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If you’ve ever stared at your elimination diet food list thinking, “What on earth am I supposed to eat?”, this episode is for you. Alyssa sits down with professional chef Laurie Gauguin, author of Heal Simply: 1-2-3 Ingredient Recipes for Elimination Diets, to talk about the part of healing no one prepares you for: Actually implementing the elimination diet.

Together, Alyssa and Laurie discuss:

• Why elimination diets often fail (and it’s not lack of willpower)
• The biggest mistake people make when starting LEAP or low FODMAP
• How to cook when your “safe food” list feels random
• Why simplicity (1-2-3 ingredient meals) can accelerate gut healing
• How to stay motivated when food feels restrictive
• Making elimination diets work for families
• Why mindset and support systems matter more than perfection

About Laurie Gauguin:

Laurie Gauguin has cooked professionally for more than 20 years. For many years, she has cooked custom meals for clients following myriad special diets. She partners with dietitians to help patients succeed on their medically-prescribed diets and feel enthusiastic about mealtimes.

Her first-hand experience with elimination diets informed her desire to write her book: Heal Simply: 1-2-3 Ingredient Recipes for Elimination Diets.

Under the direction of her dietitian, Laurie completed a 3-month elimination diet and understands the challenges and rewards of the process. Her life’s work is to help others regain their health.

Connect with Laurie here:

Instagram: @cheflauriegauguin

Website: https://www.cheflauriegauguin.com/
Heal Simply: 1-2-3 Ingredient Recipes for Elimination Diets: https://www.cheflauriegauguin.com/my-book

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• Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest
• DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
• Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck.

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Fiber is everywhere right now. It’s being praised as the answer for gut health, blood sugar, cholesterol, hormones, and weight regulation, often all at once. And yet, for many people, actually trying to eat more fiber leads to the opposite of what they expected: bloating, discomfort, gas, or pain.

In this episode, Alyssa unpacks why the conversation around fiber has become so confusing, and why so many well-intentioned people feel worse when they follow generic “eat more fiber” advice.

You’ll learn:

• Why more fiber isn’t always better
• Soluble vs insoluble fiber (and why both matter)
• Fermentable fiber, resistant starch, and tolerance
• How fiber supports gut bacteria, bile flow, hormones, and blood sugar
• Why fiber can help with constipation and diarrhea
• How to add fiber without bloating or gas
• When a high fiber diet is not the right starting point

Resources mentioned:

1. Download the High Fiber Diet PDF + 7-Day Meal Plan to build a fiber-rich eating pattern that supports your gut, without wrecking digestion.
2. DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
3. Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck here.
4. Learn more about personalized gut healing plans at Nutrition Resolution
5. Find Alyssa on: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

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In this episode, Alyssa takes the conversation around hydrogen sulfide SIBO one level deeper. She shares how hydrogen sulfide SIBO is actually approached in practice, and why jumping ahead, whether to antimicrobials, binders, or protocols, often makes symptoms worse instead of better.

Rather than focusing on “what to take,” Alyssa breaks down the sequence that matters:

• Why clarity has to come before treatment
• Why symptom calming isn’t the same as healing (but still matters)
• Why motility, bile flow, and timing quietly determine whether progress sticks
  And why rebuilding the gut too early is one of the most common reasons people relapse

Along the way, she explains why hydrogen sulfide SIBO is so reactive, why some people feel better but flare easily, and why the same tool can help one person while flaring another, depending entirely on when it’s used.

Resources mentioned:

1. Read the full blog “Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO: Why Most Approaches Fall Short—and What’s Often Missing.”
2. Download Alyssa’s Low Sulfur Diet guide - a short-term trial to reduce meal-time overwhelm, observe meaningful patterns, and understand whether sulfur is contributing to how you feel.
3. If meals that should feel healthy instead trigger gas, urgency, nausea, brain fog, or a heavy, toxic feeling, hydrogen sulfide SIBO may be part of the picture. Download Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO diet guide + 7-day meal plan.
4. DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
5. Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck here.
6. Learn more about personalized gut healing plans at Nutrition Resolution
7. Find Alyssa on: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

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Have you ever looked at your plate and thought, “I’m eating less than ever… so why is my weight going up?” If you’ve tried low-FODMAP, cut sugar and carbs, cleaned up your diet, and somehow feel heavier, slower, and more inflamed, this episode is for you.

In this episode, Alyssa dives into one of the most confusing and overlooked patterns in gut health: why some people with SIBO experience weight gain instead of weight loss, and why everything you’ve been told to do might actually be working against you. Alyssa explains why not all SIBO behaves the same, and how a specific subtype can quietly change how your body handles food, energy, and inflammation.

You will learn:

• Why common SIBO advice often doesn’t apply to this pattern
• What it means when your body seems to “hold onto” weight
• Why digestion can feel heavier and more reactive the harder you try
• Where diet helps, and where it can quietly backfire
• What needs to be addressed for real progress to happen

Resources mentioned:

1. Download Alyssa’s Methane SIBO Diet Plan - a short-term trial to reduce meal-time overwhelm, observe meaningful patterns, and understand whether methane is contributing to how you feel.
2. DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
3. Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck here.
4. Learn more about personalized gut healing plans at Nutrition Resolution
5. Find Alyssa on: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

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In this episode of The Gut Health Dialogues Podcast, Alyssa Simpson sits down with her client Doug, who shares his powerful journey from being house-bound and limited to a “safe” diet of chicken and rice, to reclaiming his gut health, his confidence, and his life.

What started as a frustrating case of “IBS with no answers” turned out to be Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO, a form of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth that’s often missed on standard breath tests and misdiagnosed as IBS, anxiety, or stress.

Alyssa and Doug unpack what it really takes to identify and treat this overlooked condition, from testing and dietary strategy to motility support and rebuilding tolerance, showing that recovery is not only possible, it’s life-changing.

What You’ll Learn

• How Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO differs from other types of SIBO.
• Common but often missed symptoms include bloating and diarrhea, fatigue, brain fog, and joint pain.
• The real reason restrictive diets often make things worse.
• Steps to test, identify, and treat Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO effectively.
• A firsthand look at what long-term gut healing and food reintroduction actually look like.

Resources mentioned:

1. Download Alyssa’s Low Sulfur Diet guide - a short-term trial to reduce meal-time overwhelm, observe meaningful patterns, and understand whether sulfur is contributing to how you feel.
2. If meals that should feel healthy instead trigger gas, urgency, nausea, brain fog, or a heavy, toxic feeling, hydrogen sulfide SIBO may be part of the picture. Download Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO diet guide + 7-day meal plan.
3. DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
4. Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck here.
5. Learn more about personalized gut healing plans at Nutrition Resolution
6. Find Alyssa on: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

Tune in and subscribe to "The Gut Health Dialogues" for inspiring client transformation stories and expert insights into gut health. Leave a review—Your support will help Alyssa empower more people with the knowledge and tools to take control of their gut health and reclaim their lives.

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In this episode, Alyssa Simpson unpacks a common yet widely misunderstood subtype of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO): hydrogen sulfide SIBO. Many people with this pattern have spent years chasing answers, trying diets like low FODMAP, gluten-free, or low-carb, cycling through symptom management, and being told tests are normal, only to feel worse, confused, or convinced there’s no solution in sight.

Alyssa breaks down:

• What hydrogen sulfide SIBO is and isn’t
• Why it behaves differently than hydrogen or methane dominant SIBO
• Why symptoms can be unpredictable, systemic, and not limited to the gut
• How conventional testing and treatment often miss it
• How to think about diet, testing, and targeted functional approaches

If you’ve ever felt like your digestive symptoms just don’t make sense, fluctuating between diarrhea, constipation, bloating, brain fog, fatigue, or body pain, this episode will help you finally connect the dots.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. Download the free Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO Diet Guide + 7-Day Meal Plan
2. Download the free Low Sulfur Diet Guide + 7-Day Meal Plan
3. DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
4. Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck here.
5. Learn more about personalized gut healing plans at Nutrition Resolution
6. Find Alyssa on: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Tune in and subscribe to "The Gut Health Dialogues" for inspiring client transformation stories and expert insights into gut health. Leave a review—Your support will help Alyssa empower more people with the knowledge and tools to take control of their gut health and reclaim their lives.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

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Have you tried low FODMAP, gluten-free, dairy-free, or elimination diets and still feel sick after eating? In this episode, Alyssa Simpson breaks down one of the most confusing and misunderstood nutrition strategies in gut health: the low sulfur diet.

This is not an episode about cutting out “bad foods” or following another restrictive diet forever. Instead, Alyssa explains why a short, strategic low-sulfur diet trial can be a powerful clarity tool for people who feel deeply unwell after eating, especially those who have already tried low FODMAP, gluten-free, dairy-free, or elimination diets with little to no relief.

She walks listeners through what sulfur actually is, why the body normally needs it, and why some people suddenly stop tolerating sulfur-rich foods that are otherwise considered healthy. Along the way, Alyssa shares real client stories that reveal how sulfur overload and hydrogen sulfide activity in the gut can explain symptoms that feel random, cyclical, or impossible to predict.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• When a low-sulfur diet trial makes sense (and when it doesn’t)
• Common high-sulfur foods to temporarily reduce
• Low-sulfur foods that are often easier to tolerate during the trial
• Why protein does not need to be eliminated
• Supplements that may quietly increase sulfur load
• Why improvement during the trial is a clue, not a diagnosis
• How breath testing can help confirm hydrogen sulfide involvement

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. Download the free Low Sulfur Diet Guide + 7-Day Meal Plan
2. DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
3. Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck here.
4. Learn more about personalized gut healing plans at Nutrition Resolution
5. Find Alyssa on: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Tune in and subscribe to "The Gut Health Dialogues" for inspiring client transformation stories and expert insights into gut health. Leave a review—Your support will help Alyssa empower more people with the knowledge and tools to take control of their gut health and reclaim their lives.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

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Eating out with food allergies, celiac disease, IBS, or food sensitivities can feel overwhelming — and sometimes unsafe. In this episode, Alyssa Simpson chats with Dylan McDonnell, founder of Foodini, about how technology and regulation are finally making restaurant dining safer and more transparent.

Dylan shares his personal experience growing up with celiac disease and how it inspired him to create Foodini: a platform that gives diners real ingredient and allergen data so they can confidently choose what’s safe to eat. They discuss why food allergies are rising, why restaurants struggle with allergen accuracy, and how new laws in California could change the future of dining nationwide.

If you’ve ever avoided restaurants because of gut symptoms, food allergies, or fear of cross-contamination, this episode offers clarity, validation, and hope.

Watch to learn:

• Why food allergies and intolerances are becoming more common
• Why restaurant menus are so hard to trust
• How personalized allergen-safe menus work
• What the new California food allergy law means for diners
• How to advocate for safer, more inclusive dining

Guest Bio: Dylan McDonnell is the founder and CEO of Foodini, the dietary intelligence company that helps power personalized menus for the 173m Americans with a food allergy or dietary need. A corporate lawyer by trade, he was diagnosed with celiac disease as a child, and has spent the last number of years advocating for increased transparency regarding what is in the food that we eat.

Website: foodini.co

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getfoodini/

Instagram: @getfoodini

TikTok: @getfoodini

Connect with Alyssa here:

• Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest
• DM “GUT CHECK” on Alyssa’s Instagram for a personalized quiz and free meal plans & resources to kickstart your gut healing journey.
• Check out Alyssa’s FREE Masterclass “Why your gut still isn’t better - the real reason you feel stuck.

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If you’re enduring uncomfortable, painful, and embarrassing GI symptoms and feel like you’ve tried everything, Alyssa uses a specialized approach to help people who’ve gone from doctor to doctor finally find relief. Book your 15-minute strategy call for FREE here.

Looking for a supportive Gut Health community? Alyssa is building a community committed to helping people overcome their digestive symptoms by addressing the root cause using food and nutrition. Join Alyssa’s FREE Facebook Community here.

The Gut Health Dialogues drops new episodes weekly to help you uncover root causes, not just treat symptoms. Tune in for gut health insights, client transformation, and expert insights into gut health.

Leave a review—Your support will help Alyssa empower more people with the knowledge and tools to take control of their gut health and reclaim their lives.