Your Appendix, Not as Useless as You Were Misled to Believe

by John Brisson | Jun 13, 2016 | Digestive Health, Probiotics, SIBO

Medical science and the media have convinced you that your vermiform appendix is a vestigial organ, but is it? Appendectomies are performed across the world and are given little thought to what effect this has on the body. It is believed that removing your appendix is...

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....

Why Supplementing With Probiotics May Make You Ill – Part 2: MMC Issues

by John Brisson | Jul 27, 2015 | Digestive Health, Probiotics, SIBO

Probiotics are supposed to improve digestive health, yet they sometimes make people ill – especially if they have SIBO. Why do supplements touted for improving digestive health make some people worse? Is there a microbial die-off in people with SIBO? If they...

IBSchek, a New Test to Determine SIBO?

by John Brisson | May 25, 2015 | SIBO

A new test has been made available to aid in the diagnosis of SIBO. The test is known as IBSchek and is available through Commonwealth Laboratories, Inc. Here is a video of Dr. Pimentel discussing the test: Finally, a blood test that can be used to diagnose SIBO. No...

SIBO Fighting + Intestinal Renewal – Iced Bulletproof® Coffee Recipes

by John Brisson | Oct 29, 2014 | Bulletproof® Coffee, SIBO

SIBO friendly hot Bulletproof® coffee recipes! Recently, a few iced coffee Bulletproof® coffee recipes have appeared on the Bulletproof® forums. Who does not love iced coffee? We can modify the popular iced Bulletproof® coffee to help combat some of the main causes of...

All About Parasites and How to Reduce Your Parasitical Biome

by John Brisson | Sep 19, 2014 | Digestive Health, GERD, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites, Reflux, SIBO

Even in the United States, it is still easy to become infected with parasites through contaminated water, 1 ingesting meat that isn’t cooked completely, 2 domesticated animals, 3 walking barefoot in dirt, 4 swimming in improperly treated water, 5 and even eating...