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Methane SIBO (IMO): Causes, Symptoms, Testing and Treatment

Methane SIBO, now called intestinal methanogen overgrowth (IMO): why it causes constipation, how breath tests diagnose it, and how it is treated.

Artichoke for SIBO: What It Can (and Can't) Do

What the research says about artichoke leaf extract for SIBO: bile flow, motility, the ginger-artichoke blend, study doses, and who should avoid it.

SIBO vs. IBS: The Overlap, Post-Infectious Autoimmunity & Rome IV

How SIBO and IBS overlap: how often people with IBS have SIBO, food poisoning and anti-vinculin antibodies, gas types and IBS subtypes, and testing.

SIBO and Dairy: Lactose, Casein, Motility & Secondary Lactase Deficiency

Why dairy can trigger SIBO symptoms, how SIBO causes lactose intolerance and false lactose tests, which dairy foods are low in lactose, and what A2 milk does.

Root Causes of SIBO: Why Does Overgrowth Happen?

What causes SIBO: slow gut movement, low stomach acid, surgery and other conditions, how much each raises the risk, and why finding the cause prevents relapse.

Preventing SIBO relapse: Address the root causes

Why SIBO often returns after treatment, what predicts relapse, and how each root cause is addressed: acid suppression, slow motility, thyroid and anatomy.

SIBO Foods: Preventing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth relapse through diet

What to eat after SIBO treatment: what the evidence says about diet and relapse, meal spacing, reintroducing FODMAPs, and why long-term restriction backfires.

Preventing SIBO Relapse Through Lifestyle and Nervous System Regulation

How stress, sleep and exercise affect gut movement, the evidence for hypnotherapy, CBT and vagus nerve stimulation, and what it means for SIBO relapse.

Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth with Motility Agents

How prokinetics help prevent SIBO relapse: the migrating motor complex, erythromycin, prucalopride, octreotide, ginger and artichoke, and what the studies show.