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In this episode of How I Healed My Gut, Dane Johnson sits down with Melanie Avalon—SAG-AFTRA actress, best-selling author, and host of The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast—to explore the intersection of biohacking, gut health, and intuition-based healing. Melanie shares her deeply personal health journey, from early struggles with gut imbalances and SIBO to discovering a powerful, aligned lifestyle through functional medicine, intermittent fasting, and self-awareness.

Melanie opens up about navigating her way through food fear, digestive distress, and misdiagnoses, offering hope and practical insights for anyone walking the path of gut healing. Her story reveals how restriction doesn't have to equal deprivation and how tuning into your body's signals can be the most potent tool for long-term transformation.

This episode is a must-listen for those struggling with IBS, SIBO, food anxiety, or chronic GI symptoms, and for anyone curious about how biohacking, mindset, and lifestyle can work together to restore balance and joy in life.

Key Takeaways:

1. Diagnoses don't define you – Whether you've been given a label like IBS or IBD—or no label at all—your experience is real and deserves care.

2. Food fear can be overcome – Melanie discusses how she transformed her relationship with food from fear to freedom, even while following what appears to be a restrictive diet.

3. Gut healing is holistic – From detoxing heavy metals and addressing SIBO to supporting sleep and nervous system health, it's not just about supplements.

4. Intermittent fasting as a lifestyle – For Melanie, eating once a day restored not just her gut but her focus, energy, and peace of mind.

5. Biohacking should be joyful – From cryotherapy and sauna use to light exposure and sleep optimization, Melanie emphasizes strategies that enhance life, not just manage symptoms.

6. Intuition is everything – Developing a sharp inner compass through experimentation and awareness can help you create a diet and lifestyle that make you both happy and healthy.

7. Consistency > perfection – The most powerful healing often comes from repeating simple habits like quality sleep, clean food, and mindfulness—not from the next trendy supplement.

Resources Mentioned:

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Connect with Melanie Avalon:

• The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

• Instagram

• Wesbite

Connect with Dane Johnson and CCLifestyle:

• Website

• Dane's Instagram

• CCL Instagram

• YouTube

Get to Know Melanie Avalon:

Melanie Avalon is a SAG-AFTRA actress, author of What When Wine: Lose Weight and Feel Great with Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, and Wine, founder of the supplement line AvalonX, EMF-blocking product line AvalonX, top Apple app Food Sense Guide, and host The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, and The Mind Blown Podcast, with millions of downloads. She has been featured in numerous publications including Newsweek, USA Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur, CNBC, and is a regular contributor to Fox Health News. Melanie was a speaker in Dave Asprey's 2021 Biohacking Conference. She is certified as a wine specialist by the WSET, as a holistic nutritionist by the AFPA, and is a member of Mensa International. Melanie currently runs 3 rapidly growing Facebook groups with over 13K members.