10/22/2025
I routinely test for GI issues with patients. This post I wanted to share another common issue I see and some of the less well known risks factors for gi issues.
The thing about gi issues that is often overlooked is that they don’t always have symptoms and there isn’t a one size fits all for resolving gi issues.
It’s not uncommon to run a lab on somebody to see this, a potentially pathogenic bacteria that has overgrown creating health issues.
The majority of the people have never run labs like this and more commonly they have tried all kinds of gut fix protocols and products without success.
Some of these just can’t be addressed without antibiotics hence as you see on the images they are not susceptible to regular herbal alternative therapies and many are not susceptible to commonly prescribed antibiotics.
Of note many of my patients have worked previously with a functional med doctor who didn’t do labs and were using herbals to try a treat to no avail.
Also of note I have seen many patients that did have something that could have been helped with products that they were given but the dosages were so low there was no therapeutic benefit. It’s important to understand what would be a therapeutic dose and most of the time supplement labels do not have therapeutic doses listed on the bottle.
The more you know. Testing for GI can often be a key piece of information in resolving health issues.
Just running labs and giving therapeutics can be just as much of a failure if patients are not educated on how environmental and lifestyle factors play a role.
