r/GutHealth

I do have pain in my lower right quadrant, but have already had my appendix removed. The pain persists, but I've had a HIDA scan/ultrasound and MRI come back as normal. A perplexing situation, and I also get diarrhea more frequently than before. This has been going on about two years.

I've always had constipation and digestion issues growing up, and lately I've been trying to improve my gut health. I've been eating more probiotic foods (kimchi, saurkraut, and yogurt drinks), drinking a lot of water, and I also take probiotic capsules from love wellness because sometimes fermented food aren't available in the groceries near where I live and I don't always have the time to make them myself.

Those things helped with my digestion, I get less constipated and my bowel movements are more regular now. But it still gets really bad when I'm stressed from work or when I don't get enough sleep. I know those are harder to control, but I just want to know if there's anything else I can do to improve my gut health so it doesn't get affected as much when those things happen. I'd love to hear your recommendations!

This has been going on for a while now. I just feel like I always have the potential to throw up. (And, I do too) I feel like the food I eat isn’t digested (and I eat VERY healthy) . I always feel like it resurfaces and it sounds gross but it often does. Whole food chunks which I chew and swallow again. I mean I can’t just spit it out in a room full of people if it happens all the time. I also feel like vomiting when I have to shit. But I don’t feel nauseous. Ever . And that’s weird because I often vomit is associated w nausea but that isn’t the case for me. (If I’m in the wrong community pls kindly direct me where I Can get the help I really need)

Thank you.

Looking for anyone with similar experiences / advice

My GI symptoms began after double jaw surgery 10 months ago. My diet changed drastically and I was on long term antibiotics and short term narcotics.

My only symptoms are:

- Constipation

- Bloating constantly (worse after meals and even after drinking only water)

*I have absolutely NO stomach or abdominal pain*

Saw a GI doctor and was prescribed motegrity, which pretty much resolved the constipation but the constant bloating persists. GI also prescribed Xifaxan for suspected SIBO but basically refused to test because the breath test is not accurate. First round Xifaxan was effective, second round (3 months later) I saw no change in symptoms.

What I have tried

- Artichoke + Ginger supplements (helps with MMC but not bloating)

- Benfotiamine supplement

- Betaine HCL with meals

- Berberine + Oil of Oregano (currently on week 3)

- Digestive enzymes after meals

- Nortryptaline 10mg (currently on week 4)

- Low FODMAP diet and no dairy or gluten (even though I tested negative for celiac and lactose intolerance)

Nothing seems to help relieve the bloating except for not eating or drinking anything at all.

I have been seeing my GI doctor for about 6 months but every time I suggest testing, she implies one of the following

- my symptoms are not serious enough for testing

- the tests are not accurate (ie. testing for low stomach acid, GI map)

- or that even with test results, modern medicine doesn’t know enough about the GI to pinpoint where the bloating is coming from

I have plans to see a naturopath but it’s hard since they are not covered under insurance.

Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

When you hear the word “colostrum,” you probably think of newborns. That’s accurate, it’s the first nourishment mammals receive in the first days of life.

But that framing misses what it actually is.

Colostrum isn’t just food, it’s nature's original operating system for cells. Loaded with immunoglobulins, growth factors, signaling peptides, and milk oligosaccharides, colostrum doesn't just deliver raw material. It delivers information. Precise biological instructions that tell tissues how to communicate, respond, and maintain themselves from the very first moments of life.

This is what sets colostrum apart from protein powders or isolated supplements. It doesn't force cells to do something. It gives them the signals and environment to do what they were always designed to do.

And that intelligence doesn't expire.

Those same signals are recognized by the body throughout life, especially at the surfaces where we interface with the world: the gut lining, lungs, and skin. 

This isn’t new science. Colostrum has been used across cultures for generations. What's new is our ability to understand why, to see, at the cellular level, how its components guide barrier integrity and coordinate immune activity in ways no isolated nutrient can replicate.

Nature encoded these instructions long before we had words for them. We're just learning to read them. 

So the question shifts.

When you think of colostrum, are you thinking of early nutrition, or the original blueprint your body still recognizes today?

TL;DR: Colostrum isn't just newborn nutrition. It's a system of biological signals that tell your cells how to communicate, respond, and maintain barrier tissues like your gut, lungs, and skin. Unlike isolated supplements, it delivers information your body already knows how to use.