Are you navigating mysterious gut issues, only to be told everything looks “normal”? Erin walks us through a real client case that sheds light on what standard GI testing often misses. After 20 years of stomach pain, bloating, rosacea, and food reactions, a functional stool analysis finally gave this woman answers.

Erin breaks down the six major findings from the client’s GI Map stool test, including H. pylori, low commensal bacteria, opportunistic overgrowths, low digestive enzymes, sky-high immune markers, and gluten reactivity. You’ll hear how each result connects to her symptoms and how traditional medicine overlooked all of it.

Erin also speaks candidly about why physical healing must be addressed alongside emotional and energetic work and what realistic healing timelines really look like when you're working with a functional provider.

• The GI test that uncovered H. Pylori, low beneficial bacteria, and inflammation, even after years of “normal” endoscopies
• Why symptoms like rosacea, joint pain, and food reactions may be rooted in gut dysfunction (and what to do about it)
• Opportunistic bacteria like Pseudomonas and Staph aureus can drive food sensitivities, especially to gluten
• What elevated secretory IgA and anti-gliadin IgA REALLY say about your gut’s immune response
• Erin’s take on realistic healing timelines and why your gut protocol might need constant evolution to truly work

If you’re stuck in a food reactivity rabbit hole, this episode will help you decode what’s really going on. Erin unpacks the difference between food allergies and sensitivities, highlighting how sensitivities can trigger delayed, systemic inflammation days after exposure. She shares why symptoms vary so widely - ranging from headaches to joint pain to brain fog, and how your body’s “weakest link” often determines where symptoms show up.

But rather than just treating food as the enemy, Erin digs into the root causes: changes in food production, immune system overreactions, and gut dysfunction. Environmental toxins, stress, and even poor digestion are priming your body to misfire against food, and your $200 at-home test might be leading you down the wrong path.

Tune in for a clear breakdown of how to properly execute an elimination and provocation diet, what red flags on a food sensitivity test REALLY mean, and why blindly removing a bunch of foods could actually make things worse in the long run.

• Why food sensitivity tests showing 25+ reactions might say more about your gut integrity than the foods themselves
• The two BIGGEST reasons our modern immune systems are freaking out, and how it connects to food
• How poor digestion and low stomach acid make your body attack food like a threat
• What Erin actually recommends before ever turning to food sensitivity testing
• The unexpected role of hormones, Vitamin A, and stress in triggering food reactions

Have you tried probiotics, collagen, and cut out food groups but still feel bloated? Erin unpacks the 7 most overlooked (but common!) drivers behind chronic bloating that often go undetected in traditional care models. True digestive healing starts at the top, literally in your brain. And she’ll walk through how stress, poor digestion, and imbalances in the gut can contribute to that uncomfortable, distended feeling.

Rather than just focusing on what to cut out of your diet, Erin will help you zoom out and examine digestion from a functional lens: are you chewing enough? Do you have sufficient stomach acid? Could sluggish bile or bacterial overgrowth be to blame?

With practical insights, simple self-tests, and supplement strategies, this episode gives you a checklist to start solving the bloating mystery at its root.

• Why stress and rushed meals shut down digestion before food even hits your stomach
• The signs of low stomach acid and why it might be behind your food sensitivities
• How to tell if poor fat digestion or gallbladder issues are causing bloating
• The “I look 7 months pregnant” symptom Erin hears from clients with SIBO
• Why food sensitivities are often a SYMPTOM and not the root cause of digestive issues