#254 Answering questions on probiotics, parasites, moodiness, dry skin & reviewing a listener's gut & skin history

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Less Stressed Life, where we help women and families overcome fatigue, food sensitivities and inflammation the goal here is really to help you heal yourself.  If this you find this show or episode helpful, repay the favor and share it with a friend or leave me a review on the purple pod app if that's where you listen. Leave us a review: https://reviewthispodcast.com/lessstressedlifeYou can submit your own questions or case for review @ https://www.christabiegler.com/questions In this episode I answered listener questions from Mary and Jordan:  Mary is wondering about parasite testing and symptoms of moodiness, poor sleep, loose bowels, hair thinning, dry skin and frequent post nasal drip. CASE REVIEW: Jordan gives us a little more information and shares her case in more depth: History of eczema throughout my whole life, but only on arms and legs. Have had since I was a child. Presented as red, itchy bumps on legs and back and as flaky and itchy red patches in creases of elbows mostly during summer)Started having Increased flares starting in summer of 2020 with itchy bumps and red patches covering most of body. Additionally, developed new type of severe eczema on my face, neck, hairline that had never occurred before. Before this, had never had any eczema on my face. Flares got increasingly worse over the next ~6 months.Dermatologist gave 10 day taper of oral prednisone and topical steroids to help "heal eczema (Jan 2021) and then started on Dupixent (injections every other week). Stopped injections in Feb 2022.After stopping injections had small amount of eczema on body, only small itchy bumps, nothing on face.  Face had another severe flare in July-August 2022 requiring topical steroids to heal again.Additionally, only have 3-4 BMs per week. Do not use any stool softeners/laxative. (but uses motility support!)Feeling very fatigued in the afternoons, trouble getting out of bed in the mornings for a long time. New issues of waking up in the middle of the night and occasional muscle cramping.Saw functional MD who did blood work and Gut Zoomer stool test (Vibrant wellness).Stool test with gut commensals high for leaky gut, moderate for SIBO and other categories. Low for cardiovascular health and IBD. MD gave supplement regimen and SIBO diet for 30 days.  Abnormal labs: OmegaCheck 3.0 (low), AST 31 (high), Vit D 33.4, B12 246Current supplements: Magnesium citrate, Motility Pro, SBI protect, Atrantil; have been taking for 2 weeks, no supps before this.  controlJordan also asked: Do you have specific probiotics you recommend?How to get away from relying on long-term supplement use for regular bowel movements (currently taking 450mg Mg each night, Atrantil, and Motility- pro)What is your experience with using Low Fodmap or a SIBO diet for healing your gut/have you seen them be successful in the long-term with people able to add most foods back in?I also give a bit of context to different ways you can look at an issue with the "healing triad". WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:https://www.christabiegler.com/On IG:instagram.com/anti.inflammatory.nutritionist/Shop our Favoriteschristabiegler.com/shopAre you a practitioner curious about labs?A special thanks to our VIP sponsor RUPA Health, our lab concierge service that helps our clients get standard bloodwork 2/3 off retail direct to consumer lab test pricing. Let them know I sent you wFor the month of September, Jigsaw Health is giving Less Stressed Life listeners 15% off any order! Use code LESSSTRESSED15 through September 30. Stock up on MagRelief Lotion for stress and sleep, Brain Boost Mag L-Threonate for focus, or Berry-Licious Electrolyte Supreme for daily hydration. Plus, start a new Electrolyte Supreme subscription and get a FREE stainless steel water bottle!