ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM BLOATING, GAS, ACID REFLUX, DISCOMFORT AFTER EATING, CONSTIPATION AND/OR DIARRHEA? HAVE YOU ALSO BEEN “DIAGNOSED” WITH IBS? AND I AM SAYING “DIAGNOSED” JUST BECAUSE WHAT IBS REALLY TELLS YOU THAT YOUR BOWEL IS IRRITATED. WELL, HELLO!!, THAT’S WHY I WENT TO THE DOCTOR ANYWAYS!!??

BUT LET ME TELL YOU, YOUR GUT ISSUES MIGHT IN FACT BE A PARASITE, YEAST OR BACTERIA OVERGROWTH SUCH AS SIBO.
WHAT IS SIBO? SIBO= SMALL INTESTINE BACTERIA OVERGROWTH.

SO LET’S BREAK IT DOWN.. BACTERIA IN OUR GUT IS GREAT. AN OVERGROWTH, ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL INTESTINE, IS NOT. HAVING TOO MANY AND THE WRONG KIND OF BACTERIA IN YOUR UPPER, SMALL INTESTINE IS CAUSING ALL KIND OF IMBALANCES IN YOUR BODY. THESE LIVING ORGANISMS START EATING THE FOOD THAT IS MEANT TO NOURISH YOUR BODY, AND THESE LITTLE CREATURES PRODUCE GAS IN EXCHANGE, LEAVING YOU WITH BOTH NUTRITION DEFICIENCIES AND A BALLOON BELLY. NOW, THE ONLY WAY FOR THAT GAS TO GET OUT IS EITHER UPWARDS OR DOWNWARDS, CAUSING WITHER ACID REFLUX AND BURPING OR AN UGLY SYMPHONY DOWN YOUR REAR…

SIBO ALSO CAUSES INFLAMMATION IN YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT, WHICH CAN LEAD TO PAINFUL SYMPTOMS SUCH AS ABDOMINAL PAIN AND CRAMPING. ANOTHER COMMON SIDE EFFECT IS CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHEA DUE TO A DISRUPTION IN THE NATURAL GUT FLORA. IT IS VERY COMMON TO DEVELOP CHRONIC ILLNESSES, HORMONE IMBALANCES AND A SERIES OF FOOD SENSITIVITIES DUE TO THE GUT FLORA, INFLAMMATION AND GUT LINING BEING DAMAGED.
AS MENTIONED, A VERY COMMON “DIAGNOSE” PEOPLE GET FROM TRADITIONAL DOCTORS IS IBS. TURNS OUT, 60% OF ALL IBS CASES ARE CAUSED BY SIBO.
HOW CAN YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE SIBO? THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT IS THROUGH A BREATH TEST THAT WILL MEASURE THE GASES IN YOUR BREATH OVER 3 HOURS. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO WORK WITH A HOLISTIC OR FUNCTIONAL DOCTOR TO HELP INVESTIGATE IF SIBO IS CAUSING YOUR SYMPTOMS.

EVER HEARD OF SIBO?

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