024: Making The Most Of a Life With Crohn's Disease + Alleviating Bathroom Anxiety with Megan Marsiglio
Megan Marsiglio, Founder and Editor of The Gut Gazette is on a mission to normalize something everyone experiences – pooping (!) – in addition to the digestive issues thousands of people experience today. In this episode, we take a look at how you can start getting to the root of your digestive issues to help you live a life free of worry, fear and discomfort that comes with digestive issues.
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In this episode we discuss:
Megan’s battle with Crohn's disease and how it motivated her to start The Gut Gazette
Navigating intuitive eating with an autoimmune disease
The power of healing foods
Why gut health has gone mainstream
The gut-brain connection
How having an unhappy gut affects your life
Having a healthy relationship with food when you’re navigating Crohn's Disease, Colitis and IBS
What it’s like to be the patient lead representative on the Canadian research study IMAGINE and what the research is all about
Poop slang and poop stories
Rachel's most embarrassing and hilarious poop stories
Key Takeaways:
Even healthy food can cause digestive upset.
The microbiome is made up of trillions of strains of bacteria which has an impact on your overall health
Gut issues equal mood issues, and mood issues equal gut issues.
If you have good solid poop, it's a good sign that you have a happy, healthy gut.
You have to be your own advocate for your body and your health.
Action Steps:
When you have digestive issues, focus on what you can eat and not so much on what you can’t eat.
Megan said:
“If I can’t eat something, I’m not going to dwell over it… I’ll just focus on what I can treat myself with.”
“You’re the doctor of your own body. You are your own advocate, which is so important in everything.”
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