If you’ve been dealing with SIBO, IBS or Functional Dyspepsia for a while, you’ll probably have come across the idea of gut motility – and specifically the migrating motor complex (MMC). The MMC is the housekeeping wave that clears leftover food and bacteria from the small intestine between meals. When it isn’t working well, symptoms…
What is SIBO? For years, we’ve been told that Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is exactly what the name says – too many bacteria in the small intestine. Doctors and functional medicine practitioners have been treating it like that for decades, throwing antibiotics and harsh antimicrobials at it to ‘kill off’ the bacteria. Here’s the…
Looking for the best SIBO diet? If you’ve been told to cut carbs, fibre or entire food groups to heal your gut, you’re far from alone – but this approach often makes things worse. When I was first diagnosed with SIBO, IBS, and Functional Dyspepsia, my first instinct was to take control by changing my…
Have you been told to ‘try these anti-depressants’? Or that you are ‘completely normal’ and are ‘obsessing’ over your symptoms. Or maybe that you’re imagining them entirely? But you KNOW that the pain is VERY real, as is the urgency to find a toilet, the acid rising in your throat, the belching, the awful constipation… I…
Is your SIBO treatment not working? You’re not alone. If you’ve tried the 4R’s gut healing protocol for SIBO, IBS or functional dyspepsia and still feel stuck, there’s a reason for it. What are the 4R’s of gut healing? When I received my IBS, SIBO and Functional Dyspepsia diagnoses and started my natural gut healing…