Dr Mark Pimentel is a pioneer in the research of SIBO. Today he joins Rebecca to talk all-things SIBO. Listeners of The Healthy Gut Podcast submitted their questions for Dr Pimentel, which Rebecca gets him to answer. They cover the following: - Different treatment options available for SIBO including different options for methane dominant SIBO - Methane overgrowth vs bloom - Whether methane always equals constipation and what it means if you’re hydrogen-dominant and have SIBO - Whether it’s safe to do multiple rounds of SIBO treatments - How to uncover the underlying cause(s) of your SIBO (The Healthy Gut Podcast members get exclusive access to our handy SIBO causes and risk factors guide) - What to do if your practitioner doesn’t believe SIBO exists - What the future looks like for post-infectious IBS patients - The future of hydrogen sulphide SIBO: treatment and testing - What we should do if we get a negative SIBO breath test but still experience symptoms - Whether we should be considering the broader gut microbiome when treating SIBO - Whether we should be using additional supplements and/or treatment aids, such as FMT, prebiotics, probiotics, prokinetics, laxatives, digestive enzymes, HCL, bitters, etc - What diet we should be following and whether we should starve or feed our bacteria during treatment - What the future looks like for SIBO patients and SIBO treatments To get the full show notes, or to sign up to become a member of The Healthy Gut Podcast and receive the full transcription for FREE, head to www.thehealthygut.co/pimentel.