022 Why You're Bloated and What To Do About It with Isabel Smith Curious Women

This week Meg & Kylie talk bloating with the sassy, BDE (big dick energy) Dietitian entrepreneur Isabel Smith. Isabel Smith, MS RD CDN, Founder of Isabel Smith Nutrition, is a nationally recognized Integrative Registered Dietitian, Health and Lifestyle Expert, as well as a Certified Level 2 Reiki Practitioner. At Isabel Smith Nutrition, Isabel and her team of dietitians work with clients of all ages (almost) and in most areas of wellness- though ISN specializes heavily in gut health, thyroid, hormone, autoimmune, and allergy. Isabel and her team help guide their clients towards true health and healing through helping clients identify and treat the root cause of their dis-ease. Isabel’s expert opinion is often featured in print and online and can be found in Elle, Mind Body Green, Readers Digest, Women's Health/ Men's Health and others.  Isabel is also an advisor, consultant and brand ambassador for various companies she loves, as well as an Angel Investor in the CPG space. In her spare time, Isabel can be found hiking in the mountains of the Adirondacks where she splits her time; or creating new recipes, painting and/or hanging with her two Yorkshire Terriers Sasha and Henry.

You can connect with Isabel and her team on IG at @isabelsmithnutrition or via her website at www.isabelsmithnutrition.com . Or you can join her 6 week Bloat Free Blueprint Program!

TLDL actionable takeaways:

1) Biggest non-food factors that contribute to stress:

    i) Chronic stress (and no, we don't mean the goal is to not HAVE stress, but to make sure you are balancing it with nervous system resetting practices like deep belly breathing).

    ii) Hormonal imbalances (both in men and women)

    iii) The WAY you are eating or drinking- for example, swallowing too much air when eating or drinking, eating too fast, etc

2) What the gut-brain connection ACTUALLY means: "there's a 'super highway' of communication between your gut and your brain" where your brain asks "is it SAFE for me to send blood flow to the gut to optimize digestion right now?". 

3) Isabel's first line-of-defense tools for bloating you can practice on your own:

     i) 3-4 deep belly breathing (NOT puffing your chest out but actively puffing out your belly) a few times throughout your day and ESPECIALLY before eating

    ii) Regular BMs: for constipation people can try magnesium oxide or citrate, concentrated aloe vera, digestive bitters (herbs or foods/drinks like dandelion, coffee, arugula, dill, etc), self message, heating pads or even yoga twists. Hydration is also important here and Isabel recommends focusing on electrolytes like those in coconut water and vegetable juices

    iii) Avoid drinking through straws

    iv) Eat slowly and CHEW food WELL

    v) Avoid frequent consumption through aluminum cans (due to heavy metals which can add to toxic    burden)

5) Common reasons for bloating you might find on a stool test: parasites, bacterial overgrowth, mold exposure, candida, H. pylori, low levels of digestive enzymes, etc.

6) You can also register for Isabel's new 6 week program The Bloat Free Blueprint, which opens for enrollment on September 12th!


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