S04E25. H. pylori: The Stomach Bug Secretly Destroying Your Skin and Hormones

S04E025. H. pylori: The Stomach Bug Secretly Destroying Your Skin and Hormones

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If your skin won’t clear no matter how clean you eat, and you’ve also got bloating, reflux, or stubborn low iron, there’s a stomach bug almost nobody is checking for. It’s been linked to acne, fatigue, hair loss, and mood shifts, and Katie and Cris think more than half of us are walking around with it.

In this episode of Keep It Clear, Katie and Cris break down H. pylori, the spiral-shaped bacteria that hides in your stomach lining by neutralizing your own stomach acid, and why it quietly wrecks iron absorption, digestion, and skin. They cover the symptoms most people brush off as normal, how it actually spreads, and why the standard antibiotic route so often comes up short. Hit play below or keep reading for a sneak peek inside.

In This Episode We Cover:

• The sneaky trick H. pylori uses to survive in stomach acid that should kill it
• Why your iron stays low no matter how much you supplement
• The everyday symptoms you’ve probably been told are “totally normal”
• What a GI Map or Gut Zoomer shows that a breath test completely misses
• Why the standard antibiotic-and-PPI combo can leave you worse off
• The six-month order of operations Katie and Cris swear by (most people get this backward)

Resources & Links Mentioned:

• The GI Map Testing Package
• Urea breath test (mentioned as a common in-clinic test done through your doctor or orderable through a practitioner)

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