12 Signs That You Have SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) 

I thought a white coating on the tongue would be one of the symptoms...

​@@richardkalmwater5996Candida overgrowth

Just say "Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth". Not many countries follow the abbreviations that USA and UK use

My NP and nurse that were there are American..

Exactly.... the doctors even smirked at me instead attend to me. I was dying out of terrible 10/10 tummy pain. I cursed their children become stupif

They're just playing dumb. They only want to order the big $ tests/scans..

Your Dr needs a copy of Dr Davis book

Same here. IBS diagnosis. Got a 2nd opinion and he was afraid to diagnose anything else. I have similar symptoms as you. I tried a round of rifaximin but it didn't help. So I take prilosec daily, and tums w acetaminophen when things get worser.

@@Pwrcritter Everything that I have read says that doctors generally prescribe rifaximin first and probiotics... But no, my doctor wants to do the invasive procedures first, instead of what would be much simpler and more logical... I will probably seek a 2cd opinion too.

@@963ag I had scopes done, upper and lower. Invasive yes, but pretty common for our bothersome symptoms. Both turned out ok, which led to the IBS bs.

All these quacks want to do is milk the insurance by ordering tests and pushing Big Farma chemicals aka drugs on the patients. Unacceptable!

We have an amazing nutritionist. She has done so much for us over the last 15 years that NO doctor has ever come close to.

I used to work in the same office as a Naturopath, he gave a colonic to a patient who was " allergic to everything" and later they were retested and they had way fewer allergies. I don't think that it happened to anyone else but still it was interesting.

This is an old comment but I wonder if you made changes and what were the results..

Jessica, I have gut issue only starting this year and I am so disgusted by my life rn. The fact that there is no clear way to identify our critical situation is making me hopeless. I have seen many specialist and all say different things that confused me a lot.

What exercises?

How's it going?

Is it a fissure?

Have you had a colonoscopy? It could be due to inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's or ulcerative colitis or microscopic colitis), polyps, diverticulosis, hemorrhoids, angiodysplasia/vascular malformations, anal fissure, etc.

What are the symptoms?

Did u fix it

Great question! It's often a case of food poisoning in the past, other types of infections, abdominal adhesions, or anything else that is slowing down your gut motility.

Low stomic acid

@@ConfluenceNutrition Lyme infection and Covid are now also being implicated in all kinds of complicated gut issues...

Also antibiotics killing off good bacteria, even if years ago.

Basically half and half is half whole milk and half heavy cream. You could mix your own :)

Scdiet or gaps work for this. You’re basically removing all disacharides and polysacharides

Be careful with fasting, every time I start fasting it makes my bloating much worse….

@@mirandawilkinson1280 really? My only symptom of Sibo is bloating I’ve taken five breath test they are very unreliable some say I have Sibo some say I don’t on the tests they only symptom is bloating 24 hours a day three years of hell

@@mirandawilkinson1280 thats true, same here, but do you know why tho? i always thought fasting is the cure but like you said, it can make things worse

@@1990rable I believe because fasting stresses your body. I have adrenal fatigue so I have to be very careful with any kind of dieting or my body will let me know.

It's been 10 months so far. I've lost some weight. But that's it.

Have u tried a completely plant based/vegan or low Fodmap? I’ve heard ppl switched to vegan lifestyle n many of their symptoms resolved...it may not work for 100% of ppl but perhaps try it out for a month, or do an elimination diet to see what foods u tolerate.

What I’ve read is that going zero carb keto is actually what can help as it’s totally eliminates all foods that can contribute to sibo, as some of the veggies you are eating might be fueling the bacteria. Eating only meat and eggs for up to 90 days may make the difference, then slowly adding foods back in to test any intolerances. Worth researching!

Go on carrot and cabbage juicing..mix Add MCT oil to it. Take betaine hcl Niacin slow and and gradually increase to 500 mg along with b complex in methylated form Bone broth Grass fed butter Melatonin 6 mg at night. Do not take greens untill there is improvement Diatomaceous earth starting with half tspoon and 6 to 7 glass. Water A liquid mineral complex contaiing copper boron magnesium . Hope you will be fine .... All the supplement are to be taken after food except betaine.2 tablets everyday before meals

Try extended fasting. Are you doing healthy keto or keto?

Unless you suffer from IMO (intestinal methanogen overgrowth), that yoghurt is not going to help AT ALL. If you have actual SIBO (most often due to post-infectious anti-vinculin autoimmunity, leading to autoimmune attack to the vinculin protein in the interstitial cells of Cajal, leading to a reduced migrating motor complex function), get an IBS Smart test to check these anti-vinculin antibodies, and work on your migrating motor complex function by using prokinetics such as prucalopride 0.5mg before bed, at least 4 hours after your last meal, and not snacking in between meals and spacing those meals for at least 4-6 hours.

The SIBO antibiotics are designed to target the small intestine and to have minimal effect on the large intestine somehow. Despite doing this for a living, I still don't know how exactly that works!

Same with C - diff

Did Dr Davis recommend using that probiotic for Sibo in his book? I am on day 33 of eating the Sibo yogurt from the recipe he describes in his book and it is helping alleviate Sibo .

Does it help?

@@suzihazlove4979 try it out.

@@suzihazlove4979 another thing to consider is stress management. Quality sleep, etc

Unless you suffer from IMO (intestinal methanogen overgrowth), that yoghurt is not going to help AT ALL. If you have actual SIBO (most often due to post-infectious anti-vinculin autoimmunity, leading to autoimmune attack to the vinculin protein in the interstitial cells of Cajal, leading to a reduced migrating motor complex function), get an IBS Smart test to check these anti-vinculin antibodies, and work on your migrating motor complex function by using prokinetics such as prucalopride 0.5mg before bed, at least 4 hours after your last meal, and not snacking in between meals and spacing those meals for at least 4-6 hours.

Yes, I do have IMO. I do suffer with methane gases with constipation. I ask my doctor for an IBS test, but says if you have SIBO I do not need this test.🤦‍♀️ I disagree and believe they do not fully understand this condition.

@@sav827 you disagreeance is very likely based on nothing. What I tell you is based on cutting edge research from Mark Pimentel at the MAST program in Cedars Sinai university hospital. They found that IMO is most effectively treated by using a combination of rifaximin and neomycin, or metronidazole as an alternative for neomycine. This alleviates the IBS-C symptoms in most cases, and the results are often long-lived, if not permanent. In case of SIBO (which is NOT what you have), antibiotic treatment is often only short-lived in efficacy, because the underlying cause is a reduced function of the migrating motor complex. In case of IMO, the migrating motor complex is not comprimized. The test I suggested is called “IBS Smart”; it check for your anti-vinculin antibody concentration to see if you suffer from this post-infectious IBS condition where SIBO is involved. But the fact that you have IMO, and not SIBO, makes this test irrelevant to your case. Your doctor probably does not not about this test, so I think you’re referring to a completely different test. So to recap; you need a proper doctor who’s well-read up on the literature of IMO, and should ne treated with rifaximin + neomycin or metronidazole + maybe bismuth subsalycilate if you also suffer from hydrogen sulfide producers on top of the IMO. To check this hydrogen sulfide involvement, you need a Trio Smart breath test, which is only available in the US. If you don’t have access to it, you should check if you suffer from symptoms of it. But is you suffer from constipation only, and your symptoms do not alternate between that and diarrhea, it’s probablt only intestinal methanogen overgrowth. Make sure you know the risks of taking neomycin. Metronidazole has less dangerous side effects, and side effects can be prevented by making sure you have an adequate thiamine (vitamin B1) status. Rifaximin is considered a very safe antibiotic because it’s not absorbed and works only locally. If this antibiotic treatment doesn’t fully eradicate the IMO, you should look into taking long-term herbals such as allicin. I highly recommend you watch the youtube video from SIBO SOS’s channel called something similar to “DDW 2023 Mark Pimentel”. You’ll find it on youtube that way. Good luck!

Did you have hiatal hernia with your GERD? I have GERD, hiatus hernia and SIBO for sure as Im intolerant to dairy, beans, soy milk, gluten etc but have to take PPI's or else I get terrible reflux of acid, but I know PPI's will cause SIBO

@@gerofiore9695 Yup - big time - almost had surgery to deal with it (multiple endoscopies and MRIs). I took prescription acid blocker twice daily for over 20 years and I still needed to eat every couple hours to prevent disabling GERD symptoms. I was TERRIFIED to experiment with trying new protocols, but MD treatments helped less and less & I was always sick. Slowly I introduced digestive enzymes with meals (fairly inexpensive) which seemed insane....mind-blowing success within a month ....after the first week I reduced acid stopping meds and by the second week I was down to taking only 1 acid reducer per day...by second month I needed ZERO acid blockers. That led to other health improvements (overall digestion/absorption improved) and it gave me hope to try to change other things. Good luck, seriously! (It led me to find TRUSTED medical advice on YT, like Dr. Davis.)

@@lauraporter3434 Wow, can we keep in contact? Ive never met another person who was on acid blockers for that long, Ive been on omeprazole for 27yrs, I tried coming off and taking apple cider vinegar a few times a day, it burnt as it went down and had to 'chase' this battery acid with a combo of slippery elm, okra drink, it did seem to stop reflux but maybe the acid going down was worse than reflux coming up, after 10 days had to stop seeing as Id get food stuck in my chest, swallowing problems as if I had something stuck in my throat, coughing (I think drinking English teas/caffeine during the day didn't help as this relaxes the LES) so I had to stop and ended up taking the PPI AND slippery elm, okra, gaviscon etc to heal the damage done in that week of stopping, I felt great that Id actually stopped and reduce damage done to my gut, and body in general, I wanted to see a functional medicine doc but they are so expensive here in England, I just dont know what to do, apart from getting back to basics and losing my weight which I am doing now and also coffee enemas, I figured that bad bacteria die off can be flushed by doing them, but dont know if it might make SIBO worse.

@@gerofiore9695 You need to increase your stomach acids with digestive enzymes containing betaine HCL. Reflux is caused because the stomach does not have enough acid so stays open instead of closing to digest. Doctors think the opposite and that's why digestive issues are so prevalent

@@lauraporter3434 Interesting. What digestive enzymes?

Try labcorp

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What did you do to start feeling better ? Please help 🙏🙏

@@RealZayComo I was eating fiber rich food so I cut them...u can try for some time low fodmap diet. Use hydrochloric acid to help with ur indigestion. You can also try using zeolit for some time. I think it helped my bloating-gas issues.

@@cavitbalkan3337 ok thank you so much🙏 do you mind telling me what brand of zeolite you took ?

@@RealZayComo Im from Turkey. I bought a local one. You need to pay attention to buy sth good quality, a reputable-reliable brand. Diet is also very important. Eliminating gluten, simple sugars and dairy also helps. You can also search for sth called Schussler tissue salts; No6 (Potassium Sulphuricum) helps with digestion. I believe I benefited the most when started zeolit and these schussler salts.

@@cavitbalkan3337 ok, hey thanks you so much for that advice, I really appreciate it, I’m going to get some zeolite 🙏

try some fasting

@@LTPottenger I did do intermittent fasting for a while but I have to be careful as I have gallbladder problems so fasting can impact the gallbladder also cause \i take meds its hard doing a water fast, juice fating is problematic cause the watery solution is too wet and end up getting more reflux it seems

@@gerofiore9695 Basically you need to do low carb and fast. You can dissolve gallstones with supplements, and they won't come back so long as you stay away from low fat high carb diet. Then you have to slowly ween off the PPI. You need to do longer fasts of 72-96 hours or so. You should make much less stomach acid when fasting. Juice fasts will just wreck your gut even more. It's not easy but it is a lot better than being miserable then dying. Take the l reuteri probiotic yogurt too. The PPIs will definitely kill you over time.

U found an answers bro

But u don't answer me

@@carltonwillams3962 Go watch Dr Berg’s video about Sibo, much more informative and I feel like some facts in this one are wrong. Most important thing for curing SIBO is taking longer breaks between meals (intermittent fasting).

LOL! Most don't! But there is a very high correlation between people with IBS and people with SIBO.

When people say constipation, do they mean days without going ? 🙏

@@RealZayComo no. I used to think that too before sibo

@@sarahjoyce769 so it can mean like not going as much as you usual do per day ?

Yes, it most typically correlates with methane sibo. But weirdly, sometimes people can have high methane and have diarrhea.

He is no longer seeing individual patients in Michigan. But members of his Undoctored Inner Circle benefit from his personal lectures, video meetups, forum responses, etc., along with other educated members experience. Great start to his Wheat Belly protocols in the Original Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Facebook group!!

Can test for hydrogen-based SIBO using the Food Marble Aire device mentioned under his info above. Can also have doctor order Trio-Smart test for hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide. Covered by Medicare. Or ask doctor to order SIBO breath test which tests for hydrogen and methane.

@@GearMaven thank you

@@GearMaven Best to use organic acids testing. Breath test doesn’t give enough information. See a good nutritionist who understands gut health. Ignore info here about grains. They are not the problem. It’s treated with a specific antibiotic (not like usual ones) and anti-microbials but that’s why you need to be under someone’s care. It does take some time to get right anti-microbial. That’s my understanding. All the best.

@@sugarplumk2381 Contrarily, none of us in the Undoctored program of Dr. William Davis have needed an OAT to determine SIBO status. The Aire device works great for those with hydrogen-based SIBO. Even simple breath test confirms other. My methane-based was treated via Dr. Davis' protocols of Candibactin AR & BR (dosage as indicated on bottles), NAC 1000mg, Curcumin 1000mg, and essential oils like Cinnamon Bark, Oregano, etc. Cured my egg white allergy and egg yolk intolerance within 3 of the 4-week treatment. Followed up with 3-week SIFO treatment. Resolved H.pylori as well. All gastro issues resolved, no problems with broccoli, cabbage, etc., thereafter. We Undoctored believe the science re modern grain adulteration. Removal of all grains, sugars, additives has left most of us free of arthritis, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, with improvements in heart conditions.

@@GearMaven It seems that according to this man almost everyone has SIBO. I don’t know what an Aire device is. Also, eliminating additives and processed food will obviously lead to an improvement in health. I’m glad you did well.

He is a long-time successful cardiologist no longer seeing individual patients but now involved with his Undoctored Inner Circle and Blog, Wheat Belly Blog and Facebook groups online.

How are you now? Any updates

Look into ilececol valve. Mine is bad along with having sibo