SIBO diets
Overview: SIBO diets
Medically reviewed by:
Dr John Freeman
We want to make something clear.
No diet can cure SIBO.
However, certain diets can help alleviate symptoms and reduce the risk of relapse when used after proper antimicrobial treatment.
SIBO is a condition of bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine.
You cannot "starve" these bacteria with diet changes alone—this is a harmful and widespread myth.
Dietary strategies can be extremely helpful, but they are not a treatment for SIBO. They simply manage symptoms by reducing fermentation, bloating, and discomfort.
It is a basic principle in medicine that you should not treat symptoms but look beyond that and treat the cause. Dietary methods to control SIBO are simply treating symptoms, which may have a short-term effect, but are not treating the underlying cause and will not produce long-term results as the symptoms will recur.
Dr John Freeman FRACP
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Low FODMAPs diet
The low FODMAPs diet involves reducing the number of fermentable carbohydrates you consume.
FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. There are short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that the small intestine absorbs poorly. Therefore, a low FODMAP diet may be helpful in temporarily relieving SIBO sufferers symptoms.
A low FODMAPs diet is only recommended for a limited amount of time.
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SIBO diet
The SIBO diet is similar to the Low FODMAPs diet. You aim to limit foods high in sugars and fermentable carbohydrates. We have outlined it here.
SIBO diet
Elimination diet
The elimination diet is less applicable to those with SIBO than a Low FODMAPs diet or the SIBO diet.
However, the elimination diet shouldn’t be dismissed as food intolerance may be a root cause of SIBO for some.
An elimination diet is a structured plan that excludes certain foods or groups of foods thought to cause an adverse food reaction in specific individuals. It is a mechanism for getting to the bottom of what is often known as food intolerance.
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