Campylobacter, A Cause of SIBO

by John Brisson | Nov 6, 2015 | Digestive Health, Endotoxin, Opportunistic Microorganisms, SIBO

Can one bout of food poisoning lead to SIBO?  Cases of viral gastroenteritis have been linked to the development of SIBO, but what about food poisoning caused by bacterial toxins? Campylobacter Does this sound familiar? You just got over a bad case of food poisoning....

GOS: A Recommended Prebiotic to Improve Your Microbiome

by John Brisson | Nov 2, 2015 | Prebiotics

GOS’s are a form of prebiotics that have great benefit to people with digestive issues. What Are GOS’s? Galacto-oligosaccharides are a chain of galactose (monosaccharide sugar) units that are produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of lactose. Like other...

Microorganisms Making You Ill? Try Activated Charcoal!

by John Brisson | Oct 26, 2015 | Digestive Health

Herxheimer reactions. One of the banes of my existence as a health consultant. Can they be reduced from activated charcoal absorbing bacterial toxins? What is a herxheimer reaction? It is the bodies immune system’s reaction to a heavy burden of toxins (mainly...

AO+ Mist – Skin Probiotic Review

by Jason Hooper | Oct 23, 2015 | Probiotics, Supplement Recommendations

Here at Fix Your Gut, we talk a lot about the gut microbiome, but what about the skin microbiome? We do just as much, if not more to manipulate the bacteria of our skin, and it may not be to our advantage. Our modern hygiene practices encourage the use of...

Why Sleep Hygiene Is Important for Digestive Health and How to Improve it

by John Brisson | Oct 12, 2015 | Digestive Health, Hormones/Neurotransmitters

Many of the chemicals on that list are neurotransmitters that are not at all surprising. There is currently plenty of exciting research going on trying to link the brain and gut together. This blog article will focus on melatonin and how it relates to our digestion....

H. pylori, Evil Mastermind or Ally? Part 1

by John Brisson | Sep 21, 2015 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Probiotics

Here at Fix Your Gut we have discussed at length about H. pylori. There is a lot of ongoing research being done to determine H. pylori’s coexistence with humans. Is it commensal, or severely opportunistic? Is it normal flora? Jason Hooper and I have both written...