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279// Why Going Low FODMAP, Paleo, or Gluten-Free Isn’t Healing Your Gut

August 28, 2025

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Why Going Low FODMAP, Paleo, or Gluten-Free Isn’t Healing Your Gut

Have you ever felt like you’ve tried every gut healing diet out there?
The gluten-free diet, paleo diet, low FODMAP diet, even elimination after elimination?

Maybe you’ve cut out gluten, dairy, sugar, and even healthy foods. You’ve done the candida cleanse. You’ve Googled “gut detox” at 2 AM.

And still—you’re dealing with the same frustrating symptoms:

  • Bloating after almost every meal

  • Constipation that won’t budge, no matter how many “natural constipation remedies” you try

  • Fatigue that keeps you dragging

  • Skin flares like eczema and acne

  • PMS, mood swings, and hormone imbalance

Here’s the truth: food restrictions alone cannot heal your gut.

Yes, you heard me right.

You can’t out-eliminate your way to true gut health improvement.

Why Diet Alone Isn’t the Answer

Sure, some people go gluten-free or paleo and feel amazing. Their bloating disappears. Their constipation clears up. Their energy skyrockets.

And I love that—for them.

But if you’re still searching, still cutting, still waiting for the magic gut health diet? That’s not you.

Because here’s the biological reality:
Food restrictions may reduce symptoms, but they don’t reverse dysfunction.

You’re only scratching the surface.

Your gut health diet is just one piece of the puzzle. At best? 20% of the full solution.

Think about it. If you were building a bridge from one side of a canyon to the other, would you be satisfied with a bridge that stops 20% of the way?

Of course not. You’d fall into the canyon.

That’s exactly what happens when you rely only on food. You get stuck.

The Gut Healing Myth (Why Your Food List Keeps Growing)

Have you noticed your “no food” list keeps getting longer?
What started with gluten turns into dairy, then corn, then nightshades, then eggs.

This isn’t random. There’s a biological reason.

When your gut is inflamed, leaky, or imbalanced, your immune system tags more foods as the enemy.

That’s why your food sensitivity list grows.
It’s why you can feel worse the “healthier” you eat.

And it’s why gut health improvement requires more than food swaps.

Eliminating foods can calm the fire. But it won’t put the fire out.

To do that, you have to go deeper.

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The Five Toxin Trap

Through years of working with clients—and healing myself—I discovered five categories that keep people sick.

I call it the Five Toxin Trap.

Food sensitivities are just one of the five. The others?

  1. Pathogens – candida, parasites, H. pylori, mold, Lyme

  2. Poor digestion – low stomach acid, weak bile, sluggish enzymes

  3. Toxins – heavy metals, chemicals, mycotoxins

  4. Mineral imbalances – deficiencies that wreck energy and hormones

  5. Food sensitivities – yes, but not the whole story

If you only tackle food, you’re missing 80% of the causes behind your bloating, constipation, acne, and fatigue.

No wonder the gut healing diet isn’t enough.

Testing Beats Guessing

So what do we do instead?

We test. We stop guessing. We stop playing food whack-a-mole.

Inside the Better Belly Blueprint, every client starts with functional lab testing. Why? Because testing shows us yourunique root causes.

Here are the labs I use:

  • GI Map Stool Test – the gold standard for finding pathogens like H. pylori, parasites, candida

  • Organic Acids Test (OAT) – reveals mold, candida, detox blocks, nutrient deficiencies

  • Food Sensitivity Testing – using the Vibrant Wellness Zoomer (the most accurate I’ve seen)

  • Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) – shows minerals and heavy metal burden

  • Dutch Test – for hormone imbalances (only when symptoms point there)

When you test, you find the exact reasons you’re still sick. And when you know the reason—you can fix it.

The Problem with Food Sensitivity Testing

Maybe you’ve already done food sensitivity testing.
Maybe you even spent hundreds on MRT, Everlywell, or IgG panels.

And maybe—like most of my clients—you ended up more confused.

That’s because most food tests are inaccurate. They tell you half-truths. They miss the distinction between temporary and permanent sensitivities.

The Vibrant Zoomer test is different. It shows:

  • Which foods are causing immune reactions

  • Which sensitivities are temporary

  • Which are permanent

That’s powerful. Because reintroducing foods successfully is just as important as removing them.

My clients often go from eating 10 foods to enjoying 50+ again. Without bloating. Without flare-ups.

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Constipation, Bloating, and Fatigue: The Real Fix

Let’s bust another myth: constipation isn’t just about fiber.

If you’re still searching “constipation remedies” or “constipation natural remedies,” you’ve been lied to.

Constipation can be caused by:

  • H. pylori lowering stomach acid

  • Mold toxins shutting down detox pathways

  • Parasites altering motility

  • Low minerals like magnesium and potassium

That’s why generic advice like “drink more water” doesn’t work.

The same goes for bloating. It’s not always “too many carbs.” It could be pathogens fermenting food in your gut. Or toxins clogging up your liver.

And fatigue? It often ties back to poor digestion, low minerals, and hormone imbalance.

Root cause = different for everyone.
Solution = test, don’t guess.

Why Diet-Only Programs Fail

This is why most people stay stuck:

  • They go gluten-free and feel better, but only for a while

  • They try the paleo diet or low FODMAP diet, but symptoms creep back

  • They spend years restricting without ever finding freedom

Because food restrictions only scratch the surface.

If you don’t identify pathogens, toxins, and mineral imbalances—you never heal the gut.

The result? You live on a hamster wheel of diets.

And let’s be honest—who wants to spend their life obsessing over food?

A Better Way Forward

Imagine this instead:

  • Eating without fear of bloating

  • Waking up energized instead of exhausted

  • Clear skin instead of endless breakouts

  • Hormones that flow, not fight you

  • Regular bowel movements without laxatives or guesswork

That’s not a fantasy. That’s what happens when you do root cause healing.

It’s not about cutting more food.
It’s about running the right labs, finding the hidden problems, and fixing them.

That’s what we do inside the Better Belly Blueprint.

My Story (Why I Know This Works)

Back in 2015, I was where you are.

I tried every gut healing diet. I went gluten-free, paleo, low FODMAP. I cut, restricted, obsessed.

And guess what? I was still constipated. Still bloated. Still fatigued. Still covered in eczema.

It wasn’t until I discovered functional lab testing that things changed.

I found H. pylori. I found mold. I found mineral deficiencies.

And once I treated them? My body came back online. My digestion worked. My skin cleared. My energy returned.

Now I’ve helped hundreds of clients do the same.

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Why Most Practitioners Miss This

Here’s the kicker: even functional medicine can miss it.

Some programs only look at pathogens. Others only test minerals. Others over-focus on detox or hormones.

That’s why people spend thousands without getting better.

Because if you don’t look at all five toxin traps, you’re building a broken bridge.

Healing requires strategy. Not guesswork. Not dabbling. Not “try this supplement and hope.”

And that’s what sets the Better Belly Blueprint apart.

Your Shortcut to Healing

You can keep Googling “gut detox,” “natural constipation remedies,” and “how to heal your gut.”

Or—you can take the shortcut.

Here’s the roadmap:

  1. Run the right labs (not random ones).

  2. Analyze results with proven templates.

  3. Build customized protocols that target your root causes.

  4. Heal faster, without the guesswork.

That’s what we do inside the Better Belly Blueprint.

No endless diets. No food fear. No chasing symptoms.

Just results.

Your Next Step

If you’re tired of food restrictions, tired of bloating, constipation, acne, fatigue, or hormone imbalance—it’s time.

👉 Go to betterbellytherapies.com/training and watch my free training. You’ll learn why diets haven’t worked, and what to do instead.

Or, if you want me to walk with you step-by-step, join my VIP Program at betterbellytherapies.com/vip. That’s where we run your labs, build your protocols, and guide you personally.

You don’t have to do this alone. You don’t have to keep guessing.

You can heal your gut—and your life—starting today.

Final Word:
It’s not the gluten. It’s not the carbs. It’s not one more elimination diet.

It’s the root causes.
And once you fix those—you’re free.

💥 Are you ready?

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