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Hi everyone, this is Dr. Rucho.

Let's discuss some questions regarding the elemental diet.

If you haven't heard of the elemental diet, the elemental diet is essentially a very gut-friendly meal replacement shake that has been shown at least in one study to be highly

effective for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and in a number of other

studies to be able to reduce inflammation and autoimmunity in the gut as we see

in inflammatory bowel disease and there's certainly a wealth of anecdotal

reports that show that the elemental diet can be a very powerful healing tool

for those, especially who have been non-responsive to other therapies. And essentially, how

the elemental diet is used is very similar to how some people are doing these juice cleanse

or liquid cleanses, where you essentially subsist on nothing but these meal replacement shakes

for anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks.

Now, the couple weeks is reserved for more severe cases, but in many cases, just a few days

as a reset and then a partial utilization of these maybe as a meal replacement for breakfast

on most days going forward,

can be very helpful for some recalcitrant cases that have been otherwise non-responsive to other therapies.

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