The Ben Azadi Show #1214 Your Poop Is Trying to Tell You Something - The Shocking Gut Health Signals You Cannot Ignore with Liz Roman
Jan 12, 2026
Liz Roman, known as 'The Poop Queen' and a functional gut health practitioner, dives into the secrets your bowel movements hold about your metabolic health and stress levels. She reveals how stool quality can indicate issues like poor fat digestion and dysbiosis. Liz highlights the benefits of the squatty potty position and addresses the gut-liver connection. Discover the surprising impacts of antibiotics on your microbiome and learn about bio-individual fiber needs. Plus, fasting tips for gut repair will have you reassessing your relationship with food!
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Three-Pronged Constipation Fix
- Address constipation by reducing stress, improving hydration with electrolytes, and diversifying whole-food fiber intake.
- Increase fiber slowly, add salts and magnesium, and choose real foods over processed "Franken fibers."
Worst Foods And Top Gut Foods
- Avoid gluten, plastics (e.g., tea bags), alcohol and seed oils to reduce gut inflammation and dysbiosis.
- Favor kiwi, whole-apple pectin, and basil seeds to support motility, mucosa, and estrogen detoxification.
Repopulate Gut After Antibiotics
- After antibiotics, use targeted probiotics during treatment and pre/probiotic foods for 60–90 days to repopulate microbiota.
- Combine supplements with fermented foods like kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut for better reseeding.
