Your Hormone Symptoms May Be a Gut Problem First
Your hormone labs came back normal but you still feel off. You are not imagining it, and you are not one supplement away from fixed. Here is the honest version of the gut-hormone loop, which low-risk moves are worth doing this week, and which tests and pills you can safely skip.
Rebuilding Your Gut After Antibiotics: What the Data Says
You finished the antibiotics, did everything right, and it came back. The kill phase is only half the job, and most of the rebuild you were sold is mechanism and tradition, not proof. This is the honest, evidence-tiered version of the gut repair phase: what each step is for, and how strong the data behind it really is.
Will a Probiotic Cure Your Yeast Infection?
Conventional medicine says probiotics are not proven. The wellness aisle sells them as the cure. The honest read sits between them. A probiotic will not clear an active yeast infection; the antifungal does that work. Here is what the evidence actually supports, when a probiotic earns a small role, and the question almost nobody asks first: is it even yeast?
Why Your Methane Breath Test Isn’t the Same as SIBO
You got the breath test back and nobody explained the chart. One clinician calls it SIBO, another calls it just IBS-C. Here is the calm version. Your methane line is its own story, with its own 10 ppm threshold, its own organism, and its own meaning. Learn to read it yourself, then bring three clear questions to your provider.
Rome V Just Changed Your IBS Diagnosis (June 2026)
In 2026 the global rulebook for IBS changed. The word functional is being retired, and a lower bar means more women will be told they qualify. A wider, kinder label reduces stigma, but it does not locate what is driving your symptoms. Here is what changed, and the five questions that turn the label into a starting point.
Why Your SIBO Keeps Coming Back (And What Actually Helps)
You did the protocol, you retested clean, and it still came back. That loop is the rule, not the exception. A naturopathic doctor explains why SIBO relapses in nearly half of people within a year, why your subtype label is not the answer you were sold, and the four relapse drivers worth bringing to your next appointment.
Why Your Probiotic Isn’t Working (And Which One Might)
Most probiotics don't work because most people are taking the wrong strain for the wrong problem. Strain code matters more than CFU count, and up to 73 percent of products fail their own label claims when third-party tested. Here's which strains have real evidence for IBS, antibiotic recovery, perimenopause symptoms, and bacterial vaginosis — and how to actually read the bottle.