What is SIBO?

Are you suffering from bellyaches, gas, or bloating? You may have an overgrowth of bacteria in your small intestine. Called small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, this condition may affect up to 80% of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Yet many don’t realize bacteria is to blame for their bothersome symptoms.

SIBO reflects a change in the bacteria in the small intestine. The condition results when there’s an increase in the number of bacteria that end up trapped in the small bowel or an alteration in the type of bacteria that reside there.

Bacteria in the bowel makes sense. After all, that’s where our bodies process and eliminate toxins. The trouble starts when bacteria that usually grow in other parts of the gut become trapped in the small bowel, ferment, and produce gas. That gas leads to bloating, pain, belching, nausea, diarrhea, and constipation.

The most common symptoms of SIBO are...

• gas

• bloating

• cramping

• indigestion

• abdominal pain

• low back pain

• irregular bowel movements

• loose bowel movements

• sluggish or constipated bowel movements

• weight loss or weight gain

• inability to focus

• fatigue

• anxiety

• depression

• weakness throughout the body

The most common cause of SIBO is long term use of antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics alter the balance between healthy and pathological organisms in the gut. And, as with all other digestive disorders.

A list of contributing causes in our diet and lifestyle are

• poor diet

• processed grain products and foods

• dehydration

• nutritional deficiencies

• an overgrowth of bad bacteria and other pathological organisms

• inflammatory foods

• eating too fast

• not chewing enough

• eating too many cold foods

• drinking cold or iced beverages

• an overload of negative stress

The solutions for SIBO include making changes in the primary causes

• Willingness to activate the information and recommendations

• Manage your emotions and stress

• Get properly hydrated

• Address micro-nutrient deficiencies

• More focus on whole foods and cooked foods

• Correct Intestinal dysbiosis

• Remove the toxins causing oxidative Stress

• Restore your “redox potential.”
  

SIBO is preventable, and the solutions are within your control by changing your diet and lifestyle. But no progress will be made until the condition of Intestinal Dysbiosis is effectively addressed and resolved.

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