What if your “IBS” diagnosis isn’t the truth… just a placeholder?

In this episode, Dr. Ken Brown breaks down a massively overlooked condition that could be behind chronic diarrhea, urgency, and gut dysfunction - bile acid malabsorption (BAM).

It affects millions of people, rivals conditions like celiac disease in prevalence, and yet… almost no one is testing for it.

You’ll learn:

• Why IBS is often a “trash can diagnosis”
• The real mechanism behind BAM (and why your body is working against you)
• How your gut’s “recycling system” can fail—and what happens when it does
• The 3 types of BAM (and which one most people fall into)
• Why traditional testing often misses it completely
• The simple, effective treatments that can change everything

If you’ve been told “everything looks normal”… but you know something isn’t right - this episode might finally give you answers.

👉 Because sometimes, it’s not your gut that’s the problem…

…it’s the diagnosis.

What if everything your doctor told you about cholesterol is based on corrupted science? In this episode of the Gut Check Project, Dr. Kenneth Brown and Eric Rieger dive deep into the emerging world of Lean Mass Hyper Responders (LMHR) - metabolically healthy people on ketogenic and carnivore diets whose LDL numbers look alarming on paper but may tell a completely different story in real life.

They break down a groundbreaking citizen-science study led by Dave Feldman and Dr. Nick Noritz that's challenging decades of lipid orthodoxy, explore why high LDL + high HDL + low triglycerides may not be the death sentence mainstream medicine makes it out to be, and share the story of a 53-year-old marathon runner with "normal" cholesterol who still ended up in the cath lab.

If you or someone you love has been told to go on statins, this episode is required listening.

Topics covered:

• The LMHR phenotype and what it means for keto/carnivore dieters
• Why Ansel Keys and the sugar industry shaped a generation of bad dietary advice
• Plaque progression, inflammatory markers (hs-CRP), and what actually predicts heart disease
• Why the Clearly AI cardiac scan study raised more questions than answers
• The difference between dangerous cholesterol and protective cholesterol

What if the most powerful tool to delay dementia isn’t a drug, a supplement, or even your diet… but a language?

In this episode of The Gut Check Project, board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Ken Brown is joined by a special guest co-host his son Lucas Brown, a Division I athlete and aerospace engineering student for a fascinating deep dive into one of the most overlooked brain-health strategies we have.

Together, they unpack the surprising neuroscience behind bilingualism and multilingualism and why learning (and using) another language can delay the symptoms of dementia by 4–5 years.

Not prevent it.

Delay it.

And those extra years? They’re years of driving, independence, conversations, memories, and time with the people you love.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why speaking two languages can help your brain function longer even when dementia pathology is already present
• The concept of “cognitive reserve” and how multilingual brains literally reroute around damage
• The critical 13–30 age window for laying down powerful neural networks and why it’s never too late to start
• Why effort matters more than fluency (yes, even “bad” French or Spanish counts)
• How adding a third language may provide even greater protection
• Why language learning outperforms brain games, puzzles, and passive mental exercises

Dr. Brown explains the “linguistic paradox of dementia” how two people can have nearly identical brain scans, yet one is living independently while the other requires full-time care… simply because one speaks multiple languages.

This isn’t about perfection.

It’s about mental agility.

It’s about keeping the brain flexible.

And it’s about stacking the odds in your favor starting today.

If you care about your long-term brain health, your independence, or your future self…

this may be one of the most important episodes you’ll ever listen to.

🎧 Listen now and consider this your sign to start learning (or practicing) another language.