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Great news. Recent study just found that probiotics combined with fiber can resolve methane

sebo. And sebo, including if it's methane or not, can cause a cast of symptoms, including

bloating, constipation, abdominal pain, but also things like fatigue, depression, malabsorption,

and inflammation.

So we'll unpack the study and then give you an at-home protocol so that you can replicate what these researchers did, which led to at reduction in SIBO positivity levels by about half. All right, so let's jump in. Now, SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. This is where you have more than the normal

levels of bacteria in the small intestine. And when these bacteria and or archaea metabolize food

stuffs, they release gas. And some gas is normal.

But if there's an excess of gas that can cause the feeling of gas and pressure,

it can also alter motility or movement of food through the GI lumen leading to constipation.

And the other part of CBO that's interesting is the ability for small intestinal bacterial

overgrowth to cause what's known as extraintestinal symptoms.

This includes, but is not limited to, things like fatigue, depression, even restless

leg, rosacea, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, malabsorption of nutrition,

malabsorption of the thyroid medication, and also inflammation.

So it's certainly something that if it's present, resolving the SIBO may yield a number of symptomatic improvements not limited to the GI.

And within SIBO, there's three gas types. There is your hydrogen, your methane, and also your hydrogen sulfide.

This study found a resolution of methane SIBO. Now, methane in particular is

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