Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉 Brain ↔ gut communication

👉 Stress = sensitivity + movement changes

👉 Symptoms are real, not “in your head”

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉• Regular meals

👉 Not arriving at evening starving 😉

👉 Portion size + spacing

👉 Fluids

👉 Fibre (gentle, not extreme)

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉Not “bad foods”

👉 It’s about:

o absorption

o overflow

o fermentation

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉 What controls bowel habits

👉 Constipation:

o slow movement

o medications

o low intake / irregular eating

👉 Diarrhoea:

o fast transit

o osmotic effect (unabsorbed carbs)

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉 Gas production = normal

👉 Why some people feel it more

👉 Role of:

• • fermentation
  • sensitivity

👉 Why “cutting everything out” isn’t the answer

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉 What diverticular disease actually is

👉 Over-restricting your diet

👉 Fear around eating

👉 Misunderstanding fibre

👉 When to seek medical advice.

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉weight loss

👉 blood in stool

👉 anaemia

👉 persistent change

👉 nocturnal symptoms

👉 fluctuating symptoms

👉 food-related bloating

👉 stress links

Understanding Your Gut is a patient-education podcast series for people experiencing common digestive symptoms, including:

• bloating
• abdominal discomfort
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• food-related gut symptoms
• IBS and functional bowel symptoms

The series is designed to explain gut symptoms in a simple, reassuring and evidence-based way.

Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long and focuses on helping patients understand:

• How the gut works
• why symptoms happen
• How food, stress, routine and gut sensitivity interact
• When symptoms are common and manageable
• and when medical review is important

Topics Covered in this episode: -

👉• “I must be allergic” → usually not

👉 Gluten:

o coeliac vs sensitivity

👉 Fats don’t “cause IBS” but can affect movement

👉 UPFs → context, not panic