![]() ![]() Thankfully, Dr Mark Pimentel, one of the pioneers of SIBO research, shared his extensive knowledge on the subject in his book, A New IBS Solution. ![]() Since then, I have devoted myself to the study and treatment of SIBO. During the process, the name SIBO had stuck. It turned out the international gastroenterology community had been doing vigorous research on this very topic since the late 1990s, discovering incredible details about the causes, mechanisms and treatments. It seemed to us to be the very same condition Gottschall had described. During research for his book, Functional Gastroenterology, he came across the condition and term, "Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth" (SIBO). I implemented the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) that the book recommended with incredible results, and now, with focus to devote to it, I plunged into understanding all that I could about what Gottschall had discussed.Ī few months after re-discovering BTVC, I ran into Dr Sandberg-Lewis at a lecture. Things were different when I re-read BTVC. I felt inspired, but then the next round of exams hit and it got lost in the shuffle. Never before had I read such a plausible explanation for my symptoms. It explained how bacteria that accumulate in the small intestine eat our food and make by-products that cause symptoms like bloating, pain and diarrhea as well as brain and other symptoms. My first reading had been years before during medical school, when my gastroenterology professor, Dr Steven Sandberg-Lewis, had placed it on the recommended reading list. In 2009, while trying to find the cause of my chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, I re-read Breaking the Vicious Cycle (BTVC) by Elaine Gottschall. ![]()
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