Are you experiencing joint pain and fatigue after you eat certain foods? Maybe it feels more like muscle soreness and an afternoon slump after lunch? Read on to learn how certain foods can be triggering mitochondrial dysfunction leading to fatigue …
Methane SIBO: Advanced Treatment Options
Methane dominant small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, also known as methane SIBO or even SIMO (small intestinal methane overgrowth) is commonly seen in patients with constipation, bloating, flatulence, burping and sometimes even reflux and heartburn. This particular condition, as well as …
Candida infections: Three Testing Options
Candida is often the first thing that patients think has gone wrong in their gut. Frequently it is more complicated and often involves bacterial overgrowths, enzyme dysfunction leading to food intolerances as well as potential fungal overgrowths. That said, 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. …
Natural Campylobacter Treatments – Herbal Medicine and The Gut
Campylobacter jejuni, a gram negative bacterial infection, is a major cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Today we will be covering what Campylobacter jejuni is, how it affects the body and some natural treatments to discuss with your gut health …
Probiotics for SIBO – Helpful or Harmful?
Are probiotics helpful or best to be avoided when treating SIBO?
Read on to learn what recent research tells us about probiotic use in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
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 : 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 …