Your State of Mind Is Likely Hurting Your Gut & Digestion More Than What You Are or Are Not Eating w/ Functional Medicine Expert Will Cole

About this episode

The episode discusses how mental state impacts gut health more than diet alone, featuring insights from functional medicine expert Will Cole.

First, I’m surely not saying that what you are or are not eating doesn’t matter. But after a decade of my own involvement in functional medicine, I see the biggest culprit for gut and digestion issues to be our minds more than anything else. I continue to meet people who are doing “all the right things,” eating clean, taking all the great supplements, exercising, getting good sleep, and they are still dealing with gut and digestive discomfort. I was the same. And I don’t have a magic solution like meditating or something for the mind. But I’m concerned that the normal lifestyle of busyness and fast paced and constant stimulation is going to overpower all your other efforts. So a few years ago I sat down with Dr Will Cole. I became aware of Dr Cole through Gwyneth Paltrow, as he is her functional medicine doctor and one of the providers in her Goop wellness and lifestyle brand and company. Will has admittedly become the health and wellness resource for a lot of influential people and if you visit his IG page with over 800k followers you’ll see many people you recognize. Will has a book called, Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Miller

Guest: Will Cole

Topics covered

• functional medicine
• gut health
• mental health
• wellness philosophy
• nutrition
• digestion

Keywords

• gut health
• digestion
• functional medicine
• mental health
• wellness
• nutrition
• Shameflammation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goop

Books & works: Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel

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