Why We Need to Get Things Moving Before SIBO Treatment

About this episode

Alyssa discusses the importance of ensuring the digestive system is functioning properly before starting SIBO treatment.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alyssa breaks down one of the overlooked pieces of successful SIBO recovery: making sure the digestive system is actually moving before starting SIBO treatment. Because when bowel movements are incomplete, sluggish, or backed up, the body has a much harder time clearing fermentation byproducts, gas, and bacterial die-off compounds, which can make treatment feel unbearable. Inside this episode, we discuss: Why constipation is about more than “not going enough”...

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Host: Alyssa

Topics covered

• SIBO recovery
• digestive health
• constipation
• bowel movements
• treatment preparation

Keywords

• SIBO
• digestion
• constipation
• treatment
• health

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