# Ep335: You’ve Tried Everything… Could Parasites Be the Missing Piece? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fit-fueled-life-podcast-3384413/ep335-you-ve-tried-everything-could-parasites-be-the-missing-piece Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fit-fueled-life-podcast-3384413/ep335-you-ve-tried-everything-could-parasites-be-the-missing-piece.md Podcast: [Fit + Fueled Life Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fit-fueled-life-podcast-3384413) Published: 2026-04-28T11:11:21+00:00 Episode link: http://cast.rocks/hosting/28841/Ep335-You-ve-Tried-Everything-Could-Parasites-Be-the-Missing-Piece-.mp3 Audio file: http://cast.rocks/hosting/28841/Ep335-You-ve-Tried-Everything-Could-Parasites-Be-the-Missing-Piece-.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fit-fueled-life-podcast-3384413/episodes/ep335-you-ve-tried-everything-could-parasites-be-the-missing-piece Duration seconds: 2478 ## Resource In this episode, Curtis Gillespie Sayers is back to explore one of the more overlooked (and often misunderstood) root causes of gut health: parasites. Drawing from client cases, functional testing insights, and his own evolving perspective, he shares how parasites can contribute to bloating, fatigue, skin issues, stalled fat loss, and more, especially when other interventions haven’t fully worked. He also addresses the nuance: when parasites are worth investigating, how testing like GI-MAP fits in, and why not every symptom points in this direction. Here’s what you’ll learn: - The surprising reason women over 35 may be more susceptible to parasites - Why parasites are rarely the root cause, but still a piece you can’t ignore - What trauma has to do with parasites and why this piece gets missed - The connection between mold, heavy metals, and parasites - The subtle clues on your bloodwork that could point to parasites - The biggest missing pieces in typical parasite protocols (and why they fail) - The mistakes that keep women stuck in cycles of “cleanses” with no results - The link between chronic bloating after meals and possible parasite involvement - Why constipation makes everything worse (and how to actually fix it) - The hormone connection no one is talking about - How most people actually get parasites (it’s not what you think) - Peptides that may support gut repair and resilience in these cases Subscribe: https://carrotsncake.substack.com Join Fit + Fueled: https://carrots-n-cake.mykajabi.com/fit+fueled Connect with Tina Haupert: https://carrotsncake.com/ Facebook: Carrots 'N' Cake https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake Instagram: @carrotsncake https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake YouTube: Tina Haupert https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake About Tina Hauper… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fit-fueled-life-podcast-3384413/episodes/ep335-you-ve-tried-everything-could-parasites-be-the-missing-piece/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/fit-fueled-life-podcast-3384413/ep335-you-ve-tried-everything-could-parasites-be-the-missing-piece.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.