Resetting the Microbiota of the Small Intestine
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
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🗓️ 26 February 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Increased diversity of the intestinal microbiota (world of bacteria) generally appears to be a good thing. Can we achieve increased diversity by administering agents that kill bacteria? Can antibiotics or antimicrobial herbs increase diversity? Let’s discuss an important but often overlooked concept.
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| 0:58.7 | Resetting the small intestinal microbiota with refaxamine. |
| 1:04.3 | Hi, this is Dr. Rousho, and you've likely heard of SIBO or small intestinal bacterial |
| 1:09.8 | overgrowth, which can oftentimes |
| 1:11.8 | manifest as the symptoms of IBS, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, loose dules, abdominal pain. |
| 1:20.7 | In fact, in some cases the majority of IBS may be caused by this SIBO, the small intestinal |
| 1:25.8 | bacterial overgrowth. And there is an antibiotic called raffaxamine that has been shown to be very effective |
| 1:31.3 | in treating the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. |
| 1:35.3 | Recently, a paper was published discussing an interesting concept |
| 1:38.3 | in how rafaxamine helps to treat this bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine. |
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