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Hey everyone, this is Dr. Rucho. Let's discuss a very exciting study that found the addition of

Saccharomycese-Belardi probiotic to dietary changes can be superior to dietary changes alone in improving

Cibo, IBS, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

So we'll break down the study, the study protocol, give you the protocol so you can try it at home and also help you understand

what is Saccharomycese blarity and why it can be helpful.

All right. So starting off defining SIBO. You've likely heard of SIBO or small intestinal

bacterial overgrowth, but why SIBO can be so problematic is because a small intestine is

where 90 plus percent of calories and nutrients are

absorbed. And not only that, this is where you have the highest density of immune cells in

your entire body. So if you have SIBO and the resulting hyperpermeability that can occur

when SIBO is present, you can start

excessively triggering the immune system that's on the other side of the intestinal

lumen leading to chronic inflammation.

And this is why we see SIBO correlate not only with the obvious digestive symptoms, IBS, abdominal distension, bloating pain,

diarrhea, constipation, but also extraintestinal manifestations like non-al alcoholic fatty liver

disease because remember that the gut drains to the liver. There's also this old saying in naturopathic medicine

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