Today I wanted to share some thoughts on citrobacter. Now, this is a bacterial overgrowth that I frequently find when I test the large bowel of my patients. It is a member of the …
E. coli as Driver & Treatment: IBD series
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is a gram negative bacteria that is a common inhabitant in a healthy gut. However, certain strains of this particular species are known pathogens that can contribute to active inflammation and drive inflammatory bowel …
Histamine Intolerance & the Gut
There is a strong connection between histamine intolerance and the gut. This inability to deal with high histamine foods in my patients with gut conditions like SIBO, coeliac disease and IBS is something I see in the clinic every week. …
Herbal Solutions For Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, has been researched from many different angles. Some researchers think that most IBS is simply small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (or SIBO) that hasn’t been diagnosed yet, others insist it is a diagnosis of exclusion meaning …
Prokinetic Herbs: Herbal Medicine for Gut Motility
There are many herbs that act to improve motility in the digestive tract. In this article we will explore the top prokinetic herbal medicines that assist digestion by keeping things moving through the gut.
In my clinical practice I use …
SIBO : Testing Options & Recommendations
Today we are following on with the SIBO series of videos covering different ways to test for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Don’t forget there is a free Ebook download available to go along with this …
SIBO : Types of Bacterial Overgrowth
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, is a digestive imbalance I commonly see and treat in my practice. As a clinical herbalist I use herbal medicine, select prebiotics and targeted probiotic strains to help …
Psyllium Seed for Reflux and Heartburn
Heartburn, reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD/GORD) is common. Lately I have been seeing a connection between my patients with poor gut health, particularly constipation, and reflux and heartburn. Today we will be exploring a study that found psyllium seed …
What Is SIBO? Common Signs & Symptoms
SIBO, or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is a digestive imbalance in the small intestine.
In the video above I cover why SIBO is an issue and the top symptoms that make me suspect SIBO in …
Herbal Medicine For Reflux, Heartburn and GERD
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease is extremely common. Between 8.8% and 30% of the population in Europe and in the United States suffer from this disease while the rates of GERD in Asian countries are much lower …
