
SIBO - Cause or Effect?
09/11/20 • 17 min
If you experience chronic gas and bloating after meals and experience stool changes such as constipation or diarrhea, you may have Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO).
Why do you have it?
Is it an entity in and of itself or is it a symptoms of a deeper underlying issue?
How do you eliminate it?
If you experience chronic gas and bloating after meals and experience stool changes such as constipation or diarrhea, you may have Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO).
Why do you have it?
Is it an entity in and of itself or is it a symptoms of a deeper underlying issue?
How do you eliminate it?
Previous Episode

Sleep and Circadian Rhythm in Health and Disease
Sleep impacts health in more ways that we can count. We are evolved to sleep in a circadian rhythm that is entrained with the light and dark cycles of the sun.
When we break from our evolutionary programming, we may develop circadian rhythm dysfunction. This can contribute to immune system issues, liver and metabolic issues, and/or gut microbiome disturbance (aka dysbiosis) to name a few.
Next Episode

Functional medicine extends lifespan and quality of life by compressing morbidity
Why do people seek out proactive or preventative health strategies?
Is it to deal with acute issues or chronic issues?
Is it to improve quality of life today or for the future?
Is it to delay death?
Yes.
Proactive/Preventive strategies like the Functional Medicine paradigm achieve all of these.
How?
By compressing morbidity. A concept that was first put forth in 1980.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/life-at-optimal-with-dr-john-bartemus-284710/sibo-cause-or-effect-36044897"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to sibo - cause or effect? on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy