Episode #156: Understanding Eczema from the Inside Out with Christa Biegler, RD
Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller. This week, Dr. Reller is joined by registered dietitian Christa Biegler, who specializes in helping children and adults overcome eczema and food sensitivities without unnecessary restriction, over-supplementation, or excessive testing. In this episode, they explore eczema as a whole-body condition rather than just a skin issue. Christa explains how gut dysbiosis, histamine imbalance, nutrient depletion, stress, and environmental burden all contribute to eczema flares. They discuss why a one-size-fits-all approach often fails and how identifying different eczema patterns can lead to more effective, lasting improvement. Tune in to learn how supporting the body’s physiology in the right order can calm inflammation, improve skin health, and reduce relapse. Christa Biegler, RD is an award-winning dietitian and root-cause nutritionist, and the owner of Less Stressed Life Nutrition. She helps people resolve food sensitivities, inflammation, and eczema without unnecessary restriction, endless supplementation, or costly testing. She lives with her unicycling husband & kids in the Midwest. Christa speaks an equal mix of nerd + approachable analogies when educating about gut health, eczema, food sensitivities, micronutrients, energy and sleep. 00:00 – Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast 00:46 – Christa Biegler’s background and eczema focus 04:30 – Food sensitivities vs. food allergies explained 06:55 – Stress, inflammation, and eczema flares 10:01 – Why people feel reactive to “everything” 14:02 – What’s happening inside the body with eczema 21:18 – Nutrient depletion, digestion, and enzymes 29:12 – Environmental burden and detox pathways 33:38 – The three eczema subtypes 40:31 – Hand eczema and post-pandemic trends 44:27 – Where to find Christa and learn more Connect with Christa Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.lessstressedlife.com/ Instagram: / anti.inflammatory.nutritionist Connect with Dr. Reller Podcast website: https://gethealthytbpodcast.buzzsprou... LinkedIn: / kerryrellermd Facebook: / clearwaterfamilymedicine Instagram: / clearwaterfamilymedicine Tiktok: / kerryrellermd Clearwater Family Medicine and Allergy website: https://sites.google.com/view/clearwa... Podcast: https://gethealthytbpodcast.buzzsprou... Subscribe to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Amazon music, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Pandora.