Many different diets are recommended when you are dealing with SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth). Knowing the difference and choosing one could already be a challenging step. There is no right or wrong type of diet; each individual has various needs, metabolism, underlying reasons, and sometimes it may take a trial and error process to find the best fitting one. But I am here today to give you more information about these SIBO diets.

If you are diagnosed with SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth), you must have been advised to follow a “SIBO diet” for a while (hopefully, not forever!).
Many practitioners recommend a SIBO diet as an additional tool next to the antibiotics or antimicrobial treatment for SIBO. SIBO diets aim to decrease the number of fermentable carbohydrates in your diet.

If you have been tested or even treated for SIBO, you might be aware that there are various theories on how to solve this condition. Many of my clients come to me frustrated after trying medications or different approaches that didn’t work and feeling lost that they have to learn to live with SIBO forever. I can relate to these feelings as I was also in the same position once.
Even doctors sometimes get confused about why their treatment plan doesn’t work. In the case of SIBO, sometimes you need to be a health detective. Let’s debunk 5 SIBO myths.

If the valve is impaired, it means the valve opens too long and allows waste flow back up to the small intestines resulting in ileocecal valve syndrome (ICVS), which may predispose an individual to SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth).
What causes the ICVS to happen is when the valve gets stuck in an open or closed position. An open ileocecal valve might result in SIBO or diarrhea, while a closed valve in constipation.

Do you experience symptoms such as:
itchy eyes, skin, ears, nose, hives, flushing, vertigo or dizziness, heart palpitations; low or high blood pressure,
sleep disturbances, anxiety or panic attacks, runny nose – congestion, headaches, migraines?
These symptoms can be frustrating, especially when you do not know what causes them. Maybe you even had allergy tests, but they all came back negative.
Now that is the time to think about histamine intolerance.

Many IBD (Inflammatory bowel disease) patients experience symptoms such as fatigue, bloating, abdominal pain, loose/watery bowel movements frequently with passing blood, weight loss, joint pain, etc.
IBD refers to the inflammation of the digestive system, causing severe gut symptoms. The two most common types are Crohn’s disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Although they have similarities in terms of the symptoms and treatment, they affect various parts of the digestive system.