When you have SIBO, your intestinal motility isn’t functioning properly - called the Migrating Motor Complex (MMC). Your small intestines are not able to sweep food through from the small intestines to the large and you have food stagnation and fermentation. You’ll need to retrain your bowels and a prokinetic can help. There are natural prokinetics and pharmaceuticals. I will always vote to try the natural route first but for some folks like myself, the herbs just don’t work

VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION The Vagus nerve runs from the brain and thorax to the abdomen. It is a nerve that contains parasympathetic fibers - your “rest and digest” system. Studies have shown that people with vagal dysfunction had delayed gastric emptying and a higher prevalence of SIBO. Signals from the vagus nerve travel from the brain to gut and are responsible for that “gut feelings” that you’ve experienced. It has also been associated with modulating mood and some types o

If you are incredibly sensitive, have severe food intolerance/allergies and very sick - I will probably start you on one of these easy to digest, easy on the tummy diets. I will not however tell you that you should be on any of these diets for more than 6 weeks and I will never tell you that there is no margin for error. That’s just not true. When SIBO first came to light and practitioners were figuring out how to treat SIBO, restrictive diets were all the rage. I remember ba

SIBO stands for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. What this means is that your Migrating Motor Complex (I will continue to reference this as your MMC) but also known as your peristalsis (what gets your poop moving through your intestines and out your bum!) has stopped working. You may have other causes such as abdominal adhesion's which may not be affecting the MMC's but is prohibiting the movement of food and bacteria out of the small intestine and into the large intest

Your liver and gallbladder are very important organs when it comes to digestion and in particular - prevention of SIBO. If the flow of bile is not adequate or is being inhibited in any way - your small intestines cannot get the serialization that bile provides to clear bacteria. Therefore, liver or gallbladder impairment can cause SIBO! Gallstones can cause SIBO SIBO can cause gallstones Impaired liver function can prolong SIBO recovery Gallstones or impaired bile flow can ca