Millions of individuals each year suffer from unexplainable nausea that baffles both health and medical experts.  Many suffering with this condition are told to eat a better diet and consume more water.  However, this advice hardly ever works and those suffering are forced to live day in and day out with crippling nausea.

Yet, these same individuals suffering from nausea often times also suffer from poor gut health.  In fact, many may be suffering from digestive conditions such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). 

Symptoms of these conditions are typically related to the digestive system, however, it’s not uncommon for these digestive disorders to cause other bodily symptoms such as nausea.

That being said, if you suffer from poor digestive health and also suffer from nausea, there is an extremely good chance that there is a link between the two. 

Interestingly, studies show that nausea, especially in women, can occur in IBS patients due to a delayed response in gastric emptying (1).  In other words, chronic constipation plays a significant role in those dealing with IBS related nausea.

With all that said, there are various strategies that can be put into place to help naturally combat both IBS and nausea.  However, before we get into these strategies, let’s go over the basics first.

What is Nausea?

Nausea can be described as feeling chronically light headed, brain fogged, dizziness, lethargy, and confusion.  Often times, health and medical experts claim that there is no cure for this disorder and that those suffering most learn to live with the condition. 

However, this is not true.  In fact, there have been thousands of reports of individuals curing their nausea after properly healing the gut and reducing intestinal inflammation.

It’s important to understand that those with IBS often times suffer from both intestinal inflammation and high amounts of toxicity.  This toxicity can build up in the body due to pathogenic fungal overgrowth’s and lack of bowel movements. 

Unfortunately, this leaves IBS sufferers prone to developing high levels of toxicity in the body.  This toxicity often can manifest itself In the form of chronic nausea.

IBS and Nausea – What You Need to Know

As mentioned before, those suffering from IBS often times have severe fungal overgrowth’s in the gut such as candida.  Interestingly, research has shown that its extremely common for IBS patients to suffer from intestinal colonization of pathogenic fungi such as candida (2). 

For those unaware, candida is a pathogenic fungus which can wreak havoc on the hosts digestive system and can cause several different unwanted symptoms in the body.  In fact, candida overgrowth can be one of the main reasons individuals suffer from IBS to begin with.

Those with candida overgrowth will naturally be battling against toxic overload in the body.  This is because candida can release over 70 different toxic byproducts into the body which can all accumulate and cause negative side effects.  Again, this high amount of toxicity often presents itself in the form of chronic nausea and fatigue in the body.

Experts have found that one of the main symptoms which is caused by candida overgrowth in the gut is nausea (3).  Feelings of dizziness, fatigue, confusion can very well be a result of the high amounts of toxins being released by this pathogenic fungus. 

Next time you feel nauseous, check to see if you experiencing symptoms of bloating.  Candida releases the majority of these toxic byproducts while fermenting sugars in the gut.  This fermentation process typically leaves the individual bloated and is a good indication that your nausea is related to dysbiosis in the gut.

Nausea and Poor Liver Function

While still on candida, it’s important to understand how this pathogenic fungus can effect the functionality of the liver.  For the unaware, the liver is responsible for filtering all blood from the stomach before being released to all other parts of the body.  This allows for only purified blood to reach the bloodstream.

Unfortunately, since candida is extremely common in those with gut disorders such as IBS, it’s highly likely that those with IBS have extremely poor liver function.  This is because candida releases a toxic substance called gliotoxin which has been shown to not only destroy liver cells, but significantly reduce the overall functionality of this vital organ (4). 

As a result, toxic blood coming from the stomach is able to pass through the liver unfiltered and can contribute to overall toxicity in the body.

Again, this high amount of toxicity can contribute to conditions such as nausea and fatigue.  The only true way to correct this problem is by healing the intestines and inhibiting the growth of all bacterial, yeast, and fungal overgrowth’s in the gut.

Intestinal Inflammation and Nausea

As well as toxicity playing an extremely important role in the development of nausea, chronic intestinal inflammation can also contribute to this debilitating condition. 

As mentioned previously, those with IBS almost always suffer from high amounts of intestinal inflammation.  Small amounts of this intestinal inflammation can be attributed to fungal and bacterial overgrowth’s in the gut.  However, the majority of this intestinal inflammation is a direct result of poor diet.

In fact, diets extremely high in plant foods can be key contributors to intestinal inflammation.  This is because plant foods are extremely high in gut irritating anti-nutrients.  These anti-nutrients consist of phytates, lectins, oxalates, gluten, tannins, and saponins; all of which can severely irritate the gut. 

If eaten in large amounts, these anti-nutrients can strip the gut of its mucosal lining which can lead to conditions such as inflammation and gut permeability.

Also, a permeable gut can allow undigested food particles to pass into the blood stream.  This typically results in an intense immune response that could cause nausea in some individuals.

Correct the Gut and Stop Nausea

At this point, you may be coming to the realization that correcting the gut is imperative for getting conditions such as nausea under control. 

The only way to balance the gut, reduce intestinal inflammation, inhibit the growth of fungal overgrowth’s, and reduce gut permeability is through correct diet. 

Luckily, we’ve covered the best diet for IBS conditions before.  In fact, all this information can be found for free on our Diet Protocol Page.  Here you will find everything you need to know on the best diet for IBS.

However, for those who want a quick outline on the foods they should be eating for an IBS condition, we’ve created a small list of gut healing foods below.

• Animal Organs (heart, kidney, liver)
• Gelatinous Cuts of Meat
• Bone Broth
• Fatty Cuts of Meat
• Fatty Fish
• Seasonal Fruits
• Fermented Foods
• Ghee
• Rendered Animal Fat
• Well Cooked Vegetables

All these foods should be organic, grass-fed, wild caught, or pastured raise.  Also, animal foods play an important role in a gut healing diet because of their ZERO anti-nutrient content and their high amount of gut healing vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. 

These foods should not be feared, and in our opinion, are essential for correcting conditions such as IBS.

Also, plant foods should be kept to a minimum when trying to correct the gut.  Again, all plant foods are a rich source of gut irritating anti-nutrient which can further inflame the gut and delay intestinal healing. 

Although cooking can reduce the amount of anti-nutrients present in these plant foods, they still can be problematic for those with digestive disorders such as IBS.

As a result, you will want to focus on consuming high quality animal foods which are extremely nourishing to both the gut and body.

Try Our Gut Healing Cookbook

As well as following a IBS friendly and gut healing diet, we highly recommend you give our Intestinal Health Cookbook a try. 

Our cookbook is full of delicious and mouthwatering recipes that can help you during your recovery from IBS.  In fact, we’ve included over 20 different recipes that are both great for the gut and taste amazing!

Many find that the cookbook helps them stick to a gut healing diet which can inevitable speed up the recovery process.  Also, the recipes in our cookbook are easily modifiable so that you can add your own creative touch to each recipe!