SIBO diet

As a longtime SIBO sufferer and frequent rifaximin (and one time neomycin user), the strategy of "eating food to make the bacteria flourish so you can kill them more readily" makes sense. Both of these antibiotics have the potential to mess up your digestion to begin with but stick with it. I would recommend 2-4 days of "eating normally" (what you consider normal right now) to let the antibiotics do some damage, and then switch to eating more "conventionally" "normally", or even going out of your way to eat specific foods that feed the bacteria, for the rest of the treatment. Maybe you already know which foods set you off the most so you can go and get those, but in my case and in many others, the "gum" additives found in most "processed" foods are the best/worst (guar gum and xanthum gum being the most noteworthy, and then carob bean gum). The product "Tomorrow's Nutrition, Sunfiber, Prebiotic Fiber Supplement for Digestive Health" which you can find on Amazon is pure guar gum, if you don't want to raid the cookie/icecream aisle at your grocery store (or do both since it's the middle of summer).

Good luck, hope you get your Rx filled.

So how is the cause identified?

I am about (pending insurance coverage for Xifaxin) to begin two weeks of Xifaxin and Neomycin prescribed my my GI due to SIBO test results. After a month on the low FODMAP diet I was feeling moderately better and had started gentle reintroduction but figured I should suspend that whilst on antibiotics. However, a dietician with whom I’ve consulted suggested “eating normally” whilst on the meds “so that the problematic pathogens are more active and more susceptible to elimination.” Thought I’d try to get some feedback from those of you with experience with SIBO treatment whilst waiting for (fingers crossed) insurance approval. My plan lists it as a Tier 2 drug but apparently the doc has to further justify its use. Been down this rabbit hole before with other situations and am cautiously pessimistic.

So how is the cause identified?

Great info! Followed the same track as you, but did the fodmap diet along with meds. Had to work the system a little to get the meds.
Did tons of research during this period and learned about leaky gut at that time. Healing leaky gut is sooooo important! After
3-4 months of SIBO diet, started following a leaky gut diet. Ordered several small cookbooks online to know where to begin. Many foods are different from SIBO diet. I really worked on trying to stay away from Sibo triggers and follow the leaky gut diet. What a process!!! My life was focused on healing myself; no one can heal you but you with this type of illness.
Good luck…

Thanks. Sorry to be lengthy but I have some questions. First question is if you took neomycin did you have any hearing issues. I have very mild tinnitus but my hearing is just fine and I’m concerned after reading black box warnings and some posts on this site. Next I am a little confused about “cause.” I have taken the breath test and it’s positive for SIBO but why I have it other than having had IBS-D for years is a mystery. No anatomical cause as far as I know but I do have diverticulosis and have had bouts of diverticulitis. Finally I have a lot of info on FODMAP regimens as well as the Supergut book and I see foods that are not low FODMAP in the Supergut list - mushrooms for example. I will be working with a dietician who recommended eating some FODMAPS during the antibiotic course and who suggested waiting to start with her until after the course of meds is done.

I am about (pending insurance coverage for Xifaxin) to begin two weeks of Xifaxin and Neomycin prescribed my my GI due to SIBO test results. After a month on the low FODMAP diet I was feeling moderately better and had started gentle reintroduction but figured I should suspend that whilst on antibiotics. However, a dietician with whom I’ve consulted suggested “eating normally” whilst on the meds “so that the problematic pathogens are more active and more susceptible to elimination.” Thought I’d try to get some feedback from those of you with experience with SIBO treatment whilst waiting for (fingers crossed) insurance approval. My plan lists it as a Tier 2 drug but apparently the doc has to further justify its use. Been down this rabbit hole before with other situations and am cautiously pessimistic.

I am about (pending insurance coverage for Xifaxin) to begin two weeks of Xifaxin and Neomycin prescribed my my GI due to SIBO test results. After a month on the low FODMAP diet I was feeling moderately better and had started gentle reintroduction but figured I should suspend that whilst on antibiotics. However, a dietician with whom I’ve consulted suggested “eating normally” whilst on the meds “so that the problematic pathogens are more active and more susceptible to elimination.” Thought I’d try to get some feedback from those of you with experience with SIBO treatment whilst waiting for (fingers crossed) insurance approval. My plan lists it as a Tier 2 drug but apparently the doc has to further justify its use. Been down this rabbit hole before with other situations and am cautiously pessimistic.

Thanks. Sorry to be lengthy but I have some questions. First question is if you took neomycin did you have any hearing issues. I have very mild tinnitus but my hearing is just fine and I’m concerned after reading black box warnings and some posts on this site. Next I am a little confused about “cause.” I have taken the breath test and it’s positive for SIBO but why I have it other than having had IBS-D for years is a mystery. No anatomical cause as far as I know but I do have diverticulosis and have had bouts of diverticulitis. Finally I have a lot of info on FODMAP regimens as well as the Supergut book and I see foods that are not low FODMAP in the Supergut list - mushrooms for example. I will be working with a dietician who recommended eating some FODMAPS during the antibiotic course and who suggested waiting to start with her until after the course of meds is done.

I am about (pending insurance coverage for Xifaxin) to begin two weeks of Xifaxin and Neomycin prescribed my my GI due to SIBO test results. After a month on the low FODMAP diet I was feeling moderately better and had started gentle reintroduction but figured I should suspend that whilst on antibiotics. However, a dietician with whom I’ve consulted suggested “eating normally” whilst on the meds “so that the problematic pathogens are more active and more susceptible to elimination.” Thought I’d try to get some feedback from those of you with experience with SIBO treatment whilst waiting for (fingers crossed) insurance approval. My plan lists it as a Tier 2 drug but apparently the doc has to further justify its use. Been down this rabbit hole before with other situations and am cautiously pessimistic.