Dr. Smith explains how Modern Endocrine approaches complex cases through detailed history-taking, laboratory testing, gut testing, lifestyle interventions, coaching and, where appropriate, hormone or other therapeutic support.
Ultimately, the episode delivers a simple message: don't just chase symptoms—look for the root causes, start with the fundamentals, and make sustainable changes one step at a time.
 
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
Testosterone In Women: Importance, Decline And Symptoms
Chronic Stress And Its Effects On Gut And Hormones
Gut Health, Dysbiosis, Leaky Gut And The Microbiome
Sleep, Circadian Rhythm And Hormone Recovery
Female Fertility, Reproductive Hormones And Metabolism
Postpartum Sleep, Breastfeeding And Parent/Partner Roles
Root-Cause Clinical Assessment And Modern Endocrine's Approach
Lifestyle Fundamentals: Food, Movement, Sunlight And Stress Reduction
Environmental Toxins And Overall Toxic Burden
Gut Recovery, Therapeutic Interventions And Long-Term Health Maintenance
 
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Website: modern-endocrine.com Instagram: @modernendocrine_
TikTok: Modernendocrine
Facebook: Modern Endocrine
Youtube: Modern Endocrine
 
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We're facing a serious bowel disease epidemic that's icnreased by 50,000% in 70 years, and will affect 1 in 100 people. This is everything you need to know...
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
5 things driving this epidemic
Why Canada, US, UK, New Zealand and Australia are hit the hardest
Why most doctors still call it "unknown"
 
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Josh sits down with Steven, founder of Masa Chips, to explore how products like cottonseed oil, Crisco, and modern vegetable oils entered the food supply, and why many processed foods bear little resemblance to the foods humans historically consumed. Together they examine how industrial agriculture, food processing, pesticides, and modern manufacturing practices may influence gut health, inflammation, and overall wellness from a root-cause perspective.
Steven also shares his personal journey through chronic digestive issues, immune challenges, and pancreatitis as a child—an experience that ultimately led him to study nutrition and build a company focused on producing snacks using traditional preparation methods rather than modern shortcuts.
The discussion explores topics including organic farming, regenerative agriculture, sourdough fermentation, nixtamalization, gluten, GMOs, glyphosate, beef tallow, ancestral diets, and why food quality often depends more on processing methods than individual ingredients alone. Rather than simply debating whether grains are "good" or "bad," the conversation focuses on how traditional cultures prepared foods to improve digestibility and nutrient availability.
 
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
History And Origins Of Seed Oils
Traditional Food Preparation (Nixtamalization & Sourdough)
Modern Food Processing & Industrial Agriculture
Organic Farming, Pesticides & GMOs
Ancient Vs. Modern Diets
Building Ancient Crunch / Masa Chips
Consumer Responsibility & Voting With Your Dollar
 
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Website: masachips.com Instagram: @reallytanman
X: @reallytanman
Potato Chips: vandycrisps.com
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