Understanding SIBO with Dr Mark Pimentel | Ep.59

Dr Mark Pimentel is a pioneer in the research of SIBO. Today he
joins Rebecca to talk all-things SIBO. Listeners of The Healthy
Gut Podcast submitted their questions for Dr Pimentel, which
Rebecca gets him to answer. They cover the following:


Different treatment options available for SIBO including
different options for methane dominant SIBO

Methane overgrowth vs bloom

Whether methane always equals constipation and what it means
if you’re hydrogen-dominant and have SIBO

Whether it’s safe to do multiple rounds of SIBO treatments

How to uncover the underlying cause(s) of your SIBO (The
Healthy Gut Podcast members get exclusive access to our handy
SIBO causes and risk factors guide)

What to do if your practitioner doesn’t believe SIBO exists

What the future looks like for post-infectious IBS patients

The future of hydrogen sulphide SIBO: treatment and testing

What we should do if we get a negative SIBO breath test but
still experience symptoms

Whether we should be considering the broader gut microbiome
when treating SIBO

Whether we should be using additional supplements and/or
treatment aids, such as FMT, prebiotics, probiotics, prokinetics,
laxatives, digestive enzymes, HCL, bitters, etc

What diet we should be following and whether we should starve
or feed our bacteria during treatment

What the future looks like for SIBO patients and SIBO
treatments



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