Detox Heather

05/29/2026

All the flip cup + four loko prob didn’t help… but glyphosate aka ROUND UP use in agriculture dramatically increased in the 90’s after “Roundup Ready” crops were introduced.

At the same time we’ve seen:
* rising chronic disease
* rising metabolic dysfunction
* rising colorectal cancer in younger adults

Glyphosate is controversial enough that Bayer (the company that makes aspirin who purchased it from the origional company, Monsanto) has faced massive cancer litigation..

Specifically, Bayer has spent over $10 billion resolving Roundup canc3r litigation.‼️‼️ this is just crazy to think about.

It’s effects on the microbiome, inflammation, and long-term health continue to accumulate more and more red flags 🚩

At the same time, colorectal canc3r rates are rising in younger adults. We don’t know if there’s a connection, but it seems worth investigating.

Regardless of the exact company, the exact chemicals etc. I’ll be shopping at the organic farm across the street from my home until further notice and reducing chemicals in my food + home wherever possible.

Share with a friend who needs to know 🩵

05/27/2026

One study found the average duration of symptom improvement after rifaximin was just 22 days (Di Stefano et al, 2005) Meaning a lot of people finally feel relief from their SIBO symptoms… only to watch everything slowly come back. Another study showed that nearly half of people experienced symptom recurrence within 9 months. (Lauritano et al, 2008) So basically… relapsing with SIBO symptoms is very common.

but SIBO usually isn’t the root problem.
it’s often the downstream consequence of something deeper:
✨ impaired motility
✨ low stomach acid
✨ poor bile flow
✨ inflammation
✨ nervous system dysregulation
✨ insufficient protective gut bacteria

Killing bacteria without addressing WHY the overgrowth happened in the first place is like mopping up a flooded floor without turning off the tap; the water will keep coming back.

Meanwhile, constantly cycling antibiotics can create another layer of problems:
Antibiotic resistance, extinction-level events in the microbiota, altered polyphenol processing that can last years after a single course. If you’re cycling treatment regularly, the compounding damage becomes the bigger clinical problem than the SIBO itself.

The best approach isn’t about just killing bacteria, it’s about creating a healthy gut ecosystem where pathogens don’t overgrow so easily. This happens through:
✨ supporting motility
✨ improving digestion
✨ supporting the nervous system
✨ restoring microbiome diversity
✨ reducing inflammation
✨ changing the terrain long term

Antibiotics can absolutely have their place, but symptom relief at day 22 is very different from true long-term resolution. If you’ve done the antibiotic route and feel like you’re back at square one… you probably just haven’t gotten to the root yet 🤍

05/25/2026

Excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the Reflux Summit, a free online event running May 25–31.

I’ll be talking about the gut lining, histamine, reflux connection. You won’t want to miss my tip about carrot juice🥕

My talk airs on May 28. This is my first summit so go easy on me 🤓

www.refluxsummit.com
to register 💫💫💫

05/20/2026

36 hour fast (including water, electrolytes, tea and black coffee).

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

All pairs are linked in my shopmy and I labeled them so you can easily see the fabric and dye situation without clicking them all.

If I didn’t mention a product either I didn’t know about it OR (more likely) for the price I found one with better quality, fabric, dye and nontoxic certifications. So these were the cleanest options at different price points/ budgets.

What underwear do you wear? Will you be switching to nontoxic or less toxic options? I’m testing out Felina now and so far really like them. Let me know if you want a review 🥹 🩲 💚

greenscreen

05/18/2026

Comment GUTS if you’re ready to ditch the restrictive diets for something sustainable.

2008-2018 was so humbling. What finally helped me wasn’t more restriction.

it was:
✨ addressing the actual root causes behind my symptoms
✨ supporting digestion + my microbiome together
✨ eating ENOUGH nutrients
✨ reducing stress + food fear
✨ focusing more on what I could add in nutritionally instead of obsessing over what to remove

turns out you can’t “healthy-eat” your way out of every gut issue.

healing my gut wasn’t about trying harder.
it was about understanding what my body actually needed 🤍

05/15/2026

From vegan (mostly carb)
to keto (mostly fat)
to paleo (mostly protein)

…to eating in a balanced way.

Groundbreaking, I know. 🫶

05/14/2026

We realize fodmaps are how we feed the good bacteria too though right? The ones that keep our gut, immune system, hormones and mood strong?

The low FODMAP diet was never intended to be used for more than like 2-3 months and I see people never stopping it.

Their beneficial bacteria are often undetectable on labs. If you are stuck on a low FODMAP diet and want to eat with freedom again comment FREE to learn how.

05/13/2026

POV: trying EVERYTHING to support your gut… and still feeling worse after eating is honestly exhausting 🫠

for a long time, I thought nervous system regulation alone would fix my gut symptoms.

slowing down while eating
deep breathing
reducing stress
eating in a calm environment

and while those things absolutely helped… you can’t nervous-system-regulate your way out of bacterial overgrowth, low stomach acid, parasites, or severe microbiome imbalances.

what actually helped me most was:

• addressing hidden imbalances in my gut causing bloating and unhealthy bowel movements
• supporting my gut barrier, digestion, liver and microbiome all together
• reducing food fear + restriction… this really helped my stress too
• prioritizing what nutrition I got IN vs just what I was cutting out
• protecting my microbiome diversity + reducing inflammation via my gut
• not trying to restrict myself to healthy body anymore becuase it wasn’t sustainable and only made me worse over time.

because gut symptoms usually AREN’T just about stress OR food alone, and 80-90% of gut/ brain nerve signals actually go from GUT TO BRAIN.

IBS, microbiome imbalances, motility issues, inflammation, hormones, nervous system dysregulation, infections, etc can all overlap.

Healing wasn’t one magic supplement or one nervous system hack for me. It was understanding the bigger picture of what was contributing to my IBS, which included many things, not just isolated nervous system dysfunction.

05/12/2026