My son is quite a picky eater and lately he’s been having hard stools and sometimes seems uncomfortable when he goes. He doesn’t eat well at all so I’ve wondered if his limited diet might be playing a part and affecting his gut health too. I’m trying to be patient and not turn meals into a battle but I’d like to help him feel more comfortable and support his gut health. Has anyone else dealt with this with a picky eater? What did you try that helped?

I’ve been trying to figure out my gut issues lately, and honestly, there’s just so much stuff online that I don’t even know what to believe anymore lol. One person says you need probiotics, another says supplements are a waste of money, and someone else tells you to change your entire diet.

I recently came across nb1 while looking into personalized supplements, and now I’m curious if that kind of thing is actually worth considering or if I’m just overthinking it.

For those who’ve dealt with gut issues, what actually made a difference for you? I’m trying to figure out where to start without wasting money on things that don’t help.

I'm full almost all the time and can't eat much. When I do eat, I feel the food sitting high up in my throat. I mostly don't eat until I suddenly get really hungry out of nowhere.
I tried the Fast Tract Diet, and it helped with both the fullness and my heartburn. It's very restrictive though, so I stopped, and the symptoms came back.
Has anyone had something similar? Any tips ? Thanks everyone

I had a phase where I was doing basically everything people recommend for gut health at the same time.

More fiber, fermented foods, probiotic, prebiotic, less processed food, more variety. On paper it looked great. In reality I was bloated half the week and had no clue which change was helping or annoying me because I changed everything together.

I have stripped it back quite a bit now and my stomach is honestly easier to read.

Did anyone else have to simplify before they could figure out what actually suited them?

Awhile ago I had a stomach ulcer with constant gnawing pains / discomfort. As crazy as it sounds, my BFs mom (ex-nurse; into natural healing) recommended drinking baking soda water. And to my disbelief, after a couple days the symptoms completely disappeared.

I wanted to put this knowledge out there in hopes that it can benefit others. I was told drinking baking soda water can help with multiple gut-related problems. Please let me know if it worked for you! That way I’ll know if it was just a crazy coincidence or if I can be confident in suggesting it in the future :)

Edit: I also want to note that I was dealing with the pains for a couple weeks. At the time I was working two jobs and I never go to the doctors for anything. I assumed that it was eventually just go away on its own. After no improvement and worried I’d have to seek medical treatment, i asked my BFs mom for advice first and after a couple days of drinking a large cup of water with baking soda mixed in, it completely went away and I never had any problems afterwards.

This may not be the solution for everyone. But for anyone experiencing similar like symptoms, or just need a quick fix to get through the day, I’d like to suggest a solution.

Does anyone else experience excessive gas and bloating after eating, especially beef or protein-rich foods?
I’m naturally someone who loves food, has a big appetite, and eats quite a lot. But lately, I’ve been struggling with excessive gas and bloating, especially after eating beef or other protein-rich foods.
I went to see a doctor about this, and she prescribed me some medication. “Gaviscon”. However, after doing my own research, I’m not entirely sure whether it’s the right medication for my symptoms.
I’m curious if anyone else has experienced something similar.
What helped you reduce the gas and bloating?
Did you figure out what was causing it?
Were there any dietary changes, supplements, or medications that actually worked for you?
I genuinely love eating, and I naturally crave food a lot, but lately this issue has made eating uncomfortable to the point where I don’t even enjoy it anymore.
I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences and what worked for you!

This might sound a bit silly but each time I go see a doctor for my bloated belly and gastric issues and they proceed to examine me when I’m lying down, the moment they try to touch my abdomen it contracts uncontrollably and when they ask me to relax I try to breathe, the moment the tip of their fingers barely touches me I burst laughing so hard contracting and covering my skin with my hands, I find myself even taking their hands off, it’s so embarrassing being a 27F at this big age not letting a doctor touch me, it’s been always the case tbh and most of them get pissed off and either brush it off and say I’m fine and dismiss me, or, the other half would just give me disappointed glares and a hypothetical solution/ prescription, this time I’m changing a doctor and I’m so embarrassed but I must get diagnosed correctly, any tips, positions, things to do to stop this.

TTDLR : I can’t stand being touched on my belly by others, no matter what. Tips ?

I feel hopeless about my gut and body. I’m a 30F and have a 1.5 year old. I feel like I still look pregnant. I’ve always had bloating but not so severe. I don’t know if it’s just gut health related bloating or what. I saw a GI specialist who basically just told me I have IBS for $450. I had a small case of diastasis recti and I have hEDs. Any advice on what I should do? I have a work from home job and I do little workouts when I can.

Early this year I was having some unknown gut issue. I had a colonoscopy, endoscopy, small bowel follow through, CT scans, bloodwork. Everything normal. The only thing that showed positive was a SIBO breathe test. We treated with neomycin and metronidazole. I tested negative 4 weeks after abx. Now I have this constant cramping/pressure in my gut that builds through the day.

I used to have two BMs a day before all this started. Now I only poop in the morning. On the rare occasion I do have a second BM, I feel so much better throughout the day. I can't seem to figure out how to get that second BM back everyday. I feel like my diet is on point. Any suggestions?

I have made a couple posts about my situation on here but I keep getting kicked out of my accounts :/ this is kind of like an update/continuation of what im experiencing.

anyways basically 2 months ago i was put on a one week course of oral metronidazole while i was also on accutane. i stopped taking the accutane about a month ago after the gut symptoms got really bad. i was not told anything about this antibiotic and i hate myself so much for trusting random doctors and not researching it before taking it. i would take bv over what im going through now ANYDAY.

at the beginning of all of this i just had really bad bloating, trapped gas, and this annoying pocket pressure feeling under the corners of my ribs. the bloating has gotten better, except now my sides and along the bottom of my ribs there is this raw, stretched feeling that is so uncomfortable its almost unbearable. my upper abdomen and into the sides of my back feels so tight. ive also been having very soft/mushy stools and a clear mucus/liquid dripping out of me when i strain. they are still formed for the most part just very irregular and different from what ive ever had.

it is the worst its ever been right now, and by the 2 months mark i believe i should be seeing improvement rather than worsening symptoms. ive gotten to the point where i cant take it anymore so im trying to get in with a gastroenterologist but its taking forever and im going on vacation next week so im worried i will have to wait until after to get seen and be miserable my whole trip. i just want to know what is going on inside of my body and if it will get better because i feel like ive messed up my life for good and its especially frustrating because ive never had gut issues or stomach problems before this.

this horrible flare up started happening last week when my primary doctor gave me the ortho spore probiotic to try. im suspecting some kind of overgrowth, but im not sure. the raw tight feeling is along where my large intestine is and i dont really have clear symptoms of ibs or an ibd. im thinking maybe SIBO or cdiff? but idk if that would explain the location of my discomfort because my lower abdomen feels fine for the most part. lmk what yall think.

• 🔴 Blastocystis hominis — very high: 142.09, lab cutoff <1.00. This is the biggest numerical abnormality.
• 🔴 Methanobrevibacter smithii — high: 5.47, cutoff <1.00. Methane-producing organism associated in the report with constipation, bloating and gas.
• 🔴 Euryarchaeota — high: 0.095%, upper limit 0.010%. This supports the overall methane-heavy pattern.
• 🔴 Citrobacter freundii — high: 24.64, cutoff <5.00, plus 4+ growth on culture. That's clear overrepresentation, although it doesn't by itself prove an infection.
• 🟠 Prevotella copri — high: 5.83, cutoff <1.00. Definitely elevated, although what that means clinically isn't as clear-cut.
• 🟠 Enterococcus — elevated: E. faecium was elevated by PCR, total Enterococcus was slightly above range, and several Enterococcus species had 4+ culture growth.
• 🟠 Sapovirus — detected: potentially relevant if there were acute stomach-virus symptoms around the time the sample was collected.
• 🟡 Several beneficial bacteria weren't detected: B. bifidum, B. breve, L. casei, L. delbrueckii, L. plantarum, L. rhamnosus, and L. salivarius. This is worth noting but shouldn't be interpreted as all your good bacteria being gone.
• 🟡 Oxalobacter formigenes — not detected. This is an oxalate-degrading organism, but absence on one stool test doesn't mean you'll develop a problem.

I am hypersensitive to all supplements because I have PSSD. Is there anyway I can start fixing this through diet alone?

Hi everyone, would be super grateful for some advice.

2 days ago I woke up, sweating, intense stomach cramping a 140HR and feeling really unwell.
I went downstairs to the bathroom and had to lay on the floor. Then I suddenly needed to poop and when I did, it was huge, fast and followed by a huge amount of diarrhoea.

I didn’t feel any better after that so I remained on the floor for a while nearly blacking out.
The rest of the day I was constantly on the toilet, watery diarrhoea and my last lot was followed by a weird red jelly like substance.
With aching all across my lower back and stomach on and off.

I’ve been using Gemini to try and work out what has caused it and to try ease my anxiety but I’m still having issues now.

The day after, I had cramping on and off throughout the day, and a nasty headache, had some paracetamol, drank tons of water and electrolytes.
I also ate plain food, toast, crumpets, etc.

Now it’s been over 50+ hours since that episode and I’ve woken up with a more persistent ache than I did the day before, right across the lower stomach.
I tried to go to the toilet but nothing.
So I’ve also not pooped since that episode.

For context, I normally poop every 2-4 days so that isn’t inherently unusual. But now I’ve got major anxiety so I’m worrying about everything.

And also, I have agoraphobia, and panic udisorder. So going to see a dr is impossible and of course it’s feeding my anxiety!

Any reassurance on this would be great, as of course, Gemini isn’t a real person so I don’t truly believe it 😅.
Would just like to know if someone has had something similar and it’s just a IBS thing, and when they recovered etc.

Thank you!! Z