Fermented foods to beat back SIBO and dysbiosis

If you’ve been following the Wheat Belly discussions, you already know that efforts to cultivate healthy bowel flora in the wake of wheat/grain elimination is a key factor in regaining health. While I’ve emphasized the importance of a high-potency (e.g., 50 billion or more CFUs per day), multi-species probiotic supplement and prebiotic fibers, I’ve not focused on the importance of fermented foods. This issue comes to light in particular with our experience in battling small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO. Dysbiosis, or disrupted composition of bowel flora in the colon, is exceptionally common, essentially the rule in modern people and plays a role in numerous health conditions. SIBO is a more extreme form of dysbiosis in which bowel flora have ascended up from the colon and infect the small intestine, duodenum, and stomach. The unhealthy species that proliferate in this condition are responsible for causing or worsening an impressive number of health conditions, a list that includes fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, autoimmune diseases, psoriasis, restless leg syndrome and many others. We’ve discussed the “tell-tale signs” of SIBO including what I call the Prebiotic Fiber Test. We’ve also discussed how more and more people participating in our discussions in the Undoctored Inner Circle are managing and treating their own SIBO with success using various herbal antibiotic regimen...
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