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.
Watch more episodes →Gut Healing Protocol
Symptom 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.