SIBO Made Simple

Before I started my SIBO treatment way back in 2017, I did what I do best: contact every person I knew who had ever had SIBO and force them to endure a game of 101 questions, gut edition. These conversation were SO helpful though, perhaps even more helpful than the internet research rabbit hole I eventually fell down.

The majority of questions I get asked via email and Instagram are about my personal experience with healing SIBO, and even though I remind these sufferers again and again that every person’s body is different, I understand how refreshing and important getting all the nitty gritty details can be. Which is why not just today’s episode, but the next TWO, are going to be dedicated to SIBO and IBS success stories.

My guests today are two fantastic women in wellness: Davida Lederle, the extremely prolific content creator behind TheHealthyMaven.com, and equally prolific gut researcher Sarah Kay Hoffman of AGutsyGirl.com.

Both women ironically join me from Minnesota. Both have made it to the other side of SIBO. And though the road was far from easy, I think these two stories in particular are incredibly hopefully. So if you’ve gotten lost in the doom and gloom of online message boards and need a dose of real life perspective, I hope you give this episode a listen!

• The SIBO Made Simple Book – Find out more about early bonuses here
• Sign up for my Low FODMAP Cooking Classes (12/16 is Teriyaki Sheet Pan Dinner Your Way!)
• Davida Lederle's site The Health Maven
• Sarah Kay Hoffman's site A Gutsy Girl
• Sarah Kay Hoffman's 90 Day Gut Healing Journal
• How to Heal Perioral Dermatitis
• Biotics Dysbiocide
• EP 5 | Intermittent Fasting + Meal Spacing
• EP 25 | What Your Skin Says About Your Gut Health
• Join the SIBO Made Simple Facebook Community Page
• Subscribe to the newsletter (and receive a free low FODMAP cookbook)

This episode is brought to you by SIBO Made Simple – THE BOOK! Part patient guide and part cookbook (complete with over 90 low FODMAP recipes), this is your trusty road map to become your own intestinal detective, gut problem solver, and critter-free kitchen crusader. Those who pre-order their copy will be able to do my Gut Heal Bootcamp for FREE. You will also get access to one free online cooking class. To find out more details about the pre-order bonuses and to submit your receipt, click here.

This episode is also brought to you by Higher Dose, whose sauna blanket is my new self-care obsession. The blanket has all the benefits of a normal infrared sauna—the detoxification, the increase in blood flow and circulation, and the lowering of cortisol levels—but in a much more compact package that you use every day at home. I’ve been using it 2x a week and have noticed a huge improvement in my mood, sleep, skin, and general inflammation. My face and body feel less bloated and puffy, and my pants are even fitting better. For more information and a special discount visit higherdose.com and use code SIBO100 for $100 off. Wishing you all a very sweet and sweaty holiday season!

Disclaimer: The information in this podcast does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, or treatment. The information discussed is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or professional care.

If you’re been down the SIBO rabbit hole for a while now, Dr. Pimentel likely needs no introduction. He’s the director of The Pimentel Lab at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, where he researches many pieces of the puzzle related to IBS, gastrointestinal motility and bacterial overgrowths. He’s published dozens of studies on these subjects, and it’s fair to say that much of the data-backed information we’ve covered throughout the 4 seasons of this podcast, has been discovered through Dr. Pimentel’s work.

He was last on the show almost 2 years ago in February 2020, and in that interview he promised that there would be many exciting developments for those with Post-Infectious IBS, Methane overgrowths, and Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO.

So today we’re going to hear a little status update.

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  This episode is brought to you by SIBO Made Simple – THE BOOK! Part patient guide and part cookbook (complete with over 90 low FODMAP recipes), this is your trusty road map to become your own intestinal detective, gut problem solver, and critter-free kitchen crusader. To find out more details about the podcast bonuses and to submit your receipt, click here. We are also brought to you by Kean Health, one of the companies that is making it super easy to stop guessing and start testing. KEAN HEALTH’s Gut+ test gives me the literal inside scoop on what is going on in my gut, along with personalized, actionable takeaways based on my results. What I love about them is that they take complex intricate science and make it doable to make real lasting changes to my life based on the information. Right now Kean Health is offering 20 percent % OFF WITH CODE PHOEBE15. Click here to learn more.

Environmental toxins are the giant purple elephant in the room. They are often the last thing to be addressed on someone’s journey to healing a chronic condition, and yet, the inconvenient truth is that everyday exposures--in our homes, our drinking water, our personal care products, even out mattresses--are doing more harm than we often give them credit for.

Before you start to panic: know that today’s conversation is not meant to scare you. Rather, my guest Lara Adler, aka the Environmental Toxins Nerd, is here to help you detox the areas of your life that are within your control, and try to not stress about the many things we can’t.

Lara is not only an expert in the field, she also trains health practitioners on the unaddressed link between every day toxic chemicals like heavy metals, endocrine disruptors, and mold and chronic health problems so that their patients can get better without hours of researching on their own.

For everyone out there—not just SIBO patients—this episode should be required listening.

• The definition of a “toxin”
• How toxic exposures can play a role in resistant weight loss
• Why limiting your toxic burden is so important for hormonal health and gut health
• Ways people can test to see what they’re up against or find their baseline toxic load?
• How to play environmental toxins detective and everything you need to know about your food, water and home
• Whether the Clean 15 and Dirty dozen lists actually matter
• We also get into recommendations for air and water filters, cleaner beauty products, and food storage containers
• And finally, we talk about how you can live in this toxic world of ours without going crazy

• Lara Adler's website
• Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen
• Studies mentioned: Reduction in urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolites in adults after a week-long organic diet and Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides
• Water quality reports for your area: National Testing Laboratories
• Where to get your tap water tested: My Tap Score
• Clean beauty: Anne Marie Skincare, Detox Marketand Follain
• Water filters for your tap: Pure effects water filter; Phoebe’s pick the Envirowave 10-stage filter
• Automated vacuums: roombaand euphy(less expensive version that Phoebe owns)
• Phoebe’s clean product recommendations
• Phoebe’s book, The Wellness Project– which has the whole story of how I detoxed my life!
• Join the SIBO Made Simple Facebook Community Page
• Subscribe to receive a free low FODMAP cookbook

This episode is brought to you by Higher Dose​, whose sauna blanket is my new self-care obsession. The blanket has all the benefits of a normal infrared sauna—the detoxification, the increase in blood flow and circulation, and the lowering of cortisol levels—but in a much more compact package that you use every day at home. I’ve been using it 3x a week and have noticed a huge improvement in my mood, sleep, skin, and general inflammation. My face and body feel less bloated and puffy, and my pants are even fitting better. For more information and a special discount visit higherdose.com and use code SIBO100 for $100 off. Wishing you all a very sweet and sweaty holiday season! ​

Disclaimer: The information in this podcast does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, or treatment. The information discussed is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or professional care.

This is part two of my SIBO success stories series, and the conversations with today’s guests cover so many overlapping conditions.

In case you missed the last episode: the majority of questions I get asked via email and Instagram are about my personal experience with healing SIBO, and even though I remind these sufferers again and again that every person’s body is different, I understand how refreshing and important getting all the nitty gritty details can be. Which is why I decided to do not one, but TWO episodes dedicated to women who have overcome their IBS.

My first guest is Bethany Ugarte who is the prolific instagrammer behind lilsipper, and author of the new book Digest This, a beautiful cookbook that features all the recipes she used to heal her gut. Bethany’s story is extreme and ultra-inspiring. She was once so underweight it hurt to sit in a chair. We talk about how she got back on her feet, literally, and what it took to manage her yeast overgrowth and gastroparesis.

My second guest in the lovely Alison Marras, who is a nutritional therapist and recipe creator behind the site Food By Mars. Alison is a fellow member of the HashiPosse and really went through the ringer with methane SIBO and hair loss.

• The SIBO Made Simple Book – Find out more about early bonuses here
• Sign up for my Low FODMAP Cooking Classes (1/6 is Gut Healing Curries!)
• Bethany Ugarte’s site Lil Sipper
• Bethany's book Digest This
• Alison Marras’ site Food By Mars
• EP 3 - Hashimotos and Hormones with Dr. Jolene Brighten
• EP 7 - Structural Bodywork for SIBO with Dr. Jason Wysocki
• How to Heal Perioral Dermatitis
• Join the SIBO Made Simple Facebook Community Page
• Subscribe to the newsletter (and receive a free low FODMAP cookbook)

This episode is brought to you by SIBO Made Simple – THE BOOK! Part patient guide and part cookbook (complete with over 90 low FODMAP recipes), this is your trusty road map to become your own intestinal detective, gut problem solver, and critter-free kitchen crusader. Those who pre-order their copy will be able to do my Gut Heal Bootcamp for FREE. You will also get access to one free online cooking class. To find out more details about the pre-order bonuses and to submit your receipt, click here.

We are also brought to you by Epicured, a low FODMAP meal delivery service that understands that food is medicine. Each menu is created by Michelin star chefs and honed by doctors and dieticians at mount sinaii to restore digestive health for those with IBS, SIBO, Celiac and IBD. Everything they serve is 100 percent low FODMAP and gluten-free, with no cooking required! My favorite part about their dishes is the healthy spin on takeout gems like shrimp laksa and PAD THAI! Their version had a great balance of fresh veggies mixed in with the noodles that left me feeling both satisfied and completely free of my usual carb coma. Listeners to this podcast can get $20 off their order by using code PHOEBE. Click here or visit epicured.com/phoebe to learn more.

Disclaimer: The information in this podcast does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, or treatment. The information discussed is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or professional care.

Back by popular demand is another powerful SIBO survivor story. In today’s episode, Shivan Sarna is sharing her experience of uncovering her root causes, from Lyme disease to mold exposure, and how she became the patient expert she is today.

Shivan is the founder of SIBO SOS, where she hosts monthly master classes to support others on their journey to understand, treat, and manage IBS, SIBO, and other digestive issues. Relying on her past as a yoga teacher and 20 years of experience hosting live TV, Shivan’s superpower is asking the questions SIBO patients have and then making that information easily understood and actionable.

For those of you who have been asking for a patients’ perspective, more information on underlying causes, how to vet practitioners to build your SIBO medical team, and navigate a SIBO diet as a vegetarian, this episode is for you.

• Mold and Lyme exposure and what that looks like as a root cause for SIBO
• What it’s like to be a “canary” constantly reacting to everything in your environment
• We talk about Shivan’s SIBO misdiagnosis and whether or not to believe your breath test results
• The importance of uncovering underlying causes
• The biggest mistakes people make when trying to eradicate SIBO
• What products are essentials for your medicine cabinet and pantry for dealing with SIBO symptoms
• How to navigate a SIBO diet as a vegetarian
• And so much more...

• Shivan Sarna’s website, SIBO SOS
• Aerodiagnostics breath testing lab
• In Shivan’s medicine cabinet: Candibactin AR/BR, Allicin, charcoal, Megaspore probiotic.
• Yogourmet starter and MV Power yogurt maker
• 24 hour yogurt recipe
• Episode 21 on Acupuncture with Dr. Heidi Lovie

Today's episode is brought to you by Fody Foods, a whole array of condiments, sauces and spice blends that are low FODMAP and use real ingredients to promote digestive health. Everything is Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, non-GMO, and most importantly, delicious. You can now purchase Fody Foods products at the regular grocery store! Keep an eye out for their purple logo on the shelves of Whole Foods, Sprouts, Fairway, and other grocers. Or you can head directly to fodyfoods.com to purchase online. SIBO Made Simple listeners in the US and Canada can get 15 percent off their order by using code SIBO15. Click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:The information shared in this podcast is not meant to provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, or treatment. The information discussed is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or professional care.