“It Takes Guts to Be Healthy”: Why Your Gut Health is Worth Paying Extra Attention To

A Conversation With Functional Medicine Health Practitioner Judy Hahn

So often on our health journeys, we find ourselves trying to make our bodies do what we so desperately want them to do. Run that mile. Eat these foods. Gain muscle here. Lose fat there.

We’re so used to that attitude, in fact, that it can be hard to imagine a reality where the tables are turned. But what if instead of demanding that your body do as you say, you listened to your body’s feedback and made an effort to give it what it’s telling you it needs?

Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting with Judy Hahn—a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach and Functional Medicine Health Practitioner. Judy works with women who are struggling with day-to-day issues like gut health, low energy, and bloat.

You can watch the video below to check out our whole chat, but my big takeaway from chatting with Judy was this: A shocking number of basic health woes can be chocked up to gut health and inflammation! 

If you regularly experience digestive issues and have taken to writing them off as annoying-but-normal, this conversation is for you. In our talk, Judy outlines how issues within the gut can be the product of an array of lifestyle choices—and how they can frequently lead to issues elsewhere in the body.

If you’re experiencing issues as a result of inflammation in your body, resolving these issues starts with understanding what might be causing them. 

If you’re unsure of where to start, Judy and I recommend cutting out inflammatory foods like:

• Gluten

• Sugar

• Dairy/Lactose

• Certain Oils

Eliminate these foods one at a time for several days, and pay attention to how your body reacts. If you notice that a particular type of food, exercise, or life event causes you to bloat or experience digestive issues—or that your inflammation seems to decrease when you cut something out—you’ll be well on your way to figuring out how to better control your inflammation.

For more information about inflammation, gut health, food sensitivities, and elimination diets, check out my video with Judy below, or click here to connect with her on Facebook!