The TRUTH About What to Eat During SIBO Treatment

Absolutely agree with everything you said here. It can be very frustrating when you have too many variables and don't know which is causing what. It has been 5 months post H Pylori treatment, and only now after fasting, eating carefully, using things like oregano extract, berberine, probiotics, I am able to see consistency as to what is left to cure. We also are prone to self sabotage through being impatient. Most of these experiments require a 3 month+ window to really understand what's going on and start seeing consistency. I often see people quit too quickly, or change things up too quickly after 3 weeks of trying something.

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I'm halfway through my sibo treatment (rifaximin) and unfortunately so far I followed the "feed them" advice and ate high fodmap diet.. Well I'm not seeing any results at all so far. Seeing this video yesterday made me stop and change back to my "regular" diet (not eating high fodmaps but also not following strict low fodmap). This is so frustrating! I never encountered another subject with so much conflicting advice on the internet, as I do about digestion issues. It made me lose hope a bit for the treatment, wondering if I ruined this round by eating the fodmaps.. I also started biofilm busters along this treatment, but then I've read that they take weeks to break the biofilms, so I was wondering whether it's even beneficial to only start taking them while on 2-week antibiotics course? I would appriciate your take on that. Thank you!

Hi there! Would you recommend using Sunfiber PHG w. herbal treatments? You mentioned it increases efficacy "during treatment" but I've only seen that noted when using rifaxamin. I'm on a 6 week course of Candibactin but have the PHGG leftover from my failed rifaxamin rx earlier this year. thank you! great channel

dear Amanda, I am taking rifaximin for what seems to be SIBO and IMO. im eating basically carnivore with minimal fruits. my hydrogen seems to be going down but my methane goes super high sometimes on my AIRE 2, sometimes as much as 5 which corresponds to 25! I'm not sure if this is IMO. I don't feel like im constipated I just go to the bathroom rarely as always on carnivore. I used to burp alot after eating only meat! do you think Rifaximin is not enough? i have some terrible anxiety and nerve pain also. I'm not sure what this fluctuating methane means. i feel so bad im on the verge of killing myself.

Dear Amanda, my husband was tested positive for H2 Sibo and wants to start herbal antibiotics treatment asap. He is already more or less on low fodmap diet for years, but needs HCL Betain (including Pepsin and Bitters) without each meal to digest calmer. Can he continue talking HCL Betain (+Pesin) during the SIBO treatment? Thanks you 😊

I’ve had ongoing issues with IBS symptoms (mostly diarrhea but also heart palpitations and anxiety) for the past several months. I’m currently waiting on results from a FIT test for food sensitivities, the GI Effects test and will be doing a SIBO breath test as well. If I get all these results at the same time and SIBO is positive, should I ideally make no changes until treating it? (I’ve already cut out gluten, dairy, caffeine/coffee and alcohol but am still getting flair ups semi-frequently)

Hello, what are your recommendations on taking probiotics during the treatment. I was told to take probiotics during treatment, but like with food I am not sure if it will affect my treatment or not. Not sure how this will also affect my results when I redo the test for SIBO.

Can u do stevia or does it act like sugar? After treatment will I ever be able to eat sugar from time to time again? 😩 I have gastroparesis so I’m sure that’s what caused rhe sibo. Doc said my hydro score was 63 and methane was detected but too low to worry about. He’s putting me on Alinia antibiotic 500 mg for 7 days. Not sure what to eat and if I can make gluten-free or almond flour muffins with Stevia or something like that. What about bananas? They seem to be the only thing I can eat when I am super nauseous that calms my stomach but I’m sure it’s loaded with sugar. I don’t have a lot of gas and bloating, and when I do, it’s usually minimal, and just for a few seconds after swallowing and eating, but I chopped that up to gastritis and my Gastro paresis. The only reason I ask for the Sibo breath test is because of the gassiness that is fairly new. But it’s still very minimal. I don’t know if the score of 63 is off the charts high or pretty low. What are your thoughts?

So i read from Dr Pimentel he said to feed them becuase he said that when you dont feed them , yes some die but many go dormant and when they are dormant they are much harder to kill then when they are awak. that being said your opinion does make more sense to me

It doesn't matter if it makes sense to you or not, it shows that you are not a medical professional and don't know enough about the microbiome if your argument is as straightforward as "Feeding the bacteria while treating it will make it harder to kill them" no its quite the opposite, we know from studies that bacteria can hibernate and protect themselves when nutrition is scarce making it harder to kill them. Your argument really is A to B logic without considering how the bacteria really acts.

Sugar feeds the monster.

Total rubbish

What SIBO test do you recommend? I’ve heard they’re not all that accurate unfortunately.