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Living with IBS can slowly take over your life — your food choices, your confidence, and your ability to travel or socialize. For Sarah, it meant extreme food restriction, canceled trips, significant weight loss, and being told by providers that her symptoms were “just stress.”

In this episode of the IBS Nutrition Podcast, Sarah shares her honest IBS journey — from being dismissed and not getting the right medical testing, to finally being heard, rebuilding her nutrition, and reclaiming her life.

Sarah lived with debilitating abdominal pain, diarrhea up to eight to ten times per day, nausea, vomiting, food fear, and significant weight loss for nearly a year. Despite following restrictive diets, eliminating major food groups, and even undergoing gallbladder removal, her symptoms continued to worsen. In this episode, Sarah shares what finally helped her heal, why IBS recovery is not always fast, and how personalized care and advocacy changed everything.

This conversation highlights an often overlooked truth. IBS healing is not linear, and longer recovery timelines are common, especially in severe or complex cases.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ What severe and long standing IBS symptoms can look like

✔️ Why extreme food restriction and elimination diets can worsen IBS over time

✔️ How lack of proper testing can delay accurate diagnosis and treatment

✔️ The role of stress, anxiety, and the gut brain connection in IBS symptoms

✔️ Why working with an IBS trained dietitian matters

✔️ How structured food journaling and reintroduction rebuild confidence with food

✔️ What life looks like after IBS symptoms improve, including eating out and traveling

✔️ Sarah’s advice for people who feel stuck, dismissed, or afraid to eat

Timestamps:

[00:00] When Sarah’s IBS symptoms began

[03:52] Weight loss, malnutrition, and feeling dismissed by providers

[06:01] Extreme food restriction and ongoing symptoms

[08:01] Why general diet advice was not enough

[11:02] Diets tried before joining the program

[13:10] Gallbladder removal and unanswered questions

[14:12] Missing medical testing and advocating for care

[20:43] Stress, journaling, and symptom patterns

[26:45] Eating out again and rebuilding confidence

[28:10] Travel, volunteering, and life after IBS

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In this inspiring episode of the IBS Nutrition Podcast, dietitian Jessie Wong sits down with Lauren, a former client who struggled with both IBS and microscopic colitis, a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. After years of symptoms like diarrhea, urgency, bloating, and food anxiety, Lauren found lasting relief through the IBS Freedom Program.

You'll hear how Lauren went from trying elimination diets, food fear, and naturopathic treatments (SIBO Protocol & herbal supplements) to working with GI specialists and dietitians who finally helped her get the right diagnosis. With expert guidance, personalized food tracking, and targeted reintroductions, she’s now symptom-free — and no longer fears leaving the house.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ Lauren’s experience navigating IBS, microscopic colitis (IBD), and SIBO

✔️ Why restrictive elimination diets and herbal supplements weren’t the solution

✔️ How food tracking and journaling revealed hidden triggers

✔️ The difference between raw vs. cooked onions and garlic for IBS symptoms

✔️ How the IBS Freedom Program restored her food freedom and quality of life

✔️ Lifestyle tools that reduced anxiety, improved bowel habits, and stopped flare-ups

✔️ Lauren’s advice for people with IBS who feel stuck after years of guesswork

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro & IBS Freedom Program details

[03:03] Microscopic colitis diagnosis after years of misdiagnosis

[06:36] GI appointment frustration and lack of support

[07:35] What made the IBS Freedom Program different

[10:24] Food challenges and safe reintroduction

[13:37] Why you shouldn’t cut FODMAPs forever

[15:42] Lifestyle challenges that helped reduce IBS anxiety

[18:17] Cutting back on supplements safely

[21:16] Lauren’s advice: be patient, work with professionals

[21:46] 1-year transformation: from stuck at home to symptom-free

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In this solo episode of the IBS Nutrition Podcast, dietitian and gut health expert Jessie Wong dives into one of the most frustrating parts of IBS: the unpredictability. If you’re tired of guessing games, stuck in elimination diets, or noticing “safe” foods still trigger flare-ups, this episode is for you.

Jessie shares the three biggest reasons IBS feels confusing and unmanageable—and while food can be a trigger, it’s rarely the whole story. Symptoms are often tied to:

• Slow gut motility (especially in IBS-C)
• Overflow diarrhea (constipation masking as diarrhea)
• Stress and nervous system dysregulation
• Lifestyle habits like poor sleep, dehydration, or inconsistent routines

Understanding your root cause is key. One client, Kathy, thought she had IBS-D, but tracking revealed overflow diarrhea from severe constipation. Once that and her food triggers were resolved, her symptoms disappeared.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ Why symptoms don’t appear randomly
✔️ Mistakes that keep IBS sufferers stuck in food fear
✔️ How overflow diarrhea is often misdiagnosed as IBS-D
✔️ Why lifestyle—not food—may be the culprit
✔️ A structured 3-step plan to uncover triggers
✔️ Real client stories from chaos to clarity

Timestamps:

[00:00] Welcome + intro
[01:06] Why symptoms aren’t random
[02:14] Guessing = anxiety + confusion
[04:33] What actually works
[07:09] Sharon’s story: fear → freedom
[12:03] Not all symptoms are food-related
[14:16] Gut-brain axis + stress
[15:39] Lindsay’s story: lifestyle triggers
[18:10] Symptom tracking
[20:25] Kathy’s story: wrong IBS type
[22:46] Where to start (tools + resources)
[23:53] What doesn’t work
[24:52] What does work: plan + support
[27:19] The IBS Freedom Program
[28:23] Can you cure IBS?
[29:15] Mercedes' story: restriction → reintroduction
[31:08] Final takeaways + masterclass invite

Resources Mentioned:

Episode 1: IBS Explained: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Getting Relief

Episode 7: IBS Success Story: How Mercedes Overcame Chronic Diarrhea & Misdiagnosis

Episode 13. IBS Success Story: How Lindsey Stopped Diarrhea & Took Back Her Life (Without Extreme Diets)

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Struggling with IBS symptoms, chronic diarrhea, but getting nowhere fast? In this episode of the IBS Nutrition Podcast, Dr. Laura shares her incredible journey from five years of daily gut distress to total relief—in just four months—after joining the IBS Freedom Program.

Despite being a medical professional, Laura spent nearly 5 years trying to navigate IBS with diarrhea, digestive flare-ups, and endless food fear on her own. She worked with her GI, tried different diets, and kept searching for answers—until finally, with expert support, everything changed. Within 4 months, she had a SIBO diagnosis, pinpointed her IBS triggers, and broke free from the cycle of flare-ups, food anxiety, and bathroom mapping.

Now? She’s back to doing what she loves—traveling, cycling, hiking—and living life without digestive symptoms holding her back.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔ Why long-term diarrhea is more than just an inconvenience

✔ How SIBO was finally diagnosed and treated after 5 years of being missed

✔ What made the low FODMAP diet feel doable and not restrictive

✔ The role of community and expert support in lasting IBS relief

✔ How she reintroduced foods with confidence—and handled known triggers

✔ The difference between guessing alone vs. guided gut health support

Timestamps:

[00:00] Welcome & intro to Dr. Laura’s IBS journey

[02:01] Background and symptom history

[03:26] Living with 12–15 bouts of diarrhea per day

[04:40] Getting a definitive SIBO diagnosis

[05:04] Finding the IBS Freedom Program

[07:36] Low FODMAP diet: why expert guidance matters

[10:23] What finally helped: step-by-step treatment

[17:28] What helped the most: guidance + group support

[21:14] Life now: symptom-free, travelling, confident

[25:18] Laura’s top 3 tips for IBS sufferers

[28:46] Self-paced course and accessible support options

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Imagine getting a perfectly clean bill of health from your doctor — yet still battling painful bloating, urgency, and daily bathroom anxiety. That was Kimberly’s reality for years… until she finally uncovered her one true IBS food trigger.

In this episode, IBS dietitian Jessie Wong talks with Kimberly, a former client who spent over a decade navigating IBS-D symptoms — including severe diarrhea, mucus, inflammation, food fear, and even 2am bathroom trips — without real answers. Despite multiple colonoscopies, blood tests, and visits with GI doctors.

In this inspiring IBS success story, Kimberly shares how she went from food fear, late-night Google searches, and even paying for her own hotel room to hide her symptoms — to finally uncovering her unique IBS triggers and finding freedom with daily regularity, food freedom, and the confidence to travel, eat out, and enjoy life again.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ Kimberly’s 10+ year IBS journey, including urgency, bloating, and inflammation

✔️ Why multiple GI doctors and clean colonoscopies didn’t provide answers

✔️ How poop photos and food tracking revealed her real trigger

✔️ The role of expert dietitian support in safe reintroduction and food freedom

✔️ Kimberly’s advice for anyone stuck on the low FODMAP diet

Timestamps:

[00:00] Kimberly’s IBS symptoms and early history

[05:16] 3 GI doctors, tests, and no clear answers

[08:15] Discovering the FODMAP diet

[15:59] Life after finding her trigger

[20:13] Dining out and travelling with IBS

[22:03] Reintroducing foods and long-term success

[30:00] How IBS affected her daily life

[38:51] Advice for others with IBS-D

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What does your stool say about your gut health?

In this episode of the IBS Nutrition Podcast, Jessie Wong breaks down the Bristol Stool Chart, real stool photo references, and the little-known IBS pattern known as overflow diarrhea. You'll also uncover the root cause of your symptoms and why many people are misdiagnosed with IBS-D when they’re actually constipated.

Whether you're dealing with urgency, irregularity, or just not sure what's normal, this episode will help you decode what your poop is trying to tell you—and how it could hold the key to true IBS relief.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ The 7 stool types on the Bristol Stool Chart and what they mean

✔️ What different stool colors say about your gut and digestion

✔️ What overflow diarrhea really is (and how it’s often misdiagnosed)

✔️ 3 real client stories that reveal how looking at poop changes everything

Timestamps:

[00:00] Why poop isn’t gross

[02:17] What poop is made of and why it matters

[03:25] Kinsey’s story: misdiagnosed with diarrhea, actually constipated

[04:34] How to assess your stool + visual library

[06:52] Stool types 1–7 explained

[08:48] Stool color and what it tells us

[10:50] Joe’s story: medication-induced fat malabsorption

[15:29] Overflow diarrhea explained

[17:20] Kathy’s story: years of misdiagnosis & food fear

[21:35] Why many IBS-D cases are actually constipation

[22:41] Recap & how to track your poop like a pro

[23:56] The story behind creating PoopPedia

[24:57] Final message: use your poop as a tool, not something to fear

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If you’ve been stuck in the cycle of food fear, daily urgency, and digestive uncertainty, this episode will give you hope. Jessie sits down with Mariela, a past IBS Freedom Program client who went from years of unpredictable diarrhoea and anxiety to having regular bowel movements, a calm mind, and full confidence in her food choices.

Together they unpack what it was like for Mariela to live with undiagnosed IBS for nearly a decade, why food elimination on her own didn’t work, and how working with a dietitian in a structured group program finally gave her clarity and symptom relief that lasted.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ How Mariela managed travel anxiety and urgent bathroom needs

✔️ Why her trigger wasn’t solved with random food elimination

✔️ What the trigger identification process actually looked like

✔️ How she reintroduced dairy, garlic, onions (and got her life back)

✔️ Why group support helped her feel understood and less alone

✔️ What life looks like now: travel, food freedom, regularity

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro: Meet Mariela and her IBS story

[03:06] Symptoms: Urgency, diarrhoea & migraine history

[05:36] When testing failed & IBS was diagnosed

[08:03] The turning point: Travel anxiety & finding Jessie

[09:22] First appointment: feeling hope again

[12:18] Group program benefits & tracking progress

[16:22] The trigger identification process explained

[18:06] Reintroducing dairy, garlic & onions

[21:49] Learning from poop (yes, really)

[24:12] Life now: freedom, planning, and confidence

[26:36] Mariela’s message for others with IBS

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Struggling with constipation, diarrhea, or hemorrhoids—and not sure why? In this gut health deep dive, Jessie Wong is joined by colorectal surgeon and Constipation Nation author Dr. Carmen Fong to unpack the real reasons your IBS symptoms might still be flaring up, even when you're doing “everything right.”

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ What GLP-1 meds are really doing to your digestion

✔️ Constipation fixes that actually work (food, fibre, hydration & more)

✔️ The truth about hemorrhoids, fissures & rectal health

✔️ Why poop stigma leads to misdiagnosis and late treatment

✔️ Which gut health trends to skip (microbiome tests, detoxes, etc.)

✔️ How to know if your symptoms are food or lifestyle related

Timestamps:

[00:00] Meet Dr. Carmen Fong

[03:41] GLP-1 medications & affect on gut

[11:06] Breaking stigma on poop

[19:15] Relieve constipation without meds

[21:18] Hemorrhoids, fissures & rectal health

[33:47] Debunking myths: gut microbiome tests, food sensitivity tests

[53:04] The low FODMAP diet

[59:51] Colon cleanses, detoxes & intermittent fasting

[01:07:01] How restriction leads to food obsession

[01:12:28] Final thoughts – trust your gut, advocate for better health

Resources Mentioned:

Episode 15

Episode 6

Episode 17

www.carmenfong.com

Instagram: Dr. Carmen Fong

Get Dr. Carmen Fong’s book https://carmenfong.com/best-gut-health-book

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