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without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, this is Dr. Roushaw.

Welcome back. And today I'm very excited to share with you a few studies that question how helpful,

how necessary are CBO breath tests?

And in a similar vein, great news that more data is being published showing that natural therapies can improve SIBO and IBS, herbal antimicrobials and probiotics.

So things that you can use safely at home with the guidance of a health care provider, but nonetheless put so much empowerment in your hands regarding how to improve gas, bloating abdominal pain, alter bowel function, all these symptoms that we see associated with CBO and IBS, but also the extraintestinal manifestations that can plague and be problematic for some people,

like joint pain, skin issues, and brain fog because we know so much stems back to the gut.

And then we'll cover a few studies looking at the connection of autoimmunity and inflammation

along with fungus and lay out what you can do to improve these conditions

and also touch on one very interesting study showing the power of the elemental diet to help

reduce and resolve inflammation and autoimmunity. So a lot here to unpack, but this should all, these should all, these studies, provide

you with simple and natural steps you can take to improve the health of your gut, and then

hopefully reap many other systemic improvements like fatigue, mental clarity, sleep.

Again, because we appreciate, we understand how much of one's health stems back to the health of their gut.

So let's jump in.

And the first study here I wanted to highlight examined if SIBO breath tests,

so SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, is probably implicated in about 30-ish percent of IBS,

so gas, bloating, diarrhea, altered bowel function, and pain.

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