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Talk about #eatyourcolors!
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Remember that all those pigments in your food (polyphenols) feed your healthy gut bacteria (can someone please make an intestines emoji???)
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#polyphenols #microbiome #prebiotics #guthealth #healthygut #guthealthmatters #dysbiosis #sibo #ibs #irritablebowelsyndrome

PREBIOTICS AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/SIBO
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Let’s talk about this because I see a lot of fear around taking prebiotics if you’ve got IBS (which means there’s a decent chance you’ve got #SIBO!)
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This fear comes from the idea that taking something that “feeds” bacteria can’t be a good idea, since it’s going to cause MORE of the symptoms we see in IBS — bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, and more.
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But does this actually play out in research?
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Sunfiber (partially hydrolyzed guar gum), for example, has been shown to improve IBS symptoms. PHGG has also been shown to improve SIBO eradication rates when combined with rifaximin (the antibiotic used to treat SIBO).
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Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) have been shown to improve symptoms of IBS, even if you need to be on a low-FODMAP approach to control your symptoms.
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You can see in the graph in this research article that adding B-GOS to a low-FODMAP diet improves symptoms over a low-FODMAP diet alone.
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Unfortunately, at least at the dose provided in the study, B-GOS doesn’t prevent the decline in bifidobacteria (a healthy gut bacteria) that happens as a result of a low-FODMAP diet. I wonder if a higher dose would still improve symptoms but also prevent that healthy bacteria loss!
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Point here is this: even if you’ve got irritable bowel syndrome or SIBO, prebiotics can absolutely still help you! Don’t be afraid to try them.
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#prebiotics #microbiome #guthealth #healthygut #ibs #irritablebowelsyndrome #dysbiosis #guthealthmatters #guthealing #guthealthy #integrativemedicine #functionalmedicine #dietitian

The other day in my Instagram stories I shared my own experience with prebiotics in regards to asthma — for me, taking B-GOS has improved my asthma SO MUCH (it works equally as well for me, if not better, than being on a medication like Singulair.)
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Even for someone like me who KNOWS the power of the gut, it was shocking to me how much of a difference it made in my own life.
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And there’s some evidence to support that this happens, too!
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Granted, this is a pretty small study but it absolutely supports the experience I had myself. Pretty cool!
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#prebiotic #prebiotics #asthma #asthmaattack #leakygut #healthygut #guthealth #gutpower #gutpoweredlife #gut #guthealthmatters #guthealing #guthealthy #microbiome #integrativemedicine #functionalmedicine

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