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The IBS Solution with Brooke Kane

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If you have chronic diarrhea that won't stop no matter what you eat, you're in the right place.

This Podcast is for women who have been told their IBS is something they just have to manage, who have done the colonoscopies, the low FODMAP diet, the probiotics, and still run to the bathroom every day.

Brooke Kane is a registered nurse and functional medicine practitioner who has helped over 500 women find the actual root cause of their urgent diarrhea and get rid of it. Not manage it. Get rid of it.

On this Podcast you will learn why your tests keep coming back normal, why food is not the problem, and what advanced testing actually shows when someone finally looks in the right place. Real cases. Real answers. No more guessing.

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Thursday · 9 min
A “Normal” Stool Test Is MEANINGLESS Until You Check These 7 Markers
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register-yt If your stool test did not check these seven things, you still do not have the full picture. Even good functional medicine testing usually misses most of this. And even great data is useless in the hands of someone who does not know how to read it. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through the seven things a real comprehensive gut test needs to cover for chronic diarrhea and IBS, and why the right practitioner matters just as much as the right test. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 A “Normal” Stool Test Is MEANINGLESS Until You Check These 7 Markers 1:11 What a basic doctor stool test actually checks 2:05 Why advanced functional medicine testing is the Wild West 2:59 Short chain fatty acids and your gut lining 3:53 Why your good bacteria count is not enough 4:43 The full range of bad bacteria most tests skip 5:34 Gut pH and why supplements stop working 6:33 Gut lining damage and leaky gut 7:33 Toxin recirculation and why you stay stuck 8:47 What to ask before trusting your test results ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Q: Can chronic diarrhea really be fixed in 12 weeks? A: It is possible when the root cause is fully identified, but only if your testing covers all seven key markers and the person reading it knows how to interpret them. Skipping even one piece, like short chain fatty acids or toxin recirculation, can keep the cycle going no matter how much time passes. Q: Why do stool tests come back normal when I still have diarrhea? A: Basic doctor stool tests only screen for a handful of things like blood, mucus, and parasites, so a normal result often just means they did not look far enough. Even advanced functional medicine tests frequently miss two or three of the seven markers that actually explain chronic diarrhea. Q: Why did supplements make my IBS worse instead of better? A: If your gut pH is off or your gut lining is inflamed, supplements and probiotics cannot survive or work the way they should. The order of treatment matters, and starting with the wrong intervention can genuinely make symptoms worse before they get better. 📱 RESOURCES Website: https://www.therootedrn.com/ Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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August 20 · 8 min
IBS Supplements Making You Worse? Here's Why.
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar Feeling worse on a gut supplement is actually great news. Your body is telling you exactly what is going on, and once you know how to read the signal, you can finally stop guessing. Most women assume a bad reaction means the supplement failed. It usually means the opposite. It means something in your gut is finally being disturbed after years of sitting untouched, and that disturbance is often the first real sign of progress. In this episode, I'm going to break down the three real reasons IBS supplements backfire and what each one actually means for your gut. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 IBS Supplements Making You Worse? Here's Why. 0:44 Why your best efforts can still backfire 1:24 What is already living in your gut 1:53 The squatter problem no one explains 2:37 Why antimicrobials can feel like demolition 4:01 Deborah's story with the wrong protocol timing 5:33 Why probiotics often make things worse first 7:00 What die off actually feels like 7:56 Why women quit right before they feel relief 8:23 Melissa's turnaround and what changed ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why do gut supplements make IBS symptoms worse before they get better? Supplements often disturb overgrown bacteria, yeast, or parasites that have been sitting in your gut for years, and disturbing them can cause a temporary die off reaction with more gas, bloating, or urgency before things calm down. Should I stop taking a supplement if it makes my diarrhea worse? Not automatically. Getting worse can mean the timing, dosage, or protocol order needs adjusting rather than meaning the supplement itself is wrong for you, so it is worth reviewing the sequence before quitting. Why do probiotics sometimes make bloating and diarrhea worse? Most probiotics do not survive stomach acid, and if they do reach the gut while it is still inflamed and overcrowded, adding more bacteria can increase bloating and cramping instead of easing it until the underlying overgrowth is addressed. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: www.theibsfreelife.com/registration-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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August 20 · 7 min
The IBS Solution Reviews: What My Clients Actually Say
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar You were told your labs are normal. You still can't leave the house without checking where the bathroom is. Real client stories show what actually changes when someone finally looks for the cause instead of just naming the symptom. These are not hype stories. They are what happens when we stop stopping at a label and start asking why the symptoms are there in the first place. In this episode, I'm going to share real client reviews and case studies that show what happens when we stop treating IBS as the final answer and start testing for the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The IBS Solution Reviews: What My Clients Actually Say 0:47 Living in fear of the next diarrhea episode 1:36 Why everything looks normal but you still feel awful 2:06 What stool testing actually finds 3:23 Grocery stores, banks, and getting your life back 4:21 Leslie's story, told it was IBS then IBD 5:00 The moment that made her finally get help 5:49 What changed in three days, two weeks, eight weeks 6:12 Chasing symptoms versus finding the cause 6:45 What to do if this sounds like you ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Can functional medicine testing help IBS when regular labs come back normal? Yes, functional stool testing looks for infections, bacterial overgrowth, yeast, and digestive dysfunction that standard GI testing does not check for. Many women get a normal colonoscopy and blood panel and are told there is nothing more to do, when a deeper look at gut function often finds a clear, treatable cause. How long does it take to see improvement in chronic diarrhea symptoms? Some clients notice urgent bathroom trips easing within days, with bloating and food tolerance continuing to improve over the following weeks. Full results usually build over eight to twelve weeks as the underlying imbalance is corrected rather than just managed. Is IBS really the end of the road for treatment? No, an IBS diagnosis should be the starting point for finding what is actually driving your symptoms, not the final answer. It is a description of symptoms, not an explanation, and there is almost always more to uncover underneath it. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: www.theibsfreelife.com/registration-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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August 13 · 8 min
Why So Many Women With IBS Also Have Anxiety
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar If your anxiety shows up even when you are already home, safe, with a bathroom ten feet away, it is not just fear of an accident. Something else is going on. Most women are never told what it actually is. Most of your serotonin, the chemical that keeps you calm, is made in your gut, not your brain. If your gut has been inflamed and overgrown for years, that production line breaks down, and your nervous system starts reading a chemical shortage as danger. That is the real reason so many women with IBS also carry constant anxiety. In this episode, I'm going to explain the gut brain loop behind IBS related anxiety and why therapy, medication, and breathing exercises alone rarely fix it. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why So Many Women With IBS Also Have Anxiety 0:37 Why doctors label it anxiety and stop looking 1:29 Why IBS isn't a real diagnosis 2:11 What a standard gut workup actually checks 3:04 The serotonin connection nobody explains 3:56 Why low FODMAP, probiotics, and Imodium don't fix anxiety 5:53 The inflammation and anxiety loop explained 6:08 Sandy's story after 37 years of anxiety 7:34 Why supplements alone won't break the cycle 7:55 The test most doctors never order ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why do people with IBS often have anxiety? Because chronic gut inflammation and bacterial or yeast overgrowth disrupt serotonin production, and most serotonin is made in the gut, not the brain. This creates a constant low level nervous system alert that feels like anxiety even without a specific trigger. Can fixing gut health reduce anxiety? Yes, addressing the underlying gut inflammation and overgrowth can restore serotonin production and calm the nervous system, often reducing anxiety within weeks. This also frequently improves bowel formation and consistency at the same time. Why doesn't therapy or medication fully resolve IBS related anxiety? Because those tools work on the nervous system, not on the gut inflammation and overgrowth driving the chemical shortage in the first place. Without addressing the root cause in the gut, the anxiety tends to return once the calming effect wears off. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: www.theibsfreelife.com/registration-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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August 6 · 5 min
Do You Need to See Someone In Person to Fix Chronic Diarrhea?
🎁 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar You've booked the appointment, sat in the waiting room, and answered the same questions for the third time this year, only to be told your labs look normal. If you have chronic diarrhea and you're wondering whether you actually need to see someone in person to fix it, the answer isn't as simple as yes or no. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through when an in-person visit actually matters for chronic diarrhea, and when it doesn't, so you stop wasting time and money on the wrong kind of care. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN: Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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August 6 · 6 min
Do This If You Have IBS and Want to Lose Weight
🎁 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar You would think chronic diarrhea would make weight fall off. For a lot of women with IBS, it does the opposite. Your body is not counting calories in and calories out. It is asking one question all day long. Am I safe? And if the answer is no, your weight is not going anywhere, no matter how clean you eat or how hard you exercise. This is the piece most doctors never explain, and it is why so many women feel like their body is working against them. In this episode, I'm going to explain why your nervous system holds onto weight when your gut feels unsafe, and what actually needs to happen before diet or exercise will work. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Do This If You Have IBS and Want to Lose Weight 0:19 The question I get asked all the time 0:54 Why your body isn't tracking your weight 1:38 What unsafe actually means to your body 2:20 Why fear and inflammation register as one threat 2:46 Why women with IBS still hold onto weight 3:33 Why pushing harder backfires 4:40 Give your body calm before the diet 5:20 Why breathwork alone might not be enough 6:10 The five minute nightly reset ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Can IBS cause you to gain weight instead of lose it? Yes. When your nervous system treats your gut symptoms as a threat, it raises cortisol and slows your metabolism to protect stored energy, which can cause weight gain or stalled weight loss even with chronic diarrhea. This response is protective, not random, and it will not shift until your body feels safe again. Why can't I lose weight even though I have constant diarrhea? Your body is not simply tracking what goes in and out. It is reacting to a perceived danger signal from fear of accidents and gut inflammation, and it will hold onto weight until that danger signal turns off. Does calming my nervous system actually help with IBS weight issues? For many women it does, especially when paired with addressing what is actually driving gut inflammation, like bacterial overgrowth or low stomach acid. Calm alone will not fix an untreated physical root cause, but skipping it means your body stays braced no matter what diet you try. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: www.theibsfreelife.com/registration-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episode on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN: Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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July 30 · 8 min
Why Functional Medicine Stops Working for IBS
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar You did everything right. You got advanced testing. You followed a protocol. And you still have chronic diarrhea and urgency. I see this constantly, and it is almost never because functional medicine does not work. It is because something in the process got skipped, and most people never find out what that missing piece actually was. In this episode, I'm going to break down the three real reasons functional medicine stops working for IBS, and give you one thing you can start doing tonight to help your gut heal. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Functional Medicine Stops Working for IBS 0:11 The right first step most women never take 0:44 Why your stool test barely tells you anything 1:41 The problem with how results get read 2:07 Bile acid malabsorption is a symptom, not an answer 2:57 Why your protocol worked, then suddenly stalled 5:04 The nervous system piece almost nobody treats 7:27 A four minute breathing exercise to try tonight 7:52 What to do next if this sounds like you ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why does functional medicine fail for IBS and chronic diarrhea? It usually fails for one of three reasons. The testing did not go deep enough, the person reading the results did not know what to look for, or the nervous system was never addressed alongside the gut protocol. Any one of these gaps can leave someone stuck even after months of effort. Why did my IBS protocol work at first and then stop working? Bodies often react before they improve when clearing out bad bacteria or yeast, and if nobody checks in during that rough patch, people quit right when it starts working. A small adjustment and a check in call are often all that is missing, but without support most people assume the whole approach failed. Can the nervous system really affect IBS and chronic diarrhea? Yes. Years of urgency and bracing for accidents keep the body stuck in fight or flight, and healing cannot happen until the body feels safe enough to shift into rest and digest mode. This is why gut protocols alone sometimes stall even when the testing and supplements are correct. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: www.theibsfreelife.com/webinar-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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July 23 · 9 min
The 5 Questions Your GI Doctor Is Hoping You Never Ask About Your IBS
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register-yt If you have IBS, diarrhea, or urgency, here are five questions you need to ask your doctor. Some of these will make your doctor squirm. Good. Ask them anyway. Most patients never hear real answers to these, and that silence is exactly why they stay stuck for years. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through the exact five questions to ask your GI doctor about chronic diarrhea, why each one puts them on the spot, and what a real answer should actually sound like. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The 5 Questions Your GI Doctor Is Hoping You Never Ask About Your IBS 0:32 Question 1: What is causing my IBS 2:35 Question 2: Have you tested me for bacterial overgrowth 4:54 Question 3: What do you know about my gut lining 6:40 Question 4: Have you tested my short chain fatty acids 7:52 Client story: extremely low butyrate levels 8:20 Question 5: Why do my symptoms keep coming back 8:50 Signs your doctor never had a real theory 9:15 What comes next if your doctor has no answers ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Q: What questions should I ask my GI doctor about chronic diarrhea? A: Ask what is actually causing your IBS label, whether you have been tested for bacterial overgrowth, yeast, mold or parasites, what your GI knows about your gut lining function, whether your short chain fatty acids like butyrate have been measured, and why they think your symptoms keep coming back after treatment. Bring these five questions to your next appointment and pay close attention to how confidently your doctor answers each one. Q: Why does a colonoscopy show normal but I still have chronic diarrhea? A: A colonoscopy is only a camera. It looks for tumors, polyps and structural damage, but it cannot see bacterial overgrowth, gut lining permeability, or low butyrate levels, all common drivers of chronic diarrhea. A normal colonoscopy simply means your colon is not visibly damaged, not that nothing is wrong. Q: What is butyrate and why does it matter for diarrhea? A: Butyrate is a short chain fatty acid made by beneficial gut bacteria that feeds your colon cells and slows down motility. When butyrate is low, your gut becomes hyper reactive and stool never forms properly, which is why so many people with normal test results still struggle with urgency. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register-yt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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July 16 · 9 min
Why Your Gut Fell Apart During Perimenopause (It Was Never a Hormone Problem)
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Hormone replacement therapy will not fix your gut if your gut fell apart during perimenopause or menopause. Everyone points at your hormones. They are not seeing the full picture. Maybe you tried HRT and felt a little better, but the urgency and diarrhea are still there. In this episode, I'm going to explain why the hormone story feels so convincing, what was actually happening in your gut the whole time, and what to do about it. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Your Gut Fell Apart During Perimenopause (It Was Never a Hormone Problem) 0:38 The perimenopause gut story everyone believes 1:33 What hormones actually do in the gut 2:43 How estrogen and progesterone buffer gut dysfunction 4:00 What advanced testing actually finds 5:30 Questions to ask about your own gut history 6:45 Why your story is common, not rare 7:40 Why hormones alone can't fix bacterial overgrowth 8:30 What a real treatment plan looks like ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Does perimenopause cause chronic diarrhea? Perimenopause does not directly cause chronic diarrhea. It often reveals a gut imbalance, like bacterial overgrowth or depleted beneficial bacteria, that was already present but was being buffered by estrogen and progesterone. Why did hormone replacement therapy not fix my gut symptoms? Hormones can reduce gut inflammation and support motility, but they cannot eliminate bacterial overgrowth, replace depleted keystone bacteria, or repair a damaged gut lining. That is why HRT often brings partial relief that plateaus. Why do gut problems appear suddenly during menopause if they were not there before? The gut problem was usually there for years, just hidden. Estrogen and progesterone were compensating for the imbalance, and when those hormones declined, the underlying dysfunction finally became visible. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #PerimenopauseGutHealth #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea
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July 16 · 4 min
My Honest Advice for Women With Chronic Diarrhea? Stop Listening to Your Doctor.
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register I'm a registered nurse and I'm telling you to stop listening to your doctor. I know how that sounds. But after 12 years in the ICU and years of my own chronic diarrhea, I saw exactly why conventional medicine keeps women stuck instead of healed. In this episode, I'm going to explain why the medical system is built to manage your chronic diarrhea instead of fixing it, and what I did differently to actually get rid of mine for good. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 My Honest Advice for Women With Chronic Diarrhea? Stop Listening to Your Doctor. 0:15 The chronic diarrhea life you already know 0:28 Why conventional medicine keeps you sick 0:55 The real business model behind IBS management 1:20 The ICU story that changed how I see medicine 1:56 What it's really like inside the system 2:29 Why every GI doctor gives you the same answer 2:41 What basic stool tests actually miss 3:00 My own IBS story and what fixed it 3:39 What to do instead of managing forever QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why does my doctor say my IBS test results are normal but I still have diarrhea? Standard stool tests only check for a handful of markers like parasites, H. pylori, blood, and mucus. They do not test for yeast overgrowth, bacterial imbalance, or mold, which are common hidden causes of chronic diarrhea. Can chronic diarrhea from IBS actually be cured instead of just managed? Yes. Chronic diarrhea often has an identifiable root cause that functional testing can uncover, and addressing that cause can resolve symptoms completely instead of just controlling them with medication. Why do multiple GI doctors give me the same IBS diagnosis? Most GI doctors are trained through the same conventional medical education and rely on the same limited standard testing, so they tend to reach the same conclusion regardless of which doctor you see. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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July 9 · 10 min
Can You Really Stop Chronic Diarrhea in 12 Weeks? (An RN's Honest Answer)
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Someone told you that you have IBS and you'll have it forever. That was not a medical conclusion. It just means that doctor ran out of answers. Over 500 women have come to me having been told the exact same thing, and almost every one of them did not have a permanent condition. They had a gut full of things no one had ever looked for. In this episode, I'm going to show you what actually determines how long chronic diarrhea takes to fix, how to assess where you personally stand, and what an honest answer looks like for your specific gut. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Can You Really Stop Chronic Diarrhea in 12 Weeks? (An RN's Honest Answer) 0:57 - The Two Timelines Women With Chronic Diarrhea Always Hear 1:38 - Why How Long You've Been Sick Is Not the Main Factor 2:20 - What Actually Determines Your Personal Healing Timeline 3:18 - What Advanced Gut Testing Finds That Standard Labs Miss 4:06 - Three Questions to Assess Your Own Timeline Right Now 5:31 - Fast Healers vs. Women Who Need More Time: The Real Difference 6:45 - Why the First Phase Works Before Pathogens Are Addressed 8:02 - The One Question to Ask Every Gut Health Practitioner ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Can you stop chronic diarrhea permanently? In most cases, yes. Chronic diarrhea is not a permanent condition. It is driven by specific imbalances inside the gut, and when those are identified through comprehensive testing, symptoms resolve. How long does it take to heal IBS with functional medicine? Most clients notice the first changes within one to two weeks. Full resolution typically takes 12 weeks when testing confirms what is driving symptoms and the protocol is built around those specific findings. What is the difference between a standard stool test and functional gut testing? Standard stool cultures rule out a handful of specific infections. A comprehensive functional test maps the full gut environment, including bacterial species, yeast, parasites, short chain fatty acids, gut lining integrity, and immune markers. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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July 9 · 6 min
Before You Work With Me, Watch This If You Have Chronic Diarrhea…
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Here is what separates the women who heal from the ones who stay stuck. It is not the severity of your symptoms. It is whether you are actually ready to do something different. I saw three GI doctors for my own severe IBS before I fixed it myself. Every one ran the same tests, got the same normal results, and said the same thing: just manage it. I stopped asking and started studying. Fixed my own gut, then helped over 500 others. Everything I'm about to share comes from living both sides of this. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through the three things I look for in every woman before we start working together, and two patient stories that show what becomes possible when all three are true. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Before You Work With Me, Watch This If You Have Chronic Diarrhea… 0:22 Brooke's story: three GI doctors and one useless answer 1:03 Question 1: Are you still hoping your current doctor will fix this? 1:43 Why conventional medicine cannot solve this for good 1:49 Question 2: Are you ready to follow one plan all the way through? 2:06 The two-drivers analogy 2:59 Karen's story: from a bucket in the car to normal bowel function 3:52 Question 3: Can you handle a rough patch without quitting? 4:25 Judy's story: Crohn's diagnosis, root cause found, full recovery 6:32 Before your consultation: one question to sit with first ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Q: Why does chronic diarrhea keep coming back even after seeing multiple GI doctors? A: Conventional medicine is built to manage symptoms, not find what is causing them. Standard GI testing rules out cancer, bleeding, and common infections. It does not map the full gut environment, including harmful bacteria, parasites, yeast, or depleted beneficial strains that are often driving chronic diarrhea. Until those are found and cleared, symptoms return because the actual cause was never addressed. (1:43) Q: What kind of testing does functional medicine use that standard GI testing misses? A: Advanced functional stool testing maps the full gut environment, including specific harmful bacterial species known to drive inflammation, parasites, yeast, short-chain fatty acid levels, and missing beneficial strains. These findings explain years of urgency and loose stool that kept coming back as normal on every standard panel. They require different tests, not different symptoms. (2:59) Q: What kind of women get the best results working with Brooke Kane? A: Not necessarily the ones with the mildest symptoms. The women who do best are the ones who have accepted that conventional medicine has taken them as far as it can, are ready to commit to one plan all the way through, and can handle a rough patch without deciding it means something failed. That last part trips up a lot of motivated women because nobody warned them what real healing actually feels like. (6:12) 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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July 2 · 9 min
After Helping 500 Women Get Rid of IBS, I Stopped Recommending Low FODMAP
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register After helping over 500 women get rid of IBS, I stopped recommending low FODMP. You have cut out onions, garlic, apples, and half the grocery store. You track every meal, and you are still running to the bathroom after foods you have eaten a hundred times before. That is not a compliance problem. It is a gut environment problem, and no diet on earth will fix what is actually living inside your gut. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through why low FODMAP kept failing my most symptomatic clients, what functional testing revealed when I stopped leading with diet, and the three questions you need to ask yourself before cutting another food. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why I stopped recommending low FODMAP to women with IBS 0:46 Why low FODMAP has solid research (and why I believed it) 1:31 The women it helps vs. the ones it leaves behind 2:40 What actually happens when you follow it strictly 3:31 The real cost: nutrient loss, isolation, fire still burning 4:11 Case study: 2 years on low FODMAP, food list laminated, still 5-8 trips a day 5:00 What functional testing found (and why food was never the issue) 5:24 3 questions to ask yourself right now 6:07 IBS is not a food problem. It is an environment problem. 7:53 Why low FODMAP is like painting walls over mold ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Does low FODMAP work for chronic IBS diarrhea? Low FODMAP can reduce some symptoms temporarily, but it does not address the bacterial overgrowth, yeast, or depleted beneficial bacteria that are actually driving chronic urgency and diarrhea. Most women who follow it strictly still have symptoms because the gut environment is never treated. What is actually causing chronic IBS diarrhea if food is not the problem? Chronic urgency is most often driven by imbalances inside the gut, including bacterial overgrowth, parasites, yeast, and depleted keystone species. No dietary change can remove those organisms, and they do not go away on their own. What functional tests should I ask for if I have IBS? Advanced functional stool testing that evaluates bacterial overgrowth, yeast, parasites, keystone bacteria levels, short-chain fatty acids, and gut immune markers. Standard colonoscopies and routine blood panels will not show these. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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June 25 · 10 min
If You're Tired of Being Told Your Labs Are Normal While You're Still Suffering With IBS, Watch This
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register A clean colonoscopy does not mean your gut is fine. It means the test found nothing structurally wrong. Nobody told you that standard GI testing was never designed to look at the living environment inside your gut. That's where your symptoms are, and it has never been tested. In this episode, I'm going to show you what standard GI tests actually measure, what they were never built to find, and what consistently shows up when someone finally runs the right tests. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 If You're Tired of Being Told Your Labs Are Normal While You're Still Suffering With IBS, Watch This 1:12 What Those Tests Were Never Designed to Measure 1:58 The Dimension of Gut Health That Gets Completely Ignored 2:53 How the Gut Environment Drives Urgency and Chronic Diarrhea 4:15 5 Signs This Applies to Your Situation 5:54 What Functional Testing Actually Finds 6:53 Bacterial Overgrowth, Depleted Keystones, and Gut Lining Breakdown 8:43 How to Know Whether You Have Been Properly Tested 9:15 What to Do Starting Tonight ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why did my colonoscopy come back normal if I still have IBS symptoms? A colonoscopy is designed to find structural damage like polyps, ulcers, or disease. It was never built to assess the bacterial balance, yeast levels, or gut lining integrity inside your colon. Normal colonoscopy results mean nothing structural was found, not that your gut is functioning properly. What does functional gut testing measure? Functional testing maps bacterial species at a species level, yeast and parasite presence, short chain fatty acid production, immune markers, and gut lining integrity. These are the factors that standard GI tests do not assess and where chronic IBS symptoms typically originate. Can IBS be caused by something a standard doctor's test would miss? Yes. Significant overgrowth of inflammatory bacterial species, depleted keystone bacteria, Candida overgrowth, parasites, and severely low secretory IgA are all measurable findings that are completely invisible on a standard colonoscopy, blood panel, or stool culture. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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June 18 · 8 min
I Saw 3 GI Doctors for My Own IBS. They Were All Wrong. Here's What I Found Instead.
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register You went to the doctor. Everything came back normal. But you have not left the house without knowing where every bathroom is for years. You are not imagining this, and you are not a difficult case. The tests that keep coming back clean were never designed to find what is actually wrong with you. In this episode, I'm going to show you what I used to believe about getting answers from the medical system, the moment that belief broke, and what advanced functional testing finds that a colonoscopy is simply not built to look for. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 I Saw 3 GI Doctors for My Own IBS. They Were All Wrong. Here's What I Found Instead. 1:43 The loop: tested, normal, Imodium, low FODMAP, back to normal, repeat 3:07 The moment my trust in conventional medicine broke 3:56 How functional medicine asked a completely different question 4:23 What I found when I ran advanced testing on myself for the first time 5:36 Why standard tests are built to rule out emergencies, not map the gut 7:07 The flooding basement metaphor that explains every clean colonoscopy 7:31 What to do tonight before your next appointment with anyone ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why does my colonoscopy keep coming back normal when my symptoms are so severe? A colonoscopy is designed to find cancer, bleeding, and structural damage. It is not designed to assess the bacteria, yeast, parasites, or fatty acid levels living in your gut environment. A clean scope means no tumor or bleed. It does not mean your gut is healthy. What does advanced functional stool testing find that a standard test misses? Advanced functional testing maps the full gut environment: beneficial and harmful bacteria, yeast overgrowth, parasites, short-chain fatty acids, immune function, mold markers, and detox pathways. That data explains why the diarrhea and urgency exist and what specifically needs to be addressed. If I've been told it's IBS, what should I actually do next? IBS is a description of your symptoms, not a diagnosis of what is causing them. Write down every test you have had and what was found. Then write down every symptom you are still living with despite those clean results. That gap is exactly where your real answer is hiding. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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June 18 · 8 min
Stop Taking Probiotics. Here’s Why.
📌 Watch my webinar on my new IBS-D Freedom Method: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register If probiotics helped IBS, most people with IBS would not still have IBS. The thinking behind a probiotic is that your gut is empty and needs something added. Your gut is not empty. It is full of things that were there before the probiotic arrived, and some of those things are exactly what is causing the problem. In this episode, I'm going to show you what advanced testing actually finds in the gut of someone with chronic diarrhea and urgency, why adding a probiotic into that environment first makes things worse for most women, and the one specific type that behaves differently from everything else on the market. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Stop Taking Probiotics. Here’s Why 1:30 Biofilms: why bacteria, yeast, and parasites in your gut are protected from anything you add on top 2:20 What an advanced functional stool test actually finds before any treatment starts 3:10 The correct sequence: find what is there, address it, create the right environment, then rebuild 4:05 Why adding a probiotic before you know what you have can feed the problem instead of fix it 4:55 The one type of probiotic that behaves differently: Mega Spore Biotic by Microbiome Labs 5:50 What spore-based probiotics do that standard probiotics cannot 6:40 What to do tonight: audit every supplement you are currently taking and ask why ❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why would a probiotic make IBS symptoms worse? A probiotic adds bacteria into an environment that may already contain yeast overgrowth, parasites, or harmful bacteria protected by biofilms. Adding more bacteria on top without addressing what is already there can feed the problem instead of resolve it. What does advanced stool testing find that a standard test misses? Advanced functional stool testing maps the full gut environment: bacterial balance, yeast and mold overgrowth, parasites, inflammatory markers, and immune function. That picture shows whether it is safe to add anything into the gut or whether something needs to be cleared first. What is a spore-based probiotic and how is it different? Spore-based probiotics like Mega Spore Biotic survive stomach acid intact and activate in the large intestine where most gut dysfunction happens. Most standard probiotics do not survive the trip. 📱 RESOURCES Website: www.therootedrn.com Webinar: https://www.theibsfreelife.com/register Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theibssolution/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digestivewellness 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on why conventional testing keeps missing the root cause of chronic diarrhea and IBS, and what functional medicine finds instead. ABOUT BROOKE KANE, RN Brooke Kane is a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience. After seeing three GI doctors for her own severe IBS and being told each time that everything was normal, she studied functional medicine and healed herself. She has since helped over 500 women find the root cause of chronic diarrhea and urgency and achieve normal bowel function. She is the founder of Rooted Healthcare and the IBS Solution program. #IBS #GutHealth #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicDiarrhea #IBSRelief
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