520: Must-have tips to reduce bloat & heal your gut | Functional medicine doctor Mary Pardee, N.D.

“Dehydration is a leading cause of constipation," says Mary Pardee, N.D. Mary, a naturopathic and functional medicine doctor, joins us to discuss everything you need to know about healing your gut and optimizing body comp, plus: - The link between over-restriction & digestive issues (~00:13) - What we get wrong with elimination diets (~04:03) - Why dairy & gluten aren’t always the problem (~06:23) - How to assess your overall gut health (~12:49) - Mary’s top tips to optimize your gut (~17:54) - How to know when bloating becomes a problem (~20:32) - Why low FODMAP diets are effective (~24:26) - How to reduce & prevent bloat (~26:51) - How to time your meals for gut health (~28:38) - Hydration tips for bloating & gut health (~29:51) - How coffee impacts your gut (~31:56) - The future of fecal transplants (~33:01) - What’s driving GI issues? (~36:49) - The best biomarkers for longevity (~39:35) - Should you test your Alzheimer’s risk? (~43:46) - Why you shouldn’t conflate weight loss & body comp (~45:25) - Optimal body fat percentages for men & women (~49:49) - How to reach healthy ApoB levels (~53:46) - The dangers of visceral adipose tissue & the optimal fat ratio (~55:48) Trigger warning: This podcast contains mentions of disordered eating. Referenced in the episode: - Check out Modrn Med . - Read why dairy is back on the table . - Shop grass-fed whey protein isolate+ . - Stanford study on fermented foods . - Rebyota & Vowst . - A study on muscle mass, BMI & mortality . - mbg Podcast episode #480 , with Peter Attia, M.D. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube ! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices