Digestive Disease Week 2024 Research Update by Dr. Mark Pimentel - July 2024
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New research explained for SIBO/IMO/IBS
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Bloating and SIBO relates to it
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Update on the organisms causing SIBO/IMO and ISO (Intestinal Sulfide Overproduction - new term!)
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Can NAC help Rifaximin treatment for SIBO?
- You many have noticed my commentary on this study in my earlier mailing this month. Watch the Q&A to see Dr. Pimentel explain why my team had poor results with NAC (spoiler: it needs to get to the small intestine but normally dissolves in the stomach. They're using a "special delivery" of NAC to get it to the small intestine.)
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The great Glucose vs Lactulose controversy
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Ozempic/Wegovy/Mounjaro - effect on SIBO and SIBO testing
About The Speakers:
Dr. Mark Pimentel is the worlds leading expert and researcher in the fields of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth), IMO (Intestinal Methanogen Overgrowth), and other functional gut disorders. As head of the MAST-Pimentel Laboratory at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, he and his team work tirelessly to find a cure for gut motility diseases. Some of his remarkable contributions include: pioneering treatments for SIBO (including Rifaximin, the Elemental Diet and Prokinetics for prevention), creating tests (ibs-smart, trio-smart), and sequencing the small intestine microbiome.
Dr. Allison Siebecker is Instructor of Advanced Gastroenterology at NUNM, the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Gastroenterology Association of Naturopathic Physicians and an award-winning author. She was the former medical director and co-founder of the SIBO Center for Digestive Health at NUNM. She has specialized exclusively in SIBO since 2011, serving as a second and third-opinion referral doctor for patients who have failed previous treatments and is the creator of many staple SIBO treatments including the Homemade Elemental Diet, the SIBO Specific Food Guide and SIBO Herbal Antibiotic protocols.
Shivan Sarna is the author of Healing SIBO, TV host, and the creator of the SIBO SOS® Summits and Community, the Digestion SOS® documentary series, the Gut & Microbiome Rescue Summit, the Lymphatic Rescue Summit, the Dental-Health Connection Summit, and Chronic Condition Research, a 501(c) 3 non-profit to further research under-funded medical conditions. After a lifetime of struggling with health issues, Shivan made it her mission to demystify her own health struggles - and to share that information with others who were struggling. Her special skill is finding and connecting with the leading expert doctors and connecting those experts with the people who need their help. Her personal mantra is SOS: Save Our Selves, and that's what she has helped thousands of people do!