Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are gastrointestinal disorders that present with distinct signs and symptoms. Common signs of IBS include abdominal pain, bloating, changes in bowel habits. In contrast, IBD, which encompasses conditions like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, may involve persistent diarrhea, rectal bleeding, weight loss, and abdominal cramping.
Have you already seen your primary care doctor (or even GI specialists) about chronic gut issues, only to be diagnosed with IBS, feeling more confused and lost than ever?
Have you also been given a prescription to deal with the symptoms but notice that they only help marginally or not at all?
Are you still dealing with regular bloating, diarrhea, and stomach cramps disrupting your everyday life and making you fear food for what it might do to your digestion?
Unfortunately, most doctors who use the diagnosis IBS are missing the mark and recommend motility medications and muscle relaxers that don’t begin to deal with the real cause of your symptoms. In fact , 70% of IBS cases are SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) that can be easily resolved with the right testing and healing protocols.
One of the reasons people struggle to heal digestive issues has to do with the way conventional medicine diagnoses these conditions. IBS is a blanket term for a group of symptoms when they can’t determine the true cause of your digestive distress. It’s no wonder so many people suffer long term with gut conditions never finding the answers they need!
The problem with this is that there are many reasons why you could experience chronic digestive distress, from bacteria overgrowth, to food intolerances, to SIBO, Leaky Gut which may be related to each other or not depending on the person.
That’s why we get to the bottom of your digestive issues with advanced, more complete testing that is not part of the basic, standard protocol which almost always misses the real causes. Afterwards it is essential to rebuild your gut health by following a 5R’s protocol (remove, replace, reinoculate, repair and rebalance) which covers all the areas of digestive health and many areas that are neglected by standard treatment options.
IBD, an autoimmune disease, is a general term for chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The two most common types of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both disorders are characterized by periods of flare-ups, during which symptoms are severe, and remission, when symptoms are mild or nonexistent. IBD can be a debilitating condition, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and fatigue. In some cases, it can also lead to life-threatening complications such as perforation of the intestines or liver failure.
While there is no cure for IBD, many people are able to lead an active life with few or almost no flare-ups when they find the right practitioner who can help them. We help people address all the areas of their gut health including factors like diet, food sensitivities or allergies, genetics, an altered microbiome, environmental exposures, and a leaky gut.
Caring for your health properly is so much more than just the basics of eating right and exercise.
With current medical research, we have discovered that the body is a complex collection of organs and systems and even bacterial colonies (the microbiome) that greatly impact each other.
While the standard of care hasn’t quite “caught up” yet with most of the current science, conventional doctors and “specialists” are still treating parts of the body separately without taking into account the fact that these areas greatly impact each other.
When you are healthy, they work together like a symphony in perfect harmony. But when one of these systems is off-balance, the whole symphony is out of tune! When you need a tune-up, not only do you need to look at areas that aren’t working right but also that everything is balanced with the rest of your body.
Sadly, most people receive medications to treat symptoms associated with a body part that “isn’t working” when in reality, it’s a systemic issue that needs to be treated in a completely different way.
In our practice, we follow a more modern “functional medicine” approach. This includes using advanced lab testing so we can get a more complete picture of how your body’s systems are functioning together – like your gut health or your hormones.
We also use up-to-date nutritional science to help you restore your body’s healing potential. This in-depth approach is the only successful way of addressing chronic health issues because most chronic illnesses have many causes.
Instead of simply addressing different symptoms across separate areas, functional medicine seeks to resolve the underlying root cause – while looking at lifestyle factors such as diet, environment, emotional health, and mindset that usually brings on the health issue patients are seeking to heal.
At our core, we’re here for the 40s, 50s, and beyond crew who are dealing with cardiometabolic, hormonal, and tummy troubles.
At our core, we’re here for the 40s, 50s, and beyond crew who are dealing with cardiometabolic, hormonal, and tummy troubles.
If you’re tired of shuffling from doctor to doctor without ever getting to the root of your chronic health issues, and if you want to optimize your health holistically through sound lifestyle modifications, advanced lab testing and mind-body techniques without unnecessary medications, then our program may just be what you’ve been looking for all along. Just know that it takes a serious commitment to make the lifestyle changes necessary to transform your health once and for all.
As a prospective patient, you may wonder about additional costs not included in our program fee. We know that you’ve likely been to other providers before that may have already run lab tests. That’s why during our comprehensive intake consultation, we will review any existing lab results – so that we can determine if additional, more advanced lab testing is needed to confirm a diagnosis. In terms of supplements, we may recommend certain pharmaceutical-grade supplements for a limited time to support your body’s innate healing process. But long-term, we believe that supplements can’t make up for a poor lifestyle – so our intent is to get you off supplements and unneeded prescription meds as soon as possible.
During the free discovery call, we’ll determine whether partnering with our team is the best next step for you. We’ll go over any questions you may have about our approach, and how it differs from what you’ve tried before – so you feel comfortable about the journey ahead.
Ahead of the initial paid appointment, you will complete our extensive background history forms so that we can properly review your history and lab results ahead of your appointment. During the appointment, we will together review your completed intake form, medical history, current and past lab tests – as well as any medications taken, so that we can arrive at a baseline assessment of your overall health and nutritional status. If needed, we may decide on more advanced lab tests to confirm (or rule out) a specific diagnosis, so we can create a personalized treatment protocol.
Our team at The Real Gut Doctor strives to provide you with the most effective and medically advanced techniques available. We are here for you… to help you finally reach your desired health goals.
When we speak, we’ll assess whether this program is right for you… and answer any questions you may have. Simply pick a time and date that works best for you!
