Dr. Will Bulsiewicz | Overcoming Food Sensitivities

Love & Guts

#255 Dr. Will Bulsiewicz Bull-suh-wits is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and was chief medical resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and chief gastroenterology fellow at the University at North Carolina Hospital.

He won the highest award given in both his residency and fellowship. As a former junk-food junkie and ribeye steak lover, Dr. Bulsiewicz personally lost 50 pounds and radically transformed his health by discovering the healing power of fiber and transitioning to a plant-based diet.

He then brought these methods to his clinic and witnessed his patients have amazing results. Dr. Bulsiewicz completed 8 years of formal research training, including a masters of clinical investigation from Northwestern, an epidemiology fellowship at the highly rated UNC-Gillings School of Global Public Health, and a grant from the NIH.

His extensive research training combined with his award-winning clinical skills make him an internationally recognized leader in digestive wellness and gut health. Dr. Bulsiewicz is also the author of the book Fiber Fueled and the Fiber Fueled Cookbook.

In this episode we cover

• The difference between food intolerances and food allergies
• Why food intolerances happen
• Histamine intolerance and histamine's relationship to estrogen
• What the gold standard way of diagnosing food intolerances and food allergies are and if these methods are flawed
• If food intolerances can be healed
• Strategies to improve digestive function and food intolerance
• And so much more