Often times when you go to a physician, it is rare for them to mention in detail a nutrition plan to coincide with the treatments they prescribe to you.But when it comes to SIBO and IBS, there is a diet that is prescribed pretty regularly now, called the FODMAP diet.While there may have been some initial hope that the FODMAP diet would work well for these conditions, the research might not back it up as much as previously thought. What is the FODMAP Diet?FODMAPs in an acronym that stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, and Polyols. These are short chain carbohydrates or sugar alcohols that are poorly absorbed by our bodies.The reason this diet is often prescribed for IBS is because FODMAPs are correlated with abdominal pain and bloating. This is where the research gets fuzzy.In this episode, Angela Pifer walks us through a bunch of research papers and shows us how our initial ideas around the FODMAP diet may not be as great for IBS as we originally thought.What To Expect From This Episode How common is SIBO or IBS Current common practices for treating SIBO that may not be the best options What the research has to say about the efficacy of the FODMAP diet How SIBO and IBS should be treated, and ways to integrate a normal diet back in Shownotes* [2:00] With Angela's 25 years in the health and fitness industry, she has seen a lot of changes over the years* [4:30] What percentage of people have SIBO or IBS* [6:45] Are IBS and IBD the same diagnosis* [9:00] For SIBO overgrowth, are there certain strains of bacteria that are causing issues* [11:30] Stool samples can get confusing because different sampling types are used for research vs diagnosis* [14:30] Should we be using stool samples as a way to diagnose and treat the microbiome at this point in time* [15:30] Are there specific protocols that would work well for SIBO* [17:45] If you use antibiotics to treat SIBO, but the issue is actually fungal related, can that cause more issues by killing off the beneficial bacteria* [19:00] What does FODMAP actually stand for* [28:30] It is interesting in some of the studies between low FODMAP and high FODMAP, the level of methane never changed in the body* [31:15] A lot of scientific studies are questionnaires which creates very speculative results* [34:00] Low FODMAP diets tend to lead people to become more dysbiotic* [37:00] Can you use probiotics in a SIBO treatment or will it cause more issues* [40:15] Once people improve symptoms, do they tend to fall back to old habits* [41:15] If your practitioner puts you on a FODMAP diet, you need to know the why, and have an in and out plan Resources From This EpisodeSome of these resources may contain affiliate links, which provides a small commission to me (at no extra expense to you).* The Pervasive Misunderstanding of What the FODMAP Diet Does and Does Not Do- Part 1* The Pervasive Misunderstanding of What the FODMAP Diet Does and Does Not Do- Part 2 Transcript For Episode (Transcripts aren't even close to 100% Accurate) Bryan: [00:00:15] Scientific research about the human body can be very confusing. And we are seeing a lot of that confusion right now in looking at how viruses interact with our bodies.And what gets even more confusing is when research is used to make broad treatment plans that are adopted very quickly.
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