Why Your Gut Protocol Keeps Failing (& how to fix it) - Austin Stout

Austin Stout is the founder of Integrated Muscle & Health and the owner and formulator of Pure Factor. He has 15 years in the coaching space and a bachelor's degree in nutrition science with a focus in psychology, and he has been competing in bodybuilding since he was 18. After years of back-to-back contest preps crashed his own health, he rebuilt his coaching around functional health. Through the IMH Mentorship he now teaches other coaches to trace symptoms back to the root cause instead of chasing them.

He explains:
◼ Why nearly everyone he's seen on an SSRI has a gut issue
◼ How gut "kill protocols" can leave your microbiome worse than before
◼ Why you can't fix your hormones while your digestion is a mess
◼ What your skin is really telling you about your gut
◼ The tiny daily habit he uses to rebuild a damaged gut
◼ Why caring less about optimization can get you better results
◼ What GLP-1s are doing to your dopamine system
◼ The peptides he's seen move kidney markers when almost nothing else does

The views expressed are those of the guest, and this conversation is intended for general informational purposes only. This podcast and its associated materials should not be used as a substitute for professional medical or health advice.

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:01 Reverse Engineering Your Symptoms
00:02:26 How Perfectionism Wrecked His Health
00:05:38 The Stress Crisis That Landed Him in the ER
00:08:05 Why Bodybuilders Need Functional Health Most
00:09:28 What Is the Microbiome?
00:12:09 Why You Can't Fix Hormones With a Broken Gut
00:12:45 Gut-Brain Axis, Anxiety & SSRIs
00:14:58 Red Flags: Bloating, Yeast & Immune Reactions
00:18:11 Your Skin, Acne, PCOS & Birth Control
00:20:28 Why Naturopath Gut Protocols Fail
00:22:30 Toddlers vs Raccoons: Why Gut Issues Come Back
00:24:27 Low FODMAP, Carnivore & the Fear of Food
00:26:31 Why Her Gut Felt Better After Drinks
00:27:45 Where to Start With Bloating & Gas
00:29:36 Tool: The Micro-Dose Fruit Protocol
00:31:43 Tool: The Stress Snowball Method
00:34:05 Why You Need to Care Less
00:36:48 When Optimization Becomes Superstition
00:39:51 What Actually Drives Results
00:42:53 Energy Drinks, Caffeine & Artificial Sweeteners
00:44:24 How to Spot Bad Health Advice
00:45:03 What GLP-1s Do to Your Dopamine
00:49:06 Peptides Worth Using; BPC-157, TB-500 & Cognitive Compounds
00:50:13 Mitochondrial Peptides: SS-31, MOTS-c & Kidney Repair
00:52:18 The One Lesson From Hundreds of Clients
00:53:28 Where to Find Austin

Austin Stout:
◼ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/austinst8/
◼ Coaching, Mentorship & Consults - https://linktr.ee/austinst8
◼ Pure Factor - https://www.purefactorformulations.com/

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