{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d7fa78e2-6ae6-43b1-85e6-73acad54c8ff/3c274d8d-ae58-461d-a013-eae57117610f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Understanding SIBO with Dr Mark Pimentel | Ep.59","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610d0dd57dad1595eb0842b4/610d0e09daec990013883f6b.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Dr Mark Pimentel is a pioneer in the research of SIBO. Today he joins Rebecca to talk all-things SIBO. Listeners of The Healthy Gut Podcast submitted their questions for Dr Pimentel, which Rebecca gets him to answer. They cover the following:</p><ul><li>Different treatment options available for SIBO including different options for methane dominant SIBO</li><li>Methane overgrowth vs bloom</li><li>Whether methane always equals constipation and what it means if you’re hydrogen-dominant and have SIBO</li><li>Whether it’s safe to do multiple rounds of SIBO treatments</li><li>How to uncover the underlying cause(s) of your SIBO (The Healthy Gut Podcast members get exclusive access to our handy SIBO causes and risk factors guide)</li><li>What to do if your practitioner doesn’t believe SIBO exists</li><li>What the future looks like for post-infectious IBS patients</li><li>The future of hydrogen sulphide SIBO: treatment and testing</li><li>What we should do if we get a negative SIBO breath test but still experience symptoms</li><li>Whether we should be considering the broader gut microbiome when treating SIBO</li><li>Whether we should be using additional supplements and/or treatment aids, such as FMT, prebiotics, probiotics, prokinetics, laxatives, digestive enzymes, HCL, bitters, etc</li><li>What diet we should be following and whether we should starve or feed our bacteria during treatment</li><li>What the future looks like for SIBO patients and SIBO treatments</li></ul><p>To get the full show notes, or to sign up to become a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast and receive the full transcription for FREE, head to www.thehealthygut.co/pimentel.</p> <p>Support this show <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"payment\" href=\"http://supporter.acast.com/thehealthygut\">http://supporter.acast.com/thehealthygut</a>.</p> ","author_name":"Rebecca Coomes"}