Reversing Crohn's and Colitis Naturally

In this episode, IBD specialist and functional medicine consultant Josh Dech breaks down the three most well-studied dietary approaches for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), the Ulcerative Colitis Exclusion Diet (UCED), and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). Josh explains the clinical evidence behind each approach, including research demonstrating steroid-free remission rates, improved ...

Josh challenges several conventional assumptions surrounding Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis while presenting a root-cause approach focused on identifying the underlying drivers of chronic inflammation. He discusses how toxins, microbial imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, environmental exposures, stress, and immune system dysfunction can interact to influence gut health and recovery.

Listeners will learn why healing often occ...

Antibiotics have transformed modern medicine and remain essential for treating serious bacterial infections—but are they being overused? In this episode, Josh explores the growing concern around unnecessary antibiotic use and what it means for your gut health, microbiome, immune system, and long-term recovery from chronic digestive conditions.

Drawing on CDC statistics, Josh explains why many antibiotic prescriptions may be av...

Is taking probiotics really the best way to restore your gut microbiome—or could it actually be keeping you stuck?

Josh explains how the gut microbiome develops, why modern lifestyles contribute to chronic inflammation, immune dysfunction, and microbial imbalance, and how factors like ultra-processed foods, chronic stress, environmental toxins, poor sleep, mold exposure, and repeated antibiotic use influence long-term gut heal...

Detox has become one of the most talked-about topics in natural health—but it's also one of the most misunderstood.

In this episode, Josh Dech explains why detox isn't simply about taking supplements, drinking detox teas, or spending hours in the sauna. Instead, successful detoxification depends on whether your body has the capacity to safely eliminate toxins after they're mobilized.

Whether you're dealing with Crohn's disease,...

In this episode, Josh Dech challenges some of the most widely accepted beliefs surrounding inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), arguing that chronic gut inflammation should be viewed through the lens of root-cause medicine rather than lifelong disease management.

Josh explores why he believes the autoimmune label does not fully explain Crohn's and colitis, discusses research involving immune-mediated responses, and examines evidence ar...

Biologics are not as reliable as your doctor makes them sound. In fact, 30% of patients who get one have no response, and 1 in 6 will have it fail within the first year. 

Worse than that, once you do get your biologics - it's almost guaranteed to fail at some point in the near future anyways. So why is this happening and what can you do to reduce the risk of your biologics from failing?

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• How biologics work (H...

GI Maps are a great tool, but most people are using them wrong; which means you're not only looking for your root causes in the wrong place, but you're also wasting your money - to the tune of $400-$500 per test!

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Why GI maps are a waste of money
• Why they won't identify your root cause
• When a GI map is a good idea vs a bad idea (waste of money)
• When to get a GI map to get the most out of it
• How to identify root cause...

There’s a long list of reasons why natural solutions aren’t helping your inflammatory bowel disease – but that’s doesn’t mean natural doesn’t work... It simply means you’re doing it wrong.  

In this episode, you're going to learn the different between taking simply taking “plant based medication” and actually finding a root cause and reversing your IBD naturally.

TOPICS DISCU...

Your alleriges and your bowels go hand in hand - and if your allergies make your gut symptoms worse, or if your allergies increase when your gut symptoms are at their worst, you'll need to hear this.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• What allergies are and how they work
• The gut-allergy connection
• How your immune system works to cause allergy/histamine responses
• Why your gut and allergies can make each other worse
• The biggest drivers of histamines in...

The gut-brain connection is often grossly misunderstood. It's not just about one big vagus nerve: there are actually 5 key components that all work together to create a healthy connection.

And you can't fix something until you understand it. That's why this episode is all about the gut-brain connection and how to repair it to help heal your Crohn's and colitis.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Explaining the gut-brain connection
• The 5 key compone...

Stress and trauma and major drivers of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis... but why? 

Oddly enough, your doctor may recognize them as something that can trigger a flare, but they don't tend to acknowledge that they can actually be what caused your bowel disease in the first place.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• How stress and trauma cause bowel disease and contribute to flares
• How stressors affect your immune system
• The gut-brain connection
• Cel...

Ever wondered why your doctor does your blood work and tells you that it’s “normal, even though you still feel like trash? 

This is because "normal" reference ranges do not mean "optimal". 

We’re talking about the difference between “normal” and “optimal”, how you can easily understand your blood or other lab results without going back to school to become a doctor, and what other op...

Crohn's, colitis and diverticulitis flares are the worse - but why do they keep happening? It's certainly not random like your doctor's told you. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• What caused your first flare
• Why flares keep happening
• The 3 biggest reasons you get sick
• Why flares and inflammation are not random and the science behind it
• The 4 stages of immune dysregulation that lead to flares and immune hyper-reactivity
• Real client scenarios of...

If it feels like you've tried every intervention (pharmaceuticals, natural remedies, herbs, etc.) and keep getting worse, there's a very explainable reason for that. You'll learn why this is happening and what you can do to fix it and finally start healing.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Immune reactivity and hyper-vigilance
• Leaky gut and gut barrier breakdown
• Microbial instability
• Detox and drainage overload bogging down your system
• Threat signa...

One of the biggest contributors to long term bowel disease, and your inability to heal, is nutrient deficiencies.  This is dangerous because your body needs raw materials – nutrient deficiencies disrupt cellular signalling, weaken your ability to repair, and they force your immune system to operate in a constant state of chaos and breakdown, which is one of the reasons IBD appears to be autoimmune, even though it isn&rsq...

Have you ever wondered how I find the root cause of your bowel disease? This episode is a real recording from a client who just joined our program and is already seeing amazing results in less than 2 months - because we found her root cause.

Listen to this episode to see how we do it, live and in real time.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• How to find your root cause
• Why your history matters
• Putting all the pieces together to understand your story
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When your gut hurts, controlling inflammation is the highest priority but your doctor’s tools are limited to drugs like steroids and immune suppressing medications. But if you want to learn how to control your inflammation naturally, this episode is for you. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• How inflammation works in IBD
• What it looks like to manage inflammation
• Natural solutions for control inflammation in Crohn's and colitis

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Biologics are scary immuno-suppresive drugs used to control the symptoms of bowel disease; and the top 5 most common drugs used in the USA run the risk of more than 200 side effects between them. So, is it worth the risk or is there a way to avoid having to be put on biologics?

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• What are biologics and how they work
• Pros and cons of biologics
• Risks vs beenfits
• Potential side effects
• Alternative options and how to ...