Trust Your Gut: Why Your Belly Might Hold the Key to Your Mood, Hormones, and Health
“Discover how gut health shapes mood, hormones, and immunity. Learn hidden triggers like mold, histamine, and oxalates—and why healing your gut terrain is key to whole-body health and vibrant energy.”
Your gut might be silently inflamed and you’d never know until it completely wrecks your health. We’re not just talking bloating. Think eczema, asthma, brain fog, arthritis and maybe even conditions like MS. That’s why all of July, and since late June, I’m laser-focused on gut health before shifting to mitochondria and energy in August. Because healing starts in your gut—or nowhere at all.
The Gut: More Than Digestion
Your gut isn’t just a poop tube. It’s actually:
- Your second brain, packed with over 100 million neurons.
- The production site for 95% of your serotonin.
- Home to 70% of your immune system.
So when your gut’s inflamed or out of balance, you might feel:
- Moody or anxious
- Brain fogged and forgetful
- Tired all the time
- Struggling with skin breakouts
- Craving sugar or feeling puffy and bloated
And here’s the kicker: sometimes there’s no stomach pain at all. Instead, your gut issues show up as body-wide chaos.
The Hidden Triggers No One Talks About
Some things quietly trash your gut terrain and leave you chasing symptoms for years:
- Mold exposure. Ever lived in a damp house, spent time in musty basements, or had water damage? Mold toxins wreak havoc on your gut lining and immune system.
- Histamine overload. If fermented foods, wine, or aged cheeses leave you itchy, flushed, or anxious—it might be histamine your gut can’t handle.
- Oxalates. Spinach, almonds, sweet potatoes… all healthy, right? Not always. In some people, these high-oxalate foods irritate the gut lining and fuel inflammation.
Why Probiotics Alone Won’t Fix It
Everyone says “just take a probiotic,” but here’s the truth:
- If your gut terrain is inflamed or toxic, probiotics often don’t survive, let alone thrive.
- Think of it like planting wildflowers in desert sand—the seeds won’t grow if the soil is wrecked.
Instead, you have to heal the terrain first:
- Remove inflammatory foods (seed oils, sugar, gluten if sensitive).
- Calm gut inflammation with bone broth or L-glutamine.
- Support drainage so toxins can leave your body.
- Then—and only then—start adding in probiotics carefully.
A Quick Gut Check
Ask yourself:
- Do I wake up bloated?
- Do fermented foods make me feel worse?
- Do I have constant fatigue or brain fog?
- Do I feel puffy or inflamed even when eating healthy?
If yes—your gut terrain might need some love.
Why It Matters Beyond Digestion
When your gut terrain is healed:
✅ Your hormones balance more easily.
✅ Your mood stabilizes.
✅ Your brain feels clearer.
✅ Your immune system becomes more resilient.
✅ You even feel spiritually calmer and more connected.
I believe our intuition, that “gut feeling”, isn’t just random. It’s part of how we’re designed to know what’s right for our bodies and our lives. And when your gut is inflamed, it’s hard to hear that inner wisdom.
Want to Go Deeper?
I’ve poured my best protocols and step-by-step guidance into my paid blog, Outsmarting Illness: Beyond the Diagnosis.
Inside, you’ll learn:
- How to heal your gut terrain step by step.
- How hormones, toxins, and gut health connect.
- Deeper protocols I’d personally use if I ever faced illness, including cancer.
- Practical tools for real-life healing.
If you’re ready for a deeper dive into root-cause healing, I’d love to have you join me.
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Your body holds wisdom. And I’m here to help you trust it and heal it.
In Case You Skimmed
- Your gut influences mood, hormones, immunity, and spiritual clarity.
- Mold, histamine, and oxalates are hidden gut wreckers.
- Probiotics won’t fix a toxic terrain, /you have to heal the environment first.
- Healing your gut can transform how you feel in body, mind, and spirit.
We’re not waiting for permission, we're finding out healing now,
Jamie Shahan MSN, CRNA, RN
Empowering Holistic Health
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The information on this website is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The content reflects the personal research, experiences, and opinions of Jamie Shahan and should not be considered medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any decisions about your health, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, have a medical condition, or are taking medications.
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