Hey folks my name is Todd Mansfield and I am a clinical herbalist here in Byron Bay, Australia and today we’re talking about gut motility and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth or SIBO. SIBO is a condition that I treat frequently …
Ulcerative colitis & Butyrate Dysfunction : IBD Series
Ulcerative colitis is a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease that I commonly see in my clinic. Often the patient is experiencing abdominal pain and blood, mucous or urgency with their bowel movements (or all three). Sometimes they have lost so …
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 …
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 overcome this persistent microbiome imbalance. …
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 my patients here in Australia. …
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 and range from 3.5% to …
Dietary Fibre and Short Chain Fatty Acids 101
Dietary fibre and the short chain fatty acids that are produced as a by-product have many beneficial impacts on human health. For years now I have been writing on the benefits of different short chain fatty acids (butyrate, acetate and …
Is Blastocystis a problem after all?
Since publishing my experience successfully treating Blastocystis spp. (formerly Blastocystis hominis) I have been contacted by hundreds of people looking for help treating their Blastocystis infection.
Lately I have been wondering if it is really necessary to completely eradicate Blastocystis …
Candida Infections: When Harmless becomes Harmful
Candida is one of a number of fungal residents of the human gut. An overgrowth and the progression towards the hyphal form of Candida is commonly associated with digestive symptoms and an activated immune system, classic signs of a Candida …