The Science of Your Gut: 3 Easy Steps to Reduce Bloating, Improve Digestion, and Feel Better Today

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<p>What is bloating, and why don’t your pants fit after just one meal?</p><p>What are the 10 foods to avoid when you feel bloated?</p><p>What is gut health, and how can you improve yours?</p><p>Today Mel is joined by double-board certified Dr. Amy Shah, who is here to explain bloating and optimal gut health in a way that you can understand and easily apply to your life.</p><p>Dr. Shah, a medical doctor trained at Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia University, is an immunologist and leading expert in women’s hormonal health and nutrition.</p><p>She is giving you all the tools you need, including her 3-step plan to get long-term relief from bloating.</p><p> </p><p>In this episode, Dr. Amy discusses:</p><p>What bloating is; why and when it happens.</p><p>3 symptoms of being bloated.</p><p>10 foods notorious for causing bloating.</p><p>The one food that bloats everyone.</p><p>Why bloating can be worse during menopause or menstruation.</p><p>How to tell if you are bloated vs. gaining weight.</p><p>What “water weight” is and how to avoid it.</p><p>What a “distended belly” is and where it comes from.</p><p>2 everyday (non-food) things that cause bloating and how to avoid them.</p><p>3 foods you should not eat when you are bloated.</p><p>The pill you are taking that surprisingly may make you bloated.</p><p>One type of food that 68% of the world is intolerant of and doesn’t know.</p><p>Why alcohol bloats most of us.</p><p>Why you shouldn’t take Advil after a night of drinking.</p><p>Why sleep is so essential for reducing bloating.</p><p>What gut bacteria are and how to know when they’re upset.</p><p>What a food elimination diet is, why you need one, and how to safely try it.</p><p>Why fasting for 12 hours is essential for a gut reset.</p><p>Dr. Shah’s 3-F plan and why you should start your day this way to reduce bloating.</p><p>What the best probiotic is. (Hint: you can’t buy it.)</p><p>The surprising experience Mel’s daughter had with “bad” gut bacteria.</p><p>How anxiety and depression can be tied to gut health.</p><p> </p><p>You can purchase Dr. Shah’s book, ‘I'm So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It’, here: <a href="https://a.co/d/7mTXT2F" target="_blank">https://a.co/d/7mTXT2F</a></p><p> </p><p>Follow Dr. Shah:</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fastingmd/?hl=en" target="_blank">instagram.com/fastingmd</a></p><p>Webpage: <a href="https://amymdwellness.com/" target="_blank">amymdwellness.com</a></p><p> </p><p>Watch the episodes on YouTube: <a href="https://bit.ly/45OWCNr" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/45OWCNr</a></p><p>Check out my book,<i> The High 5 Habit</i>: <a href="https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt" target="_blank">https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt</a></p><p> </p><p>Follow me:</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb</a></p><p>The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: <a href="https://bit.ly/49bg4GP" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/49bg4GP</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB</a></p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v</a></p><p>Sign up for my newsletter: <a href="https://bit.ly/46PVnPs" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/46PVnPs </a></p><p>Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at <a href="https://melrobbins.com/podcast" target="_blank">melrobbins.com/podcast</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.melrobbins.com/disclaimer" target="_blank">Disclaimer</a></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>