Gut Health Podcast Interview
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I hope you're ready to get a little personal today. We're talking digestive issues, Bowel movements, and I'm even going to share a little bit of the behind-the-scenes of my personal health journey in the recent past, because of gut health. I mean, come on. It's a little uncomfortable to talk about because it's so uncomfortable to live with, but it's so flipping important to have good knowledge around how to care for our guts because as you're going to learn today, it really affects every other function in our bodies.
So. My hope is that you will take some practical tidbits from today's episode to apply immediately into your life, to love on your guts. And then also like if you are like me, that's experienced some discomfort, shall we say maybe some direction as far as how to remedy and get to the root issue instead of relying on quick fixes, which I'll admit is so tempting.
So sit back. Get ready to laugh a little bit. We're going to make what could be a pretty uncomfortable conversation. A lot of fun. Here we go.
Ashley Oswald, founded Oswald Digestive Clinic in 2016, after being frustrated to see people struggle with their gut health. Well, knowing that there are ways to help them improve and often resolve their bothersome symptoms. She has completed seven years of schooling and nutrition science. Including a year at Harvard Brigham and women's hospital.
And she has worked in a variety of settings in the healthcare system. So she has a unique, big-picture view of where there are gaps. With Oswald Digestive Clinic, she is working to fill these gaps, helping their clients finally go from gut struggles to gut freedom, sounds kind of like food freedom, so they can get back to living life on their own terms.
Brooke:
So Ashley, welcome to the Well Women Co Podcast.
Ashley:
Thank you, Brooke. I'm so excited to be here and you are absolutely right. I was thinking that as I was just jotting down notes before this, about your food freedom book. And I think both of us have a similar goal for people in that perspective.
Brooke:
Yes. Amen. Freedom in our body. So, Ashley, you are the first official guests that we have on the podcast about digestive health, you know, fun conversations like poop and tummy troubles, but this is so important. And so we're going to get into a lot of juicy dares I say questions right for Ashley.
And I want to give you chance to just share a little bit more about yourself, but I just want to start this podcast by being vulnerable and saying, ladies, this is an area in my life that I am actually currently addressing. That's changing the game for me. And why I wanted to bring you on Ashley because I know what it is like to do everything perfectly.
I am like your picture of health, I eat very clean, not out of restriction, and I genuinely love great healthy food. It's just who I am. I also move my body so regularly. I'm the first one to get up and get my 10,000 steps in during the day. I. Pray. I meditate. I get good sleep at night. Like I do all the right things.
I wrote a freaking book about all the right things, yet I still have felt frustrated in my body, yet I still feel like I'm three to six months pregnant. When I am not pregnant like something is going on.
So I have identified some underlying gut issues in my own life that after doing so have brought me freedom and I will be the first one to say, it's not an immediate fix. It is not a fast fix, but because I understand some of the underlying root issues it's brought me hope.
And I'm on the journey to a greater level of freedom in my body. And so Ashley, I just wanted to set that stage because I feel like a lot of my listeners, are healthy. They are exercising.
They know how to eat well, but sometimes that still doesn't move the needle, whether that's on the scale or helping us to reach that body, we really feel comfortable in and great about, and so I just want to say, Hey, I like right now, as just that time of recording, I'm going through this process.
I know how frustrating it can be. And Ashley, I know you probably work with these types of women all the time, which is why I want to pick your brain. Maybe it's just for me personally. but I think there are a lot of other women in my shoes. And so I just want to shed light and like bring the truth to the table. Like, let's just have some real talks.
So before I start asking you questions, Is there anything that you want to share about yourself that I missed? Like what's a day in the life of Ashley? You have a lot going on these days look like?
Ashley:
Yeah. I want to start by saying that that story gave me goosebumps. And that is something that I hear a lot when people come on our meet and greet calls and share their stories with me where they're at, they've done a lot. They've Googled a lot. They've put in so much great work.
And for some people that would've been enough. And so like the word, the root cause of what you mentioned that is so key in what we are all about at Oswald digestive clinic is looking for those root causes, and sometimes it's just things that are out of our control. Like maybe somebody has like a bacteria overgrowth from maybe a course of antibiotics when they're on when they're younger.
So I think just releasing the judgment around it is so incredibly important. I think sometimes I hear people say, oh, they have their gut issues. Cause they eat poorly and that is not always the case. And even like just saying eat poorly, like what does that even mean? That's even judgmental.
And so I want to just say thank you for sharing your story. I have my own story, which kind of can help me connect with our clients a bit better as well, going through my own gut issues from being on antibiotics for about, you know, on and off for a decade of my life. Starting when I was in sixth grade for very, very severe acne, the worst acne. My dermatologist had ever seen. And so a lot of kind of issues after that.
And I think it's just so important that we come together and we look for the root causes and we do what we can do to get our gut in a better spot because as Hippocrates says, who's the founder of modern medicine "It all starts in the gut". And we're learning that there are so many things that the gut is influencing that just 20 years ago, we, we had no idea.
Brooke:
Wow. And you have been at this now for a while and your clinic is a hundred percent virtual, which is really cool because you're able to help people on a broad scale, do you have other clinicians that work under you at this point?
Ashley:
I do I hired Marcy Vaske. She is a licensed nutritionist. Master's in human nutrition and she's seeing our new clients. So together we're really growing, expanding, and just trying to help more people because statistically, this is a very interesting study that we have from 2018, it was actually a survey on 71,000 Americans where we found that 61% of people had a bothersome gut symptom in the week prior.
Brooke:
Wow
Ashley:
And then out of every a hundred people who would diagnose with ear syndrome or IBS, 30% had considered suicide. And so this is a really, yeah I know, this is a really big deal and we know how the gut can influence the brain. Yeah. so we're just on a big mission to be able to help people and, you know, ultimately just help them get their quality of life back so they can do what they want to do.
Brooke:
Yeah, so good. And that's my underlying passion for health too. It's like, yes, we want to feel good in our clothes, but it's more about doing what we're called to do.
And if we don't have our health, that's hard to do. So I, you know, I mentioned my story. So maybe that includes in this question, but what are, what would you say are the top three reasons patients come to you and I'm assuming these are male and female? Patients.
Ashley:
Yep. Male and female. And even, kiddos, you, the youngest client I've had was six months old and the oldest in their eighties.
Brooke:
Okay. So what are the top, what are the top three reasons people would come to you for help?
Ashley:
Yeah. The top symptom that people have from the survey is acid reflux. But the top things I see on our main greet calls are IDO bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease. And then some combination of just gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, some diagnoses, maybe no diagnoses.
Maybe their doctor just suggested MIAX for constipation and sent them home, but intuitively they knew there was probably more to it and they just want to connect with us and see if maybe, maybe nutrition plays a role.
Brooke:
Yeah. Wow. So are those things, acid reflux, IBS, Crohn's, gastro, and bloating. I mean, I, yeah, I can identify with that and probably all the listeners, right at least. A good percentage of them are like shaking their head or raising their hands, like, yep. That's kind of me.
So let's dive into like, okay. Gut health, as you mentioned, our mood is affected by our gut, which we know, but what's the hype on our gut? What else is our gut responsible for? And why is this? Why are they finding more and more research just recently about the power of having good health and then the detriment of not?
Ashley:
Yeah, gut health research, believe it or not, it's not that it's very new. It started in the 1990s and then we've just been learning so much since then. And we're really seeing how this is connected to a lot of chronic inflammatory diseases because you and your listeners might know that 70% of the immune system is in the gut. we have more bacterial cells in our body than human cells in our body. And we are microbial genes.
We have a hundred times as many microbial genes as human genes. So isn't that wild and most of them they're in our large intestine, but just a hundred times the number of microbial genes as human genes. So, it makes total sense that the importance of Gut health and helping with all systemic health. w
We have more nerves in our gut than in the spinal column and we actually believe that the gut sends nine times more signals to the brain than the brain down to the gut.
Brooke:
What that, okay. That's a big deal. 70%. First of all, our immune system isn't our gut. So that means that if people are dealing with gut issues, their immunity is down to chronic inflammation, right? That's, that's a huge cause root cause of the disease. Right. I know in our five-month program, we talk a lot about the anti-inflammatory diet as another practical way to help with these things, but again, it goes back to our gut, which is just so fascinating to me.
So let's talk a little bit about and again, this is just off the cuff, as I'm thinking about it, but mood, you know, I think of, even in this, the time of recording we're doing a lot of conversations about pivoting Ashley and with the current state of what's happening globally because of this virus, but this will always be relevant because it's gut health, but especially in a time of crisis uncertainty.
So I feel like that how much more is gut health even important then? Right. And so in some of your patients or clients, have you seen some before and after of even with mood and kind of mental health after working with them and addressing some of this issue?
Ashley:
Oh, yeah, absolutely. This is a really fitting story of a woman. I talked to you last week. We've been working together for I think a bit over a year and she came having severe anxiety. So this was in a pre before COVID, she had severe anxiety where sometimes she just couldn't even get herself to leave the house.
And now. During COVID talking to her last week. She doesn't have anxiety. She put it as a one out of five on her symptom questionnaire.
Brooke:
Wow.
Ashley:
It was just such an incredible transformation. So life-changing, we did a few things to help with that, and actually, on my YouTube channel, I'm going to start pulling together some of these stories cause I think it's so important to show what's possible to people to give back hope. So, keep your listeners can keep an eye on those. I'm going to definitely do one for her.
But one of the biggest things that we found is we did micronutrient testing. So these are like vitamins and minerals and amino acids, like these small nutrients that we eat from food. And so she had deficiencies in micronutrients that are tied to anxiety-like Syrian, like so one component and what really helped her just replacing those nutrients.
Brooke:
Wow. And did she do that with food or was it more of a supplemental dose?
Ashley:
Such a great question. Yeah. A lot of people will say, you know, we can get all of our needs from food and there's a lot of things that we can discuss around that. But when somebody has a true deficiency of a certain nutrient. It's usually really hard to replace that, just using food.
Brooke:
Yeah.
Ashley:
I'm not going to say impossible cause I think a lot of times, a lot of things aren't impossible, but it's very hard. So usually in our clinic, we'll take six months and have mega-dose supplement replacements. And then after six months, we switch over to food to maintain that store.
Brooke:
Yep. Okay. So let's talk to about, Someone who's listening and they're like, okay, is my underlying issue, a gut issue? And I kind of shared, you know, a little bit of mind of. Well, I'll share a little bit of mind, like gas, bloating, like unexplained, weight gain, you know, everything I'm doing is not helping and you talked earlier about gas and bloating or acid reflux.
But what are some other telltale signs of people you talk to that they might not know it's a gut issue, but after talking with you, they're like, oh my gosh, I had no idea. This might be a route in my gut. Does that make sense? Like how to Identify maybe what they're dealing with.
Ashley:
Yeah, it's such a great conversation, cause things like even asthma and acne and insulin resistance, and like weighing it, and so much more do have ties to the gut. And I think for. People coming through our clinic.
We, I focus on the symptoms that are bothering them the most. It's usually like the gas and the bloating, and what's using a questionnaire. So And if your, listeners aren't familiar with the "my symptom questionnaire", they can just Google it and they'll see that there are all these different categories.
It asks to number it one to five based upon how often it's happening, and how severe it's. And then we get a number at the bottom. So then I can go in, pull the data, and see what percent improvement people are getting after a few months after, you know, whatever amount of time. And so what's fun to see is as they're gas and bloating in these symptoms that are the most bother.
Some of them are improving a lot times these other things, and these other categories start to improve as well. So to go to your question, you know, how, what are some things that people can think about to see if they're having a gut issue?
I mean, outside of, kind of the diagnoses that they might be getting from their doctor, like the autoimmune issue is just, you know, just gut issues in general also thinking about like what their Bowel habits look like some people don't even know what's normal, so I can share that with you right now to help people better to the conversation.
Brooke:
OK. Let's go there.
Ashley:
Okay, well go there. Yes. so healthy digestion. It is having one to three bowel movements a day that is formed, but soft brown and easy to pass. So there's a thing called the Bristol stool chart. And I have a video on the Bristol stool chart on my YouTube channel, where we actually walk through all the different numbers. And if you just do a quick Google search, you'll see what I mean, but do you want to have a number three or four? Most of the time...
Brooke:
So not a number two, like everyone else says I'm going, number two. Should, should we start saying I'm going number three or four...
Ashley:
Oh yeah, that would make more sense. funny story I was working at, Regents hospital and have a long issue with the kind of working there. And in one of the bathrooms, the nurses, one of the staff bathrooms, the nurses had a Bristol stool chart and everybody was telling what number they were after they went to those bathrooms...
Brooke:
That is amazing. I can teach my four-year-old, that her bowel movement should be looking like
Ashley:
.... totally. so the people shouldn't be having this discomfort or pain or cramping or an urge to go, and they should feel relief when finished. So if somebody's having excessive gas, a really odorous dual, like a lot of bloating, that's getting worse during the day and their stomach is expanding more than like an inch or two.
They're having constipation, diarrhea, pain, all that. That's not normal. And that's something that we'll want to kind of dig deeper in to figure out the root causes. But I also don't want your listeners to freak out. Cause a lot of times those things can be improved.
Brooke:
Mm-hmm so let's, let's talk a little bit about that. That's great, super practical. I'm sure if you were to go on Instagram too, and like the hashtag Bristol stool chart, you could find it, but for sure, we'll link to Ashley's YouTube video. So you can get an, a, well educated, perspective on this to assess. Okay. Like where, you know, where am I, and could issues be going on?
So let's just talk about Ashley, the people that come to you and including myself, if I were, if I were to come to your clinic, I know. You know, you and I have talked offline. This is not a one-size fits. I know that even as I'm, you know, working with a functional medicine doctor, it's so individualized, which is why they need, someone like you, right?
To walk them through this process. If they're dealing with something that they're not able to remedy on their own, what are just some standard foundations for good gut health?
Ashley:
Yes. It's a Great question. I'm glad that you did that little disclaimer because there's kind of, I see it as tears. And so certainly in the first tier, which we kind of alluded to is like eating nutrient-dense foods, real foods, kind of what you were doing. Right.
But still have issues. And so then we go up to the next tier and we think through those root causes. So, we've, I've had clients where. Just supporting their stomach acid, trying to get as upstream as possible, right?
Like chewing well. First line esophagus, kind of just a food shoot into our stomach. And our stomachs are supposed to be very acidic to start breaking down these foods, especially the proteins. And so if our stomach isn't acidic enough.
And maybe it's because we were put on, a proton pump inhibitor for acid reflux, or maybe somebody has a lot of chronic stress and that's decreasing their stomach acid, or several other things could be going on there.
But if we don't have enough stomach acid, then that's really kind of upstream and issues. So we want to support that. And I've had a handful of clients that got rid of 90 plus percent of their gas and bloating by just supporting stomach acid. It's like, it's amazing. so it's really like step by step, right? Some people might not be appropriate for it, but then we kind of look at the small intestine.
I, we have a full intake form. We take on every client, it takes them about an hour to fill out, but then we can really look at the labs. They've already had to review everything, look at what supplements they're on, what medications they're on, and really try to connect some dots to figure out what might be the source for them these symptoms, which could be a wide variety of things.
Brooke:
Okay. So we got the number one, nutrient-dense food, in your opinion. I know there are a lot of opinions about this topic.
Ashley:
Yeah.
Brooke:
Is there a premier diet or way of eating other than? Less processed, you know, whole foods that you prefer for gut health. Are you more on the plant-based spectrum? More of the, you know, higher protein, good fat spectrum. Like where do you fall on that?
Ashley:
So it's this kind of ties back to the food freedom conversation. And so where I fall is really working with our clients to figure out what's going to be best for them. And thinking through like, how do our genetics kind of effect what type of eating we're going to feel best doing?
And I've been such a supporter of like mindful, intuitive eating for really since I became a dietitian back in 2012, and I just think it's so important that we tune into our, our gut feelings, fun intended and thinking about like, what makes us feel the best once we kind of get rid of those issues causing symptoms for us.
So. Overall, I do encourage, like, thinking about how your grandparents ate it. Think about the density of the nutrient density of our foods using the farmer's markets or growing your food. Cause we know that when food is picked When it's ripe and eaten the same day, the day after it's more nutrient sounds.
We're going to be getting more nutrients from that. Versus, for example, a tomato that's picked green and shipped up north and using gases to ripen it, to turn it red. It's just, that we're going to get fewer nutrients from that tomato compared to the farmer's market tomato.
Brooke:
Yeah. And Lord knows you can taste the difference. I mean yes, in the summer, at least in Minnesota, when I get them from the farmer's market or my really nice neighbor who grows a lot of them. I mean, it tastes like completely different food, you know?
Ashley:
Yeah.
Brooke:
And our bodies are privy to under, you know, like clearly in the more tasteful food, I mean, a toddler knows the difference. They're going to pick a nice. Deep orange, juicy orange, rather than something that's been sitting on the shelf for a week, you know?
So I love that. And then, and then you talked about supporting, supporting stomach acid, which I love sounds like such a simple remedy. Then he talked about the small intestine. So is that in reference to, if someone might have SIBO or small intestine?
Ashley:
Yeah, exactly. It's estimated that about 70% of people with IBS have bacteria overgrowth too. So then they're going to be over fermenting. Some of these foods triggering the gas imploding, and we use, targeted supplements for our clients.
So if every, anybody ever says that they have this gut health protocol, that they would take you through, if you sign on, like, I would go the other way, cuz there's not one gut health protocol. So it's really important to look at. Quality of supplements and then the ones that are going to be fitting to the individual in helping with that.
And we, when we need to, we do, and really kind of always when indicated connect with doctors and kind of work together as a team for some of this, because we don't diagnose as a dietitian.
Brooke:
Yeah. And I love how you said to your food. I mean, I think I heard a study, the average person. It's like three to five, choose per bite, something crazy like that. And we're supposed to have, I don't know. Oh, wow. How many choose per bite? not like we count, but oh,
Ashley:
I've never been asked that. I mean, a lot more than two. Yeah.
Brooke:
Okay. Chew your food properly people, which I am the worst at this, actually, because I sit down and especially when you have little kids at home where like you just are hungry and you're like kind of hungry you just want to eat. Do it quick, you know, so I'm, but again, super practical to improve our gut health.
And then you're talking about stress. I have several episodes I can link to those as well on the podcast about meditation and mindfulness and how that literally transforms or can help to support our gut health. Is there any other really practical as far as the foundation that will help someone listening, Ashley to take their gut health to the next level today?
Ashley:
Well, that's so key because we have this peristalsis movement in our gut. And if we're stressed and anxious and we're eating, that's not going to be working and we're not going to be producing the digestive juices that we need to properly break down our food. So sometimes when that's the case, I'll recommend somebody just do some breathing before eating and try to get out of that fight and fight and into just more of a calm setting.
So doing like 4, 7, 8 breathing your listeners. Google is a really kind of easy-to-use technique. And then, or just taking a few deep breaths. So the kind of big other takeaway is within regards to food, I guess this might be interesting is that when talking about, you know, eating these real whole foods, a component of that is getting in enough resistance starch and soluble fiber from like plants, which then our gut bacteria can use to produce this molecule called Butyrate. Which is the main fuel for the cells and our gut lining. And also it has been shown to help decrease overall body inflammation.
So things like chia seeds and green bananas have resistance, starch, beans, lentils, and even potatoes that have been cooked. And then cool. All have these nutrients that our bacteria can use to then support the gut wall to decrease some of these autoimmune downstream reactions.
Brooke:
Love that too. Anyone who's been listening to the show for a while? Knows my secret. Ashley, I have a secret, well, it's not so much secret anymore, but my favorite food on the planet is roasted sweet potatoes that have then been cooled and sprinkled with cinnamon, with some not butter. It is.
Ashley:
Yeah.
Brooke:
I would take that over a dairy queen cookie dough blizzard. Any day of the week, any day of the week, it is just, I don't know why, but it's so good to me. And it's, so that is a resistance search. So it's great.
Ashley:
Yes.
Brooke:
so those are, again, really, I love just the practicality of like, okay, we do have some power to nourish our guts because they do matter in our mood in having clarity, in just overall quality of life.
I know you've shared stories with me, Ashley of your patients who has started traveling again. and just like started living life at a higher caliber, which is so encouraging and it started with their gut health. So it's just too important to pass up.
And I also want to set the stage, even in my journey. I feel like there's either the quick way, and I'm sure your patients always want the quick solution or addressing root issues. And so the quick solution maybe is the MiraLax or the prescription drugs, and you might get relief for a while, but the path I've personally chosen is to go the route that frankly takes a lot longer and sometimes feels more expensive but I believe the ROI is infinitely worth it because it's addressing root issues that I don't have to deal with this for the rest of my life.
And I can actually experience a body and health that I know. Is available to me. So I'd love for you just to speak on that too, just for a minute, as far as like, you know, some of the timelines you see, or like protocols and like, what does this journey of addressing the root issues? Look like? I'm sure. For some patients, as you said, it's like, it's quick. Like it's pretty simple fixes. And then for other people like myself, it's a little bit longer of a journey, but it's so worth it. So is there anything you want to say to that?
Ashley:
Yeah. First of all, that gives me goosebumps because my ultimate goal with this clinic is to help people regain their life freedom. And I want to say it again, just, I hope nobody gives up hope. A lot of times people tell me I've tried everything and you know, a lot of the times they haven't, and that hope is just so important to hang on to, but if you're right. It's all over the board with our clients. I've had some clients after one appointment, get rid of 90% of their issues.
And then other clients where it's just a slower journey with some of the stuff like, for example, microscopic colitis or things of that sort, and like Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, you know, sometimes it is a bit longer of a journey, but, and sometimes there's up and ups and downs in the journey, but the power of functional nutrition to overall help improve these things is just, It's amazing.
I had a client who, after a few appointments, got rid of his fecal incontinence. And so now he's able to get back on his bike. He stopped biking because of it. And we've been working together for a few years now. So there are things that we're still working on, but the fact that that happened within a few appointments It's just it's life-changing,
A 14-year-old who is having severe constipation and now can pass a bowel movement easily for the first time in years.
And my first client came, she weighed 70 pounds due to poor gut absorption. So not an eating disorder. She actually stopped weighing herself cuz she was getting so scared and now she's being packed out to 110 pounds because we just found something that worked for her...
Brooke:
Wow.
Ashley:
...and you know, like with that case, it's still a journey. There are still things she's working on. Other clients, like a young woman who is having runner chats. She got rid of them and had a personal record.
Her journey is kind of to the end, but some of these other people who have maybe a ly disease or something else, their journey's a bit longer.
But, there's with functional medicine and functional nutrition. I'm so glad I fell into this world. Cause it's just, the stories are just incredible.
Brooke:
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I really want to thank you for, you know, I see some of the work that you do behind the scenes and you're so diligent to bring this information and solutions to the marketplace in a way that is Integris and excellent
And I really appreciate it because it is such a wild need. That is not going away anytime soon. And you guys are doing a great job to address it. And so in wrapping up again, there are lots of practicals, we talked about today that you can do immediately in your own power.
And so I just want to encourage you, you know, if you resonate with like me who are going through things that you have a sense in your gut, that there's a root issue going on, you know, seek out people like Ashley, or maybe you're working with someone already and ask them those questions to dig. And I just encourage you to like, do the work. Address the root issue, it will be worth it for you.
So, Ashley, what would be your number one takeaway to the woman listening today that, you know, really does want to take care of her gut health for the long run?
Ashley:
I would say a combination of starting with eating real food, mindfulness, chronic stress reduction, and just don't give up hope. And exactly, as you said, try to find a fitting provider to kind of look through those root causes and always be thinking kind of root cause.
Brooke:
Yeah. So with that, Ashley, where can the listener, connect with you if they have, a personal bowel movement or any sort of questions, also, I know you have a lot of great resources out there, so where, where can they find out more?
Yeah, the main platforms are YouTube and Instagram, but we're on a lot of other platforms Twitter and Facebook. And I just started on TikTok. it's under Oswald digestive clinic. And I would say if they want just one I would recommend going to YouTube.
Brooke:
Great. So we will link your YouTube channel as well as these other points of contact in the show notes, but that is Ashley. And you can find her on socials at Oswald digestive clinic. So, Ashley, thanks again for sharing all of your wisdom and knowledge with us today. I can't wait to continue to journey on my own, gut healing journey and have you, along my side as we go.
Ashley:
Well, thank you for sharing your story, and thanks so much for having this podcast and spreading the word. I, I really appreciate it. Yes. We'll talk to you soon.
Brooke:
Is your gut already feeling a little bit happier? Is your tummy a little happier after today's episode? I sure hope so. Make sure to connect with Ashley and her team. Oswald Digestive Clinic. They are a wealth of knowledge and have tons of free resources on these topics that we talked about today. So make sure to Screenshot and share, take me at well, woman co I love seeing where you are listening from, make sure to write and review that's how more people get this message with that. Go love on your tummies and we'll see you next time, sisters.
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