Healthy digestion comes first! - Episode 41 with Dr Liz Lipski

Did you know that the number 1 new years resolution is to diet and eat healthier (71%)? However, there is a vital component that precedes better eating habits...ensuring that we have healthy digestion in the first place! Healthy food can only be utilised by the body if there are healthy digestive processes occurring within the body.

Guest biography:
Dr Liz Lipski is a Professor and the Director of the Academic Development for the Nutrition programmes in Clinical Nutrition at Maryland University of Integrative Health. Dr Lipski holds a PhD in Clinical Nutrition, is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN) and holds two board certifications in clinical nutrition (CNS, and BCHN) and one in functional medicine (IFMCP). She is also on faculty for The Institute for Functional Medicine.

Episode content:
Along with a brief discussion about the 25-year history of her best-selling book, and the updated release of the 5th edition of Digestive Wellness, Dr Lipski shares some really practical tips on how to manage some of the most common digestive complaints.

0:00 Introduction
3:20 Motivation to specialise in digestive health
10:56 When in doubt, begin in the gut
14:58 External symptoms of gut imbalance
18:49 Managing bad breath
21:54 Managing gastric reflux (heartburn)
28:52 Managing gas and bloating
35:30 Managing constipation
40:42 Gut bacteria essential to digestive health

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