What podcasts say about William John Bulsiewicz
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What William John Bulsiewicz has said on podcasts
52 statements · 15 positive · 25 negative · 3 mixed · 9 neutral
Chronic recurring digestive symptoms indicate an underlying problem requiring personalized intervention.
“if it's a chronic health issue, if you're the type of person who you wake up in the morning and you say, I hope today's gonna be a good day, I hope I don't have to deal with that specific issue. You have a problem”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 1:22
Constipation means inadequate bowel emptying, not merely infrequent bowel movements.
“constipation is what happens when you're not adequately emptying your bowels”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 2:31
Asymptomatic people who normally defecate every other day may not be constipated.
“They poop every other day. That's their normal. They feel fine. They don't have any gut symptoms. They don't have a constipation problem.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 2:56
Frequent bowel movements can coexist with incomplete emptying, bloating, and constipation.
“You might not still be fully emptying your bowels. Right. And so that. So that's an example of a person who can actually be struggling with bloating and constipation and not think because they're like, doc, I'm pooping three times a day.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 3:47
Intestinal gas travels alongside stool through the bowel.
“The gas travels with the poop.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 4:31
Microbial material constitutes approximately 60% of stool weight.
“your poop is predominantly your microbiome. 60% of the weight of your stool is microbial.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 4:41
Stool retention gives microbes more time to ferment contents and produce gas.
“when the poop is in gridlock and it's not moving through, then those microbes are basically sitting there with unlimited time to ferment and produce gas.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 5:49
Gut microbes can ferment protein and produce gas.
“Anything they come into contact with, it could be protein. They will ferment it, they will produce gas.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 6:08
Constipation is strongly associated with gas and bloating.
“this is a big part of the reason why constipation is so strongly associated with gas and bloating.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 6:14
Constipation is arguably the leading cause of gas and bloating, among multiple possible causes.
“I would argue that constipation is the number one cause of that particular issue. But there's many potential causes.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 6:30
Abnormally fast intestinal motility causes diarrhea, while sluggish motility causes constipation.
“if the intestines move too fast and out of rhythm, you get diarrhea. If the intestines slow down too much sluggish, you get constipation.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 6:42
A weakened microbiome impairs digestion and contributes to gas and bloating.
“When your gut is not happy, they're weak, the microbes are weak, and you're asking them to do work and they can't handle that, and you end up with sloppy digestion, and that's gas and bloating.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 7:59
A gluten-free diet can cause problems without appropriate dietary adaptations.
“it can cause problems to be gluten free, unless you know what adaptations to make.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 9:56
Glyphosate disrupts the microbiome, depletes beneficial bacteria, and favors inflammatory bacteria.
“we know that glyphosate disrupts the microbiome, that it depletes the beneficial bacteria, and the ones that tolerate it the best are the inflammatory ones.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 11:53
Fermenting wheat dough reduces its fructan content.
“When you ferment your wheat, when you ferment your dough, you actually reduce the fructan content.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 12:51
People with gut damage may tolerate sourdough better because fermentation reduces fructans.
“people who have a slightly damaged gut, they struggle to process and digest them. So this would explain why some people, they eat wheat containing gluten containing foods, and they struggle, but they do okay with sourdough because if you ferment the bread, it reduces the fructane content, and actually, then you can tolerate it.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 13:17
In a cited study, fructans triggered symptoms while gluten caused fewer symptoms than placebo.
“When they ate the gluten containing bar, they actually had less symptoms than the placebo. So in other words, the gluten is not the problem, but when they ate the fructan containing bar, they were triggered.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 14:30
Many presumed gluten intolerance cases are better characterized as fructan intolerance.
“we have been taking this concept of gluten intolerance and we've misnamed it. It's not a gluten intolerance, It's a fructane intolerance.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 14:53
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease involve especially severe gut dysbiosis.
“for the people who have ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease, those are forms of inflammatory bowel disease. Those people have the deepest dysbiosis.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 16:08
Inflammatory bowel disease can potentially enter deep remission without flares.
“It's possible to put them into remission so deeply that they don't have a flare”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 16:22
A healthy microbiome during the first three years supports a healthier immune system.
“when the microbiome is healthy during childhood, during those first three years, it results in a healthier immune system.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 18:23
Inflammatory bowel disease has a genetic component.
“there's clearly a genetic component.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 19:02
- on Industrialization and inflammatory bowel diseaseNegativeJul 10, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Inflammatory bowel disease increases as countries industrialize.
“as countries industrialize, there's a takeoff, and they start ramping up.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 19:42
- on U.S. inflammatory bowel disease casesNegativeJul 10, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
U.S. ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease cases rose by up to 55% from 1970 to 2010.
“within the United States, over the course of 40 years, from 1970 to 2010, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease cases were increasing by up to 55%.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 19:46
- on Antibiotics and inflammatory bowel diseaseNegativeJul 10, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Antibiotic use doubles inflammatory bowel disease risk during the following year.
“If you take antibiotics, your risk of developing an inflammatory bowel disease in the next year just doubled.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 20:09
Antibiotics reduce gut diversity, disrupt the gut barrier, and activate the immune system.
“reducing gut diversity, disrupting the gut barrier by 50% during a course of antibiotics and activating the immune system.”
Open the episode · Most Replayed Moment: Are You Really Gluten Intolerant? It Could Be This Instead!Listen at 20:24
Fecal transplantation rapidly resolved a life-threatening gut infection in one patient.
“By the next day, the entire infectious issue got shut down.”
Open the episode · Leaky Gut Expert: This Gut Mistake Leads To Cancer. The Cheap Spice That Helps Repair A Damaged Gut!Listen at 1:23
Constipation is the leading cause of bloating.
“So constipation is the number one cause”
Open the episode · Leaky Gut Expert: This Gut Mistake Leads To Cancer. The Cheap Spice That Helps Repair A Damaged Gut!Listen at 2:08
- on Early-life antibiotics, bottle feeding, and cesarean birthNegativeJan 1, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Antibiotics, bottle feeding, and cesarean birth are associated with microbiome disruption and disease risks.
“antibiotics, bottle feeding and birth by cesarean section are associated with an impact on the microbiome, such as an increased risk of allergic autoimmune and metabolic dise.”
Open the episode · Leaky Gut Expert: This Gut Mistake Leads To Cancer. The Cheap Spice That Helps Repair A Damaged Gut!Listen at 2:27
- on Microbiome-optimizing diet and routinePositiveJan 1, 2026· The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Optimizing the microbiome through diet and routine improves longevity and reduces disease.
“And when you do these, you will thrive and you will live longer and you will have less disease.”
Open the episode · Leaky Gut Expert: This Gut Mistake Leads To Cancer. The Cheap Spice That Helps Repair A Damaged Gut!Listen at 2:48
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