What You’re Not Being Told About IBS, SIBO, and Why You’re Still Struggling
Every week, I have many multiple conversations in my DMs with women just like Elaine.
They’re exhausted, bloated, inflamed, and have tried everything. They've seen the specialists, followed the protocols, taken the tests, cut out all the foods, and still—they don't feel better. They're doing everything "right" and yet their symptoms persist.
Elaine’s story is just one of many. She slid into my Dms complaining of feeling bloated 24/7, with pain radiating from under her rib cage into her back, leaving her so uncomfortable she ended up in the emergency room. After three hours of waiting and no real answers, she left. She was told she could be there up to ten hours. She went home, took more painkillers, and hoped to sleep it off. In the morning, she felt a bit better, but the discomfort, fatigue, and bloating remained.
Elaine, like so many women, is trying so hard. She's drinking the teas, using bitters, fasting, taking magnesium and vitamin C, applying castor oil, listening to vagus nerve meditations, following a FODMAP diet, and revisiting her SIBO diagnosis from four years ago.
She’s not alone. These are the exact types of conversations I have every single week with women who are committed, informed, and doing everything they can think of to get better — but they’re still not getting relief.The Missing Piece: The Whole Picture
Most women I speak with have been chasing symptoms for years. They've done every elimination diet under the sun. They’ve taken the antimicrobials, digestive enzymes, probiotics, binders, and bitters. They’ve gone from specialist to specialist. And still, they feel worse.
The truth is, your gut doesn’t heal from the top down with restrictive protocols.
Your gut heals when we address the foundation of what your body is missing:
Cellular mineral deficiencies (like sodium, potassium, magnesium)
Motility dysfunction from nervous system dysregulation
Gut-brain disconnect from years of stress, trauma, and burnout
Digestive sluggishness from poor bile flow, low stomach acid, and liver congestion
Unprocessed emotions and chronic stress that keep the body in fight-or-flight
This is why so many of the women I work with feel like they’re doing "everything right" and still not seeing results.
Because when all you're offered is another protocol or restrictive diet, you're not being given the full picture.
Why "Normal" Test Results Don't Mean You're Fine
Elaine shared that her test results came back looking "very good."
Sodium: 138 Potassium: 4.2 Magnesium: 0.84 CRP: 3.1
To the average provider, this all looks "within range."
But to someone who specializes in functional nutrition and root-cause healing? These are red flags in disguise. These labs don’t tell us what’s happening inside your cells. They don’t show us how depleted you are, how stressed your system is, or how imbalanced your minerals have become from years of digestive stress.
It’s not unusual for my clients to have labs that look fine, while their bodies are screaming for help. That’s why I use HTMA testing and a different lens to analyze blood work. Because the truth is: how you feel is the most important data we have.
What Women Like You and Elaine Deserve to Know
That worsening on FODMAP diets is a sign of deeper motility and nervous system issues, not a failure on your part.
That chronic use of antacids, even something as "small" as Tums, can be a sign of low stomach acid, not too much.
That burning, bloating, and fatigue are often signs of under-nourishment and poor bile flow, not just gut bacteria.
That minerals matter more than any supplement protocol you’ve tried.
You Deserve More Than Symptom Management
If you’ve felt gaslit by the medical system... If your labs keep coming back normal, but nothing about your health feels normal... If you’re exhausted from doing it all "right" and still feeling wrong...
Please know: your body is not broken. You’ve just never been given the whole picture.
This is what I do every day with women inside The Bloat Free Method.
We stop chasing symptoms and start building the foundation for true gut repair:
Nervous system regulation (with tools like Nerva)
Mineral restoration (with HTMA)
Functional blood work interpretation
Nutrition that nourishes, not deprives
Real-time, personalized support — because healing isn't linear, and you shouldn't have to wait weeks for answers
If Elaine’s story feels familiar to you, it doesn’t have to stay this way.
Let’s get you the answers and relief you’ve been missing.
