S04E33. What Hundreds of Gut Tests Told Us About Your Acne

S04E033. What Hundreds of Gut Tests Told Us About Your Acne

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You don’t need a $500 stool test to know something’s off in your gut. Your symptoms have been telling you for years.

In this episode, Katie and Cris break down the patterns they’ve seen over and over across hundreds of stool tests run on acne clients. They walk through the three umbrellas everything falls under: gut infections and overgrowths, broken-down digestion, and a leaky gut lining. From H. pylori and candida to low stomach acid and sluggish bile flow, they name the exact mechanisms connecting your gut to your skin, plus the everyday symptoms that point at an overgrowth long before a lab ever confirms it. They also get honest about why running a DUTCH before you’ve worked on your gut is usually wasted money. If you’ve been told your acne is “just hormonal,” this one’s going to reframe things.

In This Episode We Cover:

• Why H. pylori, candida, staph, and strep are the overgrowths showing up most often in acne clients.
• How low stomach acid opens the door for bacterial overgrowth and blocks the protein your skin needs to repair.
• What toenail fungus, a white tongue, and repeat yeast infections can tell you about what’s living in your gut.
• Why your estrobolome decides how well you clear estrogen, and what that means for jawline breakouts.
• How sluggish bile flow starves your hormones of the fats they’re built from.
• Why an HTMA is a smarter first test than a GI Map or a DUTCH when money is tight.

Resources & Links Mentioned:

• The Gut Reset
• The GI Map Testing Package
• The HTMA Testing Package

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