Every day, millions quietly struggle with gut issues - bloating, unpredictable bathroom habits, discomfort, and confusing food reactions. Tracking and understanding what’s actually happening inside our bodies is tedious, messy, and often left ignored, even as research shows gut health impacts everything from mood to energy to disease risk.

Getting real insight feels nearly impossible, thanks to complex tests, hard-to-stick elimination diets, and unreliable self-logging. It’s a frustrating guessing game that keeps most people from finding relief or unlocking true vitality.

This episode dives into the science of gut health at home, exploring how you can turn your toilet into a health device - and transform your health for good.  Forget complicated labs and guesswork - here’s how you can get answers right from your own bathroom.

Scott Hickle is the Co-Founder and CEO of Throne, the world’s most advanced health wearable for your toilet. A mechanical engineer by training and entrepreneur by trade, Scott’s mission is to bring precision health tracking to one of the last untapped frontiers of the human body - our waste. Throne’s ultimate goal is to make preventive health second nature, giving everyone the chance to catch issues early, feel better daily, and live longer, healthier lives.

“Smartphone use on the toilet is associated with a 46% increase in the risk of hemorrhoids.” - Scott Hickle

In this episode you will learn:

• Why daily bathroom habits can reveal key signals about your gut and urinary health.
• How tech like Throne turns your toilet into a health tracker, capturing trends and patterns over time.
• The basics of gut health, stool frequency and consistency, and why these insights matter for your wellbeing.
• Ways to spot trigger foods and improve IBS management using data, instead of manual tracking and guesswork.
• The link between stress and gut performance, based on real data and daily patterns.
• How keeping tabs on hydration and bathroom routines can help prevent health risks, including accidental falls as we age.

Resources:

• Connect with Scott on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scotthickle
• Learn more about Throne Science: https://www.thronescience.com/

This podcast was produced by the team at Zapods Podcast Agency:

https://www.zapods.com

Find the products, practices, and routines discussed on the Alively website:

https://alively.com