#relapse-prevention

The SIBO Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid and for How Long

What the evidence says about diet for SIBO: low-fermentation and low-FODMAP foods to limit, the three phases, meal spacing, and the elemental diet.

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 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 SIBO With Probiotics

Which probiotics are best for SIBO: the evidence for each strain, spore-based and yeast probiotics, when they can make SIBO worse, and how to use them.

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.

Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth with Biofilm Disruptors

What biofilms are, whether they matter in SIBO, and what the evidence shows for NAC, enzymes, EDTA, bismuth and lactoferrin, plus die-off and binders.

Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Using the Elemental Diet

How the elemental diet treats SIBO: what the 2004 and 2025 studies found, how the 2-week liquid protocol works, side effects, and how to come off it.