Hi,
Don't make the mistake thinking you can get rid of it anyother way than medicine. It is a bug/ infection that requires antibiotics to kill it. Anything else is playing with it or possibly causing more damage. I thought I could starve it out, no luck, just lessened the symptoms a touch. I'd have IBS any day over SIBO, in fact I do, come to think of it!
Just ignore the anecdotal "scientific" evidence often given with the best of intentions. Anything I ingested would blow up the abdomen to the point I could not sit or bend at the waist, just water made no difference it reacted to everything and the pain is excruciating to say the least. As I now have the propensity to fall back into a state of SIBO, due to my particular digestive problems, I keep a course of medication at the ready, any delay and it just gets worse.
Anybody who thinks they cured it by other means didn't have SIBO.
Cheers