Gut health & bloating: where to start.
Bloating after meals, food sensitivities, reflux, irregular digestion — and the skin, mood and energy symptoms that travel with them. This is the path through the library, in order.
Three steps, in order.
Read the leaky gut overview: what it is, the signs, and why so many symptoms start here.
Read the overview →Pick your symptoms and see whether the pattern is upper gut (acid, enzymes), lower gut (fermentation) or lining.
Read these first.
From The Dr. Axe Show.
The protocol
Gut Healing Protocol
Rebuild the gut lining and microbiome: the remove–replace–repair sequence, foods, supplements and the labs that confirm progress.
Open the protocolSymptom Pattern Finder
Pick your symptoms; see whether it's acid, fermentation or lining — and the first step.
Open the toolStraight answers.
Why am I bloated after every meal?
Bloating within 30 minutes points to the upper gut — stomach acid and enzymes. A few hours later points to fermentation lower down. Evening bloating tracks with the day's total load. Timing is the first clue, and the Gut Healing Protocol starts there.
Do I need a GI-MAP?
If symptoms are significant, have lasted months, or come with skin, mood or autoimmune signs, a stool test tells you what a food log can't: pathogens, dysbiosis, digestion and inflammation markers. .
Can I heal leaky gut with food alone?
Often, yes — food is most of the protocol. Supplements shorten the timeline; labs confirm it worked.