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Rheumatoid Arthritis with Clint Paddison | Ep. 67 Jul 02, 2018

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11 years ago a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis took Clint Paddison on a journey to learn as much as he could about the condition. Like Rebecca’s own SIBO journey, Clint is on a mission to inform and educate others about Rheumatoid Arthritis. He and Rebecca discuss the link between poor gut health and the occurrence of autoimmune conditions like Rheumatoid Arthritis. They also talk about the nutritional principles that guide his program and the importance of mindset when treating a painful and sometimes debilitating condition.

✓ The early symptoms and warning signs of Rheumatoid Arthritis

✓ How Rheumatoid Arthritis is diagnosed

✓ The connection between the gut and autoimmune diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis

✓ The danger of damage to your gut health through even short term, heavy, usage of painkillers

✓ Clint’s BLAAME acronym and what it means

✓ The link between a high protein diet and inflammation

✓ The nutritional principles that have guided Clint’s treatment program

✓ How strategies around stress management and mindset are important when treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

✓ Healing milestones and why they're important for people to understand

✓ Managing setbacks

Get the show notes or sign up as a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast to get full transcriptions from Season 2 here: https://thehealthygut.co/ra

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SIBO Nutrition with Rebecca Coomes | Ep. 66 Jun 29, 2018

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Do you feel overwhelmed when it comes to deciding if you should follow a SIBO diet, or which one you should follow? On today's episode, Rebecca shares the guiding principles around SIBO diets, how to choose one, what pitfalls to look for and why a SIBO diet should only ever be a short-term thing.

✓ Why nutrition is important for health

✓ Why we might consider following a SIBO diet

✓ Common SIBO diet myths

✓ How SIBO diets work to reduce symptoms

✓ What diets have been specifically developed for SIBO patients

✓ What other diet protocols can be used by some SIBO patients successfully

✓ Why every diet needs to be personalised and tailored to your unique requirements

✓ The pros and cons of the SIBO diets

✓ Tips to manage undesired weight loss and weight gain

✓ Why we should look beyond our SIBO diagnosis if symptoms persist

✓ Why we should aim to eat 40+ different plant-based foods per week, or 200 per year and how we can track what we're eating

✓ Why we should eat a rainbow of colours along with different protein and fat sources

✓ How cooking different cuisine styles can keep us interested in our food when following a SIBO diet

✓ How to approach food reintroduction and some tactics to manage anxiety and fear around food

✓ How to manage a flair or when you're first starting out on a SIBO diet

✓ Rebecca's easy time-saving tips for staying on top of cooking for your SIBO diet

Get the show notes or sign up as a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast to get full transcriptions from Season 2 here: https://thehealthygut.co/sibo-nutrition/

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Life beyond SIBO with Chris Gebhardt | Ep. 65 Jun 18, 2018

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Chris Gebhardt is one of Rebecca’s own naturopaths, he joins her this week to discuss the important topic of life after SIBO. During SIBO treatment many people refer to things, going back to normal, once their treatment is completed. Chris and Rebecca discuss what a new normal looks like and how to create robust gut health after SIBO has been cleared. They also look at why clearing SIBO before addressing other gut health issues is key.

In Episode 65 of The Healthy Gut Podcast, we discuss:

Why clearing SIBO before addressing other gut health issues is key
Relapse rates in SIBO and why they are on average ⅔
What the symptoms of hypochlorhydria are and how it can be diagnosed
Why proton pump inhibitors should only be used short term and the link to SIBO
Identifying adhesions and what treatments are available
Why following a Low FODMAP diet for a long period of time is bad for your gut ecology
The differences between the Bi-Phasic Diet and The Fast Tract Diet
Food reintroduction, and why it should be done very slowly
Why it’s important to have a diverse diet once you complete SIBO treatment, with plenty of plant based foods
The importance of building a robust microbiome when treating SIBO
Why being your own gut health detective is important when identifying the reason you have SIBO

To access the show notes or to sign up to become a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast to receive the full transcription, head to: https://thehealthygut.co/life-beyond-sibo

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Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO with Dr Mark Pimentel | Ep. 64 Jun 14, 2018

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Mark Pimentel, M.D., is Professor of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine and Associate Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Rebecca joined him live at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles to speak to him about his research into Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO.

The difference between IBS & SIBO, and what comes first? IBS or SIBO?
What is Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO and how is it different from Hydrogen and Methane SIBO?
How do you test for Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO? When will it be available and where?
Why a traditional SIBO breath test would show a flatline result if a patient has Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO?
Why Hydrogen can look falsely negative when Hydrogen Sulphide or Methane is present?
Why Hydrogen takes 60 minutes to be produced and longer for Methane
Why Hydrogen is not a reliable gas on SIBO breath tests
Should patients be asking for Hydrogen and Methane breath tests?
Why some people have a high baseline reading – how does this happen?
What the methanogens are (ie. M. Smithi)? And what produces Hydrogen and Hydrogen Sulphide?
Why and how methane slows intestinal transit time?
If methane SIBO is more likely to cause weight gain, does that mean Hydrogen SIBO is more likely to cause weight loss? What does it mean for Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO regarding weight?
How do you clinically handle the SIBO patient who has lost significant amounts of weight and can’t regain it? What’s your advice for SIBO patients who are gaining unwanted weight?
Can you have 1, 2 or 3 of the gases present at the same time? If so, what’s the correlation between the gasses?
What are the symptoms of Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO in comparison to the other types of SIBO? And how do the symptoms change depending on the presence of the other gases?
What are the treatments for Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO? Are there any treatments/supplements Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO patients should avoid?
Does the diet need to be modified any differently for Hydrogen Sulphide SIBO than the commonly used SIBO diets?
Should we be staying on a low FODMAP/SIBO diet long term? What are the risks if we do?
What do you see clinically works for your patients who don’t respond to traditional SIBO treatments (potentially multiple rounds of all currently available treatment options)?
How important is it for us to identify the underlying cause(s) of SIBO? What should a patient do if they can’t identify an underlying cause?
How can we test our MMC and transit time? How important is it to know this?

Watch the video recording of the interview here: https://zoom.us/recording/play/mIOWPAiaRiQjVshBf-vs-4EPo7blkFwSIaw8v9HjBEyuvuuaPszjq8b1NzXMEJ6l

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Functional gastroenterology with Dr Steven Sandberg-Lewis | Ep. 63 Jun 06, 2018

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Dr Steven Sandberg Lewis is recognised as a leading practitioner in Naturopathic gastroenterology. He joins Rebecca on The Healthy Gut Podcast to discuss functional gastroenterology and why we need to take a holistic approach to our digestive health. They discuss SIBO, reasons why SIBO treatment might not be working, what to do if you suffer with bloating, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Pro kinetics and laxatives, and much more.

In Episode 63 of The Healthy Gut Podcast, we discuss:

The functional medicine approach to treating SIBO
Why we should take a holistic approach to our digestive health
Whether we should be considering the whole digestive tract when treating SIBO
What to look at when treatment isn’t working
Why it’s important to find out whether other conditions are at play
Bloating after a clear SIBO test, and what else could be causing it
The difference between peristalsis and the migrating motor complex
Whether fasting should be part of your SIBO treatment
Why, and how, you might use prokinetics and laxatives
The effect that Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome has on the ileocecal valve
Whether an ‘all clear’ diagnosis for SIBO is the holy grail

To access the show notes or to sign up to become a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast to receive the full transcription, head to: https://thehealthygut.co/ssl

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SIBO Diets with Dietician Kelly Issokson | Ep. 62 May 29, 2018

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Kelly Issokson, MS, RD, CNSC, specializes in treating patients with digestive conditions such as IBD, IBS, and SIBO. On today’s episode, she discusses whether we should be restricting our diet while following a SIBO treatment protocol, which diet we should follow and what to do when we fall off the waggon.

In Episode 62 of The Healthy Gut podcast, we discuss:

✓ The Cedars Sinai diet for SIBO – what it is, who it’s good for, why it’s quite different to the other SIBO diets, how long it should be followed for, and if people should use it while taking antibiotics or wait until after the killing phase

✓ Why we need to restrict our diet when the general consensus amongst SIBO docs is that diet alone does not cause SIBO

✓ Should non-symptomatic SIBO patients be following a SIBO diet?

✓ If people should be eating differently depending on whether they have hydrogen, methane, hydrogen sulphide SIBO or post infectious IBS

✓ How strict should people be on their diets and how bad ‘cheating’ really is for your recovery

✓ If sweeteners are safe to eat

✓ How to manage the reintroduction of foods, including when this should happen, how people should do it and what is the end goal is

✓ How to know if foods are causing symptoms

✓ How to manage unwanted weight loss/gain with SIBO

To access the show notes or to sign up to become a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast to receive the full transcription, head to https://thehealthygut.co/kelly

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SIBO: Herbal Therapies and Biofilm Busters with Dr Rachel Fresco | Ep. 61 May 21, 2018

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Dr Rachel Fresco is an acupuncturist, PhD, and founder and CEO of Bio-Botanical Research. Since 1989, Dr. Fresco has utilized her background in naturopathy, Chinese medicine, and clinical nutrition to create products that have a significant impact on challenging clinical conditions. She joins Rebecca to discuss how herbal therapies can be useful in the treatment of SIBO and biofilms. On today's podcast, they discuss:

-The Bio-Botanical Research range of products

-Why it’s important to use a biofilm buster in your treatment protocol and why biofilms can contain both bacteria and yeasts

-Why we should be supporting our treatment protocols with a seasonally appropriate diet

-Why we should consider our detoxification pathways when treating an overgrowth and biofilms

-Why die-off symptoms can be like for some patients

-Why we should all work with a practitioner who can oversee our treatment and monitor our symptoms

-Why botanicals are anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-parasitic

-Why using a blend of various herbs can be more easily tolerated than single herbs alone

-Why chronic sinus infections should be treated with a nasal biofilm buster

-Dr Fresco’s views on using probiotics during SIBO treatment and why she favours spore-based probiotics

To access the show notes or to sign up to The Healthy Gut Podcast to receive the full transcription of all shows from Season 2, head to thehealthygut.co/biobotanical.

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Awareness: Understanding the first key pillar to health | Ep. 60 May 14, 2018

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As Rebecca Coomes went through her SIBO treatment journey, she realised she needed to address more than just following a treatment protocol alone. She developed the 5 Key Pillars to Health. On today’s podcast, she discusses the first key pillar: Awareness, and why it is a fundamental first step to recovery from SIBO and IBS.

On today's podcast, Rebecca discusses:

✓ Understanding the 5 Key Pillars to Health

✓ Why Awareness is a fundamental first step to your recovery

✓ How to start becoming Aware

✓ Why the SIBO Causes and Risk Factors handout can help you to map your pathway to developing SIBO

✓ What to do when the Awareness becomes problematic

✓ How using Post Traumatic Stress Disorder techniques can help when you have SIBO

✓ Why using the Food and Mood Diary is an important step in improving your Awareness

✓ How meal planning can help you feel more in control and less stressed by your SIBO diet

✓ How to build a dream team and why you don’t need to know everything

✓ Special call in from Lisa Stephenson

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Show notes available from thehealthygut.co/awarenesspodcast.

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Understanding SIBO with Dr Mark Pimentel | Ep.59 May 07, 2018

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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:

Different treatment options available for SIBO including different options for methane dominant SIBO
Methane overgrowth vs bloom
Whether methane always equals constipation and what it means if you’re hydrogen-dominant and have SIBO
Whether it’s safe to do multiple rounds of SIBO treatments
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)
What to do if your practitioner doesn’t believe SIBO exists
What the future looks like for post-infectious IBS patients
The future of hydrogen sulphide SIBO: treatment and testing
What we should do if we get a negative SIBO breath test but still experience symptoms
Whether we should be considering the broader gut microbiome when treating SIBO
Whether we should be using additional supplements and/or treatment aids, such as FMT, prebiotics, probiotics, prokinetics, laxatives, digestive enzymes, HCL, bitters, etc
What diet we should be following and whether we should starve or feed our bacteria during treatment
What the future looks like for SIBO patients and SIBO treatments

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Visceral Hypersensitivity with Dr Megan Taylor | Ep. 58 Apr 30, 2018

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Do you experience chronic pain with your SIBO? Do you still experience painful digestive symptoms despite getting the all-clear? Or perhaps you're someone who reacts to everything, even water. Dr Megan Taylor joins Rebecca Coomes to discuss why Visceral Hypersensitivity should be considered as part of your underlying conditions. People with IBS are up to 90% more likely to have VH than the 'average' person. They discuss what it is, how it works and what you can do about it if you have it. Head to http://thehealthygut.co/vh/ for the show notes and don't forget to sign up as a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast to gain access to the full transcript from the show for free.

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