Why guar gum? Who the hell chose it? Why couldn't it be eat a package of red vines or bag of M&Ms then take your Rifaximin?? It seriously should be something that is at least a treat. Perhaps- Mix your guar gum in KoolAid or Coke or better yet wine and enjoy. We all know there are tons of other tasty FODMAPs that SIBO eat. So curious to know the how and why they settled on guar gum in water... Haven't we suffered enough!?!?
Ok, did I miss something? What is guar gum and water supposed to do? This one I haven't heard yet! Is it going to help us get rid of SIBO? Then worth it, I guess!
ReplyDeleteHi Jan! Guar gum is the new thing going around. You take it along with your Rifaximin and the bacteria come out to eat the guar gum and are more easily killed. In the podcast I posted with Chris Kresser and Dr. Pimental Chris asked about his thoughts and he said it absolutely make sense and this is why he asks his patients to stay on their regular diet until all the bacteria are killed, then go low FODMAP. Happy, well fed bacteria are much easier to kill then ones that are hungry and hibernating. Live and learn I guess :(
DeleteThanks for the update. I haven't listened to CK's podcast yet. It does make sense that the bacteria have to be present and active to be killed. So it is probably a good idea to take herbal abx the same way. I'll follow along and see how it goes!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone done this and made a recovery? I'm on this protocol now.
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