Probiotic Protocols to Heal IBS and SIBO Naturally Introduction As many of my readers know, I have stayed drug free and surgery free from widespread Crohn’s disease for over 25 years. In this series, I interview my long‑time colleague, Natasha Trenev. She is the founder and owner of Natren Probiotics. Many people call her the [...]
Healing the Digestive Tract: Herbal Antimicrobials, Probiotics, and Dietary Changes for SIBO For over 25 years, I have worked with people struggling with digestive diseases. I’ve lived through my own healing journey and shared what works in my books and on Listen To Your Gut. Today, I want to talk about small intestinal bacterial overgrowth [...]
Commonly Asked Questions About Gut Health, Autism, Probiotics, And Natural Remedies for Digestive Disorders Q&A on your top questions about gut health, natural remedies, probiotic dosing and tolerance, how to handle skin tags and fistulas, how to have the courage to wean off meds, how to stop colonic bleeding and diarrhea, and so much more! [...]
Need help for ongoing gut issues? I want to share this email from a reader because I think his issues and questions are common to anyone with gut issues - whether they have SIBO, IBS, colitis, diverticulitis, etc. His plan is a good one - and as you can see, he has experienced some really [...]
Best Elemental Shake for SIBO, Crohn's & Colitis If you're thinking about going on an exclusively elemental diet for bowel rest (where you do not consume any regular foods, only elemental shakes) you might be wondering WHICH type of elemental formula is best to use? As I already wrote about, many doctors and scientists cannot [...]
All about Natren probiotics and SIBO! Join me and Natasha Trenev, founder of Natren probiotics, as we discuss which probiotics are best for SIBO, possible reactions to probiotics due to the Herxheimer effect, and what you can do to lessen these symptoms. And don't forget to download my FREE eBook, What You Need to Know [...]
A lot of websites make claims about the ability of bentonite (montmorillonite) and other clays to detox bad bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc. from the gut. For example, here is a statement I saw again and again, on literally dozens of sites: According to the Canadian Journal of Microbiology, bentonite can absorb pathogenic viruses, the mold [...]
Colonic massage technique for gut issues is a valuable tool to have if: a) you're suffering gas and bloating, or diarrhea b) you're constipated c) you have a blockage, obstruction or stricture in your colon d) you have a colicky baby I describe exactly how to do colonic massage in Listen To Your Gut - [...]
Join me and Tami Hay, author of EarthGut: The Story of Peace, Love, Microbes, as we talk about our experiences with prebiotics and probiotics. I also talk about my Probiotic Retention Enema, which delivers very high dose probiotics directly to your colon (and lower part of your ileum) and can provide dramatic healing results. As [...]
I have had MANY readers write in regarding their SIBO (small intestinal bacteria overgrowth) with the same issue - "I did the SIBO treatment, I was fine, but it keeps coming back!!" You may have heard this before, as I've mentioned numerous times throughout my blog and books/protocols that healing needs to encompass the mind/body/spirit [...]
Clinical trials may show that an elemental diet doesn't work too well for inducing remission in Colitis. But yet, I've had thousands of readers use my version of an elemental diet to heal their colitis and achieve complete remission. Why the difference? A standard elemental diet used in a clinical trial only tests ONE element [...]
Join me as a guest on The SIBO Survivor Show, as I discuss with Josh Sabourin the various ways to use an elemental or semi-elemental diet with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)! What is an elemental diet? An elemental diet is made of the essential nutrients - protein (predigested; di-peptide [...]
SIBO and the Elemental Diet Great news! We now have clinical trial evidence that a 14-day elemental diet is "highly effective" with an 80 - 84% success at eradicating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) because: "Elemental diets have been shown to reduce enteric flora." Dr. Alison Siebecker has a lot of great information about SIBO [...]
Those of you who have read Listen To Your Gut, know that I don't think too highly of Peter D'Adamo's book, Eat Right 4 Your Type. Well, I recently came across this brilliant review of D'Adamo's book that fully outlines why the science in his book is a just a tad "hinky". But the real [...]
