Listener Questions: Testing, Treating, and Healing SIBO

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For optimal healing, a patient needs their symptoms, not their lab test results, to be treated. In this episode, I offer dietary and lifestyle solutions for people looking to improve their gut microbiome and overcome digestive and non-digestive symptoms caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and gut dysbiosis. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to hear the answers to these specific questions: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What test do you recommend for gut dysbiosis, even if you've already been tested for SIBO and it was negative?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">I have SIBO-related symptoms. Can I do treatments without getting tested for SIBO? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What are your thoughts on using the Food Marble for monitoring the efficacy of SIBO treatment and food intolerances? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">I have had chronic SIBO for 10 years which was not diagnosed until approximately 4 years ago. I feel like I have to stay on antimicrobials indefinitely. I react to most foods when I add them in, therefore my diet is extremely limited. Why am I so reactive to food? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">I understand that Dr. Ruscio likes to try the triple probiotic therapy first with SIBO before trying antibiotics or antimicrobials. However, from what I learned you want to avoid lactobacillus species since they are hydrogen-producing and like to live in the small intestine. For that reason, should I just try S. boulardii, bifidobacterium, and soil based? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How long should I take herbal antimicrobials when treating SIBO?</span></li> <li style="font-wei