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The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Why Your SIBO Keeps Coming Back: The Overlooked Root Causes of Recurring SIBO & Bloating | Ep 372

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to uncover what's ACTUALLY going on in your gut! Are you stuck in the cycle of treating SIBO over and over, only to have your symptoms return? Today, Erin and Rachel Heintz, MS, RDN, are revealing the most common reasons that keep people stuck in the SIBO loop, including why standard protocols and restrictive diets often miss the mark, and the deeper, more nuanced reasons SIBO recurs. 

You'll learn what your stool test might be trying to tell you, how stress and low stomach acid sabotage gut healing, and the critical roles bile flow, mineral status, and even meal timing play in your recovery.

Whether you're dealing with persistent bloating, IBS-like symptoms, or have been told you just need “another round of antibiotics”, this conversation will help you finally move forward.

In this episode:

  • Why low stomach acid and bile flow are two of the biggest root causes of recurring SIBO 
  • Grazing all day might be sabotaging your gut's natural cleaning system (the Migrating Motor Complex)
  • The surprising role of serotonin and mineral imbalances in gut motility and chronic constipation
  • What your breath test and stool test can and can’t reveal about your gut health
  • Why SIBO won't truly resolve unless you address large intestine dysbiosis, immune function, and structural issues like valve dysfunction or surgical adhesions


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Transcript

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0:00.0

We see a lot of these clients in our practice, and this is a client that recently started to work with me.

0:05.5

She was treating SIBO every 4 to 6 months, going to her gastroenterologist, doing a test, taking antibiotics.

0:11.4

After we began our work together, I found out, you know, because most foods create bloating for her,

0:16.6

she was really limiting her portion sizes, just trying to minimize bloating.

0:20.9

She wasn't eating enough protein. She wasn't minimize bloating. She wasn't eating enough protein.

0:22.9

She wasn't getting really full.

0:24.1

She wasn't getting satiated.

0:25.5

Some of the treatment that we're doing is really targeted for her specific type of SIBO.

0:29.6

But she's the perfect example of if we just treat SIBO without addressing the rest of the terrain, she's just going to keep relapsing.

0:37.3

Welcome to the functional nutrition podcast. Spill with a K, because we do things a little

0:41.1

differently around here.

0:42.6

I'm your host, Erin Holt, and I've got 15 years of clinical experience as a functional

0:46.4

nutritionist and mindset coach, creating a new model that I call intuitive functional medicine,

0:51.7

where we combine root cause medicine with the innate intelligence

0:54.7

of your body. This is where science meets self-trust. Your body already knows how to heal,

1:01.0

and this show is going to show you how. If you're looking for new ways of thinking about your health,

1:05.7

be sure to follow and share with a friend because you never know whose life you might change.

1:11.2

Hi, Rachel.

1:12.6

Hey, Aaron.

1:13.8

Okay, we're going to talk about recurring SIBO because we get this question a fair amount.

1:20.2

And then we also see it kind of a lot in practice.

1:22.9

So we figured it would be a good, good conversation to bring to the podcast.

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