Gut Skin Axis

06/27/24 • 16 min

When a patient walks into my office, their skin is the first thing I see, and what I've found in my almost 30 years as a gastroenterologist, is that what is going on in your gut almost always shows up on your skin. In this episode, I’m going to go over the connection between what’s happening in your gut, and what’s going on in your skin.

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Dr. Robynne Chutkan

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The Gutbliss Podcast - Gut Skin Axis

Transcript

When it comes to your appearance, your GI tract might actually play a bigger role than your genes, because without a healthy gut, it’s really hard to have healthy skin. Your digestive tract is like the soil, and your skin is like the plant; if the soil isn’t in good shape, the plant is not going to bloom properly.

On today’s show, when a patient walks into my office, their skin is the first thing I see. Before I examine their abdomen or do a rectal exam or take a look at their col