SIBO diet

Has anyone had any luck finding a good SIBO diet to follow. Researching information but keep getting conflicting information. One website says you can eat something but another says no. Been on antibiotics for over year, every 6 weeks still not better. Thanks

Oh my gosh, I can relate so much about being scared to eat anything. I've lost a lot of weight unintentionally because not eating is just so much easier than eating a lot of the time. Funny you mention the journal because I was actually keeping one recently, where I recorded everything I ate and how I felt after (and even included bloat pictures). It definitely helped identify some of the foods that are more troublesome for me, but it also showed me that sometimes there's really no rhyme or reason to it and my gut just decides to flare up regardless of what I eat (which I'm guessing is just the result of somewhat random and uncontrollable bacterial overgrowth because of the missing valve). I tend to stick to the same foods every day too. Once in a blue moon I'll get adventurous...but hardly ever since it's scary and usually not worth it! Anyways, thankfully the Xifaxan at least keeps it manageable. Thanks for sharing and for the support 🙂 !

What is the "missing valve" that is mentioned in relation to SIBO

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.

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.

Rifaximin is expensive. My doctor at the time ordered it for me. While I was on it, I started to feel much better. Once off it in about 2 weeks, my symptoms returned. Again, these meds treat the SYMPTOMS, not the CAUSE. Antibiotics are not good for our digestive tract as they kill both the good and bad bacteria. (Don't misunderstand me - antibiotics have their place when it is in the right application.) You need the good bacteria and need it in the right place in the digestive tract. As it was explained to me, the bacteria feed on sugars. We have different bacteria in the upper digestive tract and lower digestive tract. When the upper digestive tract is weakened as in leaky gut, the lower digestive tract bacteria migrate to the upper digestive tract causing symptoms of gas, bloating, not digesting our food well, loosing weight, etc. The goal is to build the upper digestive tract mucous lining and get the bacteria that don't belong there back down to the lower digestive tract where they belong.
I cannot emphasize enough the need to find the CAUSE of your symptoms and NOT treat the SYMPTOMS or the symptoms return.