Add plenty of herbs and spices but read labels and make sure anything you buy in a package doesn't contain any nasties! Fresh is best. Use healthy oils to cook with such as coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, organic grass fed butter and ghee.
Crème of wheat or Ripe Krispies cereal are good breakfast options. Proteins such as eggs, fish, chicken, beef, and pork. Healthful fats such as olive oil, avocado oil, nuts, and seeds. Vegetables that grow under the ground such as onions, garlic, potatoes, yams, beets, carrots, and turnips.
Essential Oils for SIBO
A single patient with SIBO reported marked improvement with peppermint oil, and researchers indicated that further investigation is needed. Other essential oils that may be beneficial when treating SIBO symptoms include oregano oil, tarragon oil, frankincense oil, clove oil and others.
Prebiotics are fibers found in foods (i.e., inulin, resistant starches) and help promote the growth of bacteria. Prebiotics are perfect if the goal is to rebuild healthy bacteria, but they can make the symptoms of SIBO significantly worse by further increasing the overgrowth numbers.
What can you eat with SIBO? Low-FODMAP foods are best. There's a huge list of these that includes the following: Avocado.
Breakfast should always have some protein, fats and carbs if desired. Eggs will not feeds SIBO and can be consumed in any amount according to the anti-SIBO diet. Omelettes with vegetables such as ample amounts of red peppers, scallions, tomatoes and olives are the perfect SIBO friendly breakfasts.
An anti-inflammatory diet, regular exercise, good quality sleep, and probiotics are all strategies to put in place before trying antimicrobials or antibiotics to get rid of bad bacteria.
For most people, the initial way to treat bacterial overgrowth is with antibiotics. Doctors may start this treatment if your symptoms and medical history strongly suggest this is the cause, even when test results are inconclusive or without any testing at all.
Additionally, olive oil can help to increase the production of good bacteria in the gut. This can help to reduce inflammation and improve gut motility. Finally, olive oil can help to protect the lining of the stomach from damage caused by gastric acids.
EVOO and its bioactive compounds have positive effects on the microbiota and improve intestinal integrity as they inhibit pathogens, stimulate the growth of beneficial microorganisms and have antioxidant activity [2].
Olive oil biophenols, with their high gut concentrations, can exert a direct antioxidant effect, while also modulating the intestinal epithelial homeostasis by positively affecting inflammation and the gut microbiota [35].
The most common SIBO diet is the low-FODMAP diet, or some less restrictive version of it (like Whole30). The low-FODMAP diet starves the harmful bacteria in your gut of fermentable carbs it needs, including if the overgrowth is in your small intestine (SIBO).
Potatoes are starchy vegetables that are allowed on the low FODMAP diet but on the foods to avoid list for both the SCD and GAPS diet. When creating your own SIBO diet plan, keep track of how potatoes make you feel. If they trigger symptoms, it might be best to avoid them.
Antibiotics. This is the main treatment for SIBO. Doctors may use one type of antibiotic or a combination to remove the overgrowth. A popular option is rifaximin (Xifaxan).
Extra Virgin Olive Oil is low FODMAP in normal serving sizes. Most all oils are Low FODMAP, since oils are fats and FODMAPs are only carbohydrates. Make sure high FODMAP ingredients like chunks of garlic or onion have not been added. Find low FODMAP food faster with the Fig app!
SIBO friendly foods include: Meat, fish, poultry, eggs. Quinoa, rice, rice noodles. Root vegetables like carrots fruit and vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, and squash.
Flatulence/wind – again some wind is normal, after all everybody farts! Patients with SIBO are often very windy and the wind can be very smelly. For a SIBO patient this can mean not going out and may cause some relationship difficulties!
Honey is allowed on the SIBO Specific Diet but not all types. Acceptable types of honey are clover, alfalfa, wildflower and raspberry.
Support your ability to break down food
Drinking 2 tsp of apple cider vinegar or lemon in warm water before meals helps to stimulate stomach acid production. This supports your body to break down foods so you can absorb nutrients. You can also supplement with a digestive enzyme support like BePure Digest Assist.