Cows, Bloating, Methane and You

[Heloise]

The fourth episode of "Interconnected" deals with toxins. Dr. Kenneth Brown spoke about SIBO or small intestine bacterial overgrowth with consequences of diarrhea, constipation and bloating which means a type bacteria is breaking down in the small intestine and producing methane whereas it should be digesting in the colon. That is where are trillions of bacteria are stationed. You may be prescribed an antibiotic and that shocks the small intestine slowing down motility. This can follow a traumatic incident in your life.

A specific bacteria, archaebacter (Fungi Archaea Eukaryotes) produces the methane but they discovered that use of polyphenols can be used to treat. They have been trying to reduce methane in cattle and use food. On humans three polyphenols like Quebracho which is gleaned from the bark of trees is the workhorse used in a concentrated form, another polyphenol shuts down the enzyme and another to calm the IBS. Normally it takes about 20 days of treatment.

The is no gold standard test to diagnose SIBO other than a breath test by drinking lactulose and then measuring the hydrogen or methane in the breath. Dr. Brown uses another term for feeding your good bacteria called Postbiotics.

We know it takes time for many of these alternative treatments to come to the masses but hopefully it will soon.

[Heloise]

interconnectedseries.com/ep... Dr. Brown is interviewed around the 38 minute mark if you want to hear his remarks.

[jgelliss in reply to Heloise]

Heloise Thank You for bringing Great and Informative Information to this Great Community .

[Heloise in reply to jgelliss]

Thanks, H, but it's a little frustrating when you can't get to the treatments knowing they are out there. I hope we get to that part as well.

[jgelliss in reply to Heloise]

Your So So Right . Lets Hope .

[wellness1]

Great summary, Heloise!

[Heloise in reply to wellness1]

Thank you, friend.

[Gigi216]

Thank you for the link! I really enjoyed watching it fantastic information

[Heloise in reply to Gigi216]

Thanks, Gigi, glad to hear. I've learned so much from these series myself.

[Marz in reply to Heloise]

So sorry - forgot to send you a link whn you asked Wed/ Thursday 😴😴

Thank you for your update !

[Heloise in reply to Marz]

You do enough already, Marz. No problemo.

[bookish]

Thanks Heloise, I only managed to catch about half of part 4 so your summary is really helpful. Just starting on part 5.

For those who don't know her already, Micki Rose at Pure Health Clinic has a huge amount of information on SIBO, testing, treating etc, see purehealthclinic.co.uk/health-a-z/sibo/

(She also has a new book called The Healing Plan (8 step healing plan recovery from chronic illness). Have a look at Mind-Body Medicine especially her post on mind body for multiple sensitivity, plus Central Sensitivity Syndrome and ACE and Trauma Triggered Illness (in the A-Z). I have her book 'The Gluten Plan' and it is superb.)

[Heloise in reply to bookish]

Yes, J, I did take a look at her website when you mentioned her. She seems to have overcome a lot. I really haven't had trauma in my life. The worst thing that happened to me is that two of my classmates were hit by a train when I was in the fourth grade. I still remember their names and faces clearly. Although my son was in Iraq for 15 months and that certainly didn't help (and then he wrote a book and that didn't help knowing much more about it). Central Sensitivity Syndrome sounds interesting. If you feel she is special I will definitely look closer.

[bookish in reply to Heloise]

People stay with you so strongly sometimes. A neighbour (friend and occasional date boyfriend) drowned canoeing when I was 17 and he has stayed in my mind so clearly all these years. It must have been hard reading about what your son went through. I don't feel I had trauma (certainly not as a child, perhaps more as a young adult) but some of it still makes sense. I do think she is special.

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to bookish]

I got a SIBO test on the NHS. Test was negative.

[bookish in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

I haven't tested yet, but clearly need to. I think Micki talks about false negatives etc especially with blood. Not sure how NHS test. Will read it all and try to find money to test privately.

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to bookish]

In NHS test, you drink a foul, sweet, sticky liquid, then blow into a tube attached to a computer every 30 mins. Not a blood test. Very, very boring as it takes most of the day (take a book unless you are a big fan of daytime TV).

[Heloise in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Yes, right, the lactulose drink. I watched Shivan Sarna's SIBO Summit and remember the test for methane and hydrogen. It may be a matter of degree. If you have passed all other possibilities, the herbal treatments for SIBO might help. I think I posted them all under the SIBO Summit notes.

[Heloise in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

It's possible to have a false negative but I hope yours is true. If they did not have you eat harmful foods before the test, it may not be accurate and they also say it is not the gold standard.

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Heloise]

I didn't ask for the test and had no real SIBO symptoms, but they insisted on doing it, along with tests for bile acid diarrhea, which I also didn't have, and a barium swallow (also negative).