A 12 week, comprehensive program to heal small intestine bacterial overgrowth and prevent relapse.
I am very excited to announce the SIBO Program! This Program takes you through everything you want to know about small intestine bacterial overgrowth, and lays out a 12 week treatment protocol utilizing natural antimicrobial agents, biofilm busters, SIBO-specific nutrition, prokinetics and more – the same approach that I use in my clinic.
SIBO is exquisitely common. Most especially if you already have a digestion-related diagnosis. For example, up to 85% of those with IBS also have SIBO. Twenty percent of those with Celiac disease. A third of those with inflammatory bowel disorders have SIBO too. SIBO is a clinger. It clings to other disorders.
Even though SIBO is found with many other gastrointestinal conditions, it is not treated in exactly the same way. That is why your symptoms persist even though you are being “treated” already.
I created this Program precisely for this reason. Because SIBO is commonly found with other disorders. It even shares the same symptoms as the conditions it rides along with – gas, bloating, pain, nausea, indigestion, dyspepsia, reflux, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle/joint pain, rashes/skin changes, mood changes, difficulty sleeping & the like. The fact that there is already a prior diagnosis combined with the generality of the symptoms means that SIBO may be overlooked for months to years before it is finally diagnosed and treated!
In the meantime, you suffer with symptoms even though you’re doing everything that you know how to do!
SIBO hides. It hides behind the conditions it is found with and the commonality of symptoms. With the SIBO Program, we bring it out into the light and banish it for good.
If you’ve already been diagnosed with SIBO but can’t quite seem to eradicate it with antibiotics alone, this Program is for you as well! A more comprehensive approach using nutrition, herbs, biofilm busters and prokinetics (agents that help establish normal, healthy movement of your small intestine) will yield far better results than antibiotics alone.
The SIBO Program begins immediately and is delivered via my online classroom in the form of videos, PDFs and downloadable resources. It is done at your own pace, on your own time!
SIBO Program Curriculum
Module I: Introduction
- Symptoms of SIBO (digestive, body-wide and long term)
- SIBO introduction
- The concept of dysbiosis – what it means to have an imbalanced microbiome
- Biofilms – what they are and why they’re a problem
- The role of your beneficial bacteria in health
Module II: The normal small intestine and how SIBO gets set up
- Anatomy and physiology of the small and large intestine – what makes them unique and how they function when healthy
- The migrating motor complex (MMC) and its role in SIBO
- The Second Brain (enteric nervous system/ENS) and its role in SIBO
- The role of stomach acid, enzymes and bile in the prevention and development of SIBO
- Conditions that SIBO is found alongside/conditions that increase risk for SIBO
- Medications that increase risk for SIBO and why
- Other factors (surgery, injury) that increase risk for SIBO and why
Module III: Testing and testing interpretation for SIBO
- The breath test
- How to prepare for the breath test
- Where to get the breath test
- Lactulose vs. glucose for testing medium
- Interpretation of hydrogen and methane breath test results and what that means for treatment
- Differences between bacteria that produce hydrogen and bacteria that produce methane
- Intestinal aspiration as mode of testing
- Other tests that are not diagnostic for SIBO but can shed light on dysbiosis – Organic acid testing (OAT), GI MAP, Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis (CDSA), Microbial Ecology
Module IV: Treatment of SIBO and Special Topics
- Conventional treatment of SIBO including antibiotics and their treatment schedules
- Why Rifaximin works and is not like other antibiotics and won’t harm your gut flora
- Herbal antimicrobials
- Other natural antimicrobials
- Biofilm busters
- Enzymes and probiotics in treatment
- Prokinetic agents
- Complete 12 week tear sheet of exact supplement protocol for SIBO
- Diet and SIBO – low residue/low FODMAP approach
- The elemental diet
- How to tailor dietary guidance to you, the individual
- Meal timing
- In depth/special topics: chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, chronic prostatitis
- Small intestine fungal overgrowth (SIFO)
Who the SIBO Program is for
The SIBO Program is for anyone who has been diagnosed with SIBO or is curious if they have SIBO. You should be very curious about SIBO if you have been diagnosed and treated for the following conditions, but you aren’t getting any better:
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS, diarrhea, constipation & mixed types)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
- Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic & collagenous colitis)
- Gallstones
- Gallbladder hypofunction
- Sludgy bile
- Alcoholism
- Celiac disease
- Gastroparesis
- Immunodeficiency (characterized by low white blood cells counts)
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Chronic atrophic gastritis
- Ileocecal valve dysfunction
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Interstital cystitis/painful bladder syndrome
- Diverticulitis
- Short bowel syndrome
- Endometriosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Scleroderma
- Autonomic neuropathy (often seen in type II diabetics)
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver
- Roseacea
Who the SIBO Program is not for
This Program focuses specifically on SIBO, so if this is not your issue this Program is not for you! This Program is do-it-yourself, so if you need in-person support this program is not for you.
Getting started with the SIBO Program
The SIBO Program begins within 24 hours of purchase. It is delivered via my online classroom. You will receive an invite to join the Program within 24 hours of purchase.
The SIBO Program is not open for enrollment now.