Episode 16: All about SIBO with Dr. Sabrina Kimball, ND
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, or SIBO, is a digestive disease that is frustratingly common in sensitive individuals. I’ve had a history of this condition and talk about it in several of my blog posts. In this conversation, Dr. Kimball and I dig into all things SIBO. Consider this one of your go-to resources for understanding this condition.
In this conversation, you’ll hear:
- A bit of my story dealing with and healing from SIBO
- How Dr. Kimball became interested in and an expert treatment in SIBO
- How SIBO is a new diagnosis (15 year ago), which means that it’s still emerging. Some doctors don’t yet understand it or recognize that it exists.
- SIBO is a specialty and should be, in Dr. K’s opinion, because of how tricky it is to treat. The common frustrations when searching for treatment with SIBO
- What SIBO is
- The different types of SIBO, how they’re different and why they’re treated differently
- How or why SIBO occurs
- What treatment looks like and what people should be prepared for
- People need to be prepared for a four to six month treatment plan to start with, even for re-treatment
- The different treatment phases
- How diarrhea and mixed-type SIBO can often be treated in 4-6 months, while constipation type can take much longer due to complication factors
- How SIBO is tested for
- The recommended and researched diet for recovery – the low-fodmap diet is the only diet researched to be effective
- Monash University and their research on the fodmap diet
- What fodmaps are
- How to heal from SIBO if you have a pattern or history of disordered eating
- How recovery is approached for vegetarians and vegans with the low fodmap diet
- How important it is to have support moving through the healing of SIBO
- The different phases of healing and what they are, look and feel like
- Things to watch out for during the healing process
- Extra healing modalities that can help with treatment
- My article connecting SIBO, high sensitivity, connective tissue and the psoas
- Why we don’t want to be on a low-fodmap diet long-term
- How my pregnancy helped with my healing in the last phase of treatment
- Dr. Kimball’s take on using probiotics during treatment and healing
- Why SIBO is often confused for other conditions and the conditions that can show up alongside SIBO
- SIFO
- Factors that can lead to or make one more susceptible to SIBO
- The longterm prognosis of SIBO – what to expect
- How to look for good information on SIBO on the internet – the red flags
- Resources:
- The SIBO Symposium in Portland
- The IBS Symposium from Mark Pimentel’s group at Cedar-Sinai
- Monash University Low-Fodmap App
- Kate Scarlata – lists
- A Little Bit Yummy Blog – recipes and more for low-fodmap diets
- The one thing Dr. Kimball would like you to know about having SIBO
- Where you can find Dr. Kimball – currently at The University Health Clinic, soon to be Meridian Medicine in North Seattle
One Comment on “Episode 16: All about SIBO with Dr. Sabrina Kimball, ND”
This was so utterly informative and outstanding. Thank you.