IBS Podcast

Are you breathing properly? Did you know how you breathe can actually impact on your digestion? This might all sound a bit far fetched, but actually the way we take air into our body and out of our body is a result of how we’re feeling and can actually influence how we’re feeling. IBS is a stress sensitive disorder, but knowing that doesn’t help you manage it unless you know some ways to bring your stress levels down.
In this episode of the Inside Knowledge podcast, I’ll run through some techniques for better breathing to help calm your digestion so you can reduce down your symptoms of bloating, abdominal pain and erratic bowel movements.

If you’re like most of my clients, you’re probably desperate to find the real cause of your IBS. What kicked all of this trouble off? Was it something you ate? Was it something you did? In reality, there is no one cause or often we can’t find the specific cause. But in this episode of the Inside Knowledge podcast, I’m going to run through some common causes of IBS that I go through with my clients to try and identify what your specific problems might be because each root cause will give you different triggers and a different experience of IBS.
This episode will all be about how some of those root causes interlink and how you can address IBS.

When my clients first start working with me, they all complete a diet diary to explain to me what they eat, and one of the aspects I look at is their macronutrient content. Are they eating enough protein, enough carbs, and fats? Some people with IBS find protein really difficult to digest, that it just sits heavy in the Stomach and leaves them feeling really sluggish.
Other people with IBS might find protein their only safe food because there is no fibre in protein. In this episode of the Inside Knowledge Podcast, I’ll be explaining how much protein you should be eating, how to work that out, and also how to make protein digestion easier, so you can enjoy more foods.

Do you undo your waistband every evening by 7pm because of significant bloating? If you do, you’re not alone. Bloating is one of the most common issues that I work with. I’ve had clients who’ve had such significant bloating they’ve had to remove their bra after lunch because the bloating was pushing in their upper abdomen.
I’ve also worked with somebody whose bloating gave them palpitations because their swollen digestive tract was increasing pressure on their heart. In this episode of the Inside Knowledge podcast, I’ll share tips on what to avoid eating, doing, and wearing to beat the bloat. I’ll also share some ideas to help if you’re in the midst of a flare up, so you can have more evenings without undoing your waistband.

Why is it so hard to resist your cravings, especially when you’re trying to start a new healthy way of eating? Whether you’re dieting to try and lose weight, or you’re just trying to cut down on snack foods and increase your vegetables, those cravings can really creep in. In this episode of the Inside Knowledge Podcast, you’ll learn What is a craving and why do we need those special foods that we crave?
What’s the link between diet and gut health and also how to reduce the occurrence of these cravings as well as what to do when a craving really hits you? You’ll also hear some examples interspersed throughout today’s episode of how I’ve worked with clients who asked for help with their cravings.

Would you like to try and eat more foods, but your fear of the digestive consequences of vomiting or choking or just bloating is so strong you cannot try them? Maybe you are Are you scared to eat new foods or foods that you haven’t prepared yourself in your own home? It could be that you’ve got sensory issues with texture, taste or smells, just finding certain foods overwhelming and maybe even disgusting.
In this episode of the Inside Knowledge podcast, I’m talking about ARFID, Avoidant Restrictive Feeding Intake Disorder, in IBS. You’ll learn how to identify signs that you could benefit from some extra help with managing this type of eating and what you can do next.

How do you know if you’re making your IBS worse with all your interventions? In this episode of the Inside Knowledge podcast, I’ll be sharing the top 10 mistakes I see my clients making, even if you feel like you know all the tricks in the book. Sometimes you might start taking a supplement, avoiding a certain food, or changing the way you eat, and these things might seem helpful at first, but may actually end up contributing to your symptoms like bloating, excessive gas, reflux, or constipation or diarrhoea.
Not all of these things in this episode are going to apply to you, but you might just find one of these mistakes and correcting the way you’re dealing with them is the first step in getting better digestion.