I have added some content to the Classroom. There is the fundamentals to improving not only gut health, but health in general. It is incredibly important to get these down before looking for extreme quick fixes or medical intervention. I have used AI to help write the posts as I have never been great with writing, but the content is based on research and was fed by me:) I would love to answer any questions you may have!!

The actual order of operations to fix SIBO (most people get this wrong) Most people jump straight to killing bacteria. Oregano oil. Berberine. Antibiotics. Whatever. And then wonder why it comes back 3 months later. Here's what nobody tells you, SIBO is a terrain problem. The bacteria are there because your gut gave them permission to be there. So before you kill anything, you need to fix the environment that let them grow in the first place. Phase 1: Repair the lining and get your bile flowing Your gut lining is your first line of defence. If it's compromised, killing bacteria just creates more inflammation on an already damaged surface. Bile is also massively underrated here. Low bile = slow motility = bacteria sitting in your small intestine throwing a party. Fix this first. TUDCA, ox bile, bitters before meals, post-meal walks. Get things moving. Phase 2: Then you kill Now you can target the bacteria. But even here, order matters. Start gentle. Black seed oil is a good entry point. Then escalate based on your pattern, berberine and neem for hydrogen dominant, allicin if you're dealing with methane, specific stacks for H2S. Pulse them. Don't run them indefinitely. Your gut isn't meant to be in a constant kill phase. Phase 3: Rebuild This is where most protocols end too early. You need to reintroduce fibre in stages. Start with RS1 sources, move to RS3, then RS2. Go too fast here and you'll flare yourself. The goal is a gut that doesn't need antimicrobials to stay stable. That's how you know you've actually fixed it. The bit nobody wants to hear None of this works if your fundamentals are broken. Chronically stressed. Mouth breathing. Eating at random times. Terrible sleep. Your MMC, the mechanism that clears bacteria between meals, only works in a parasympathetic state. Stress shuts it off. Sort the basics first. They're not optional extras.

You finally clean up your diet. More veg, more fibre, fermented foods, the whole lot. And somehow you feel WORSE. This isn't bad luck. There's a mechanical reason for it. When your gut microbiome is already out of balance (which it probably is if you're in this community), dumping a load of fermentable fibre on top of it is like throwing petrol on a fire. The bacteria that are already overgrown get MORE fuel, produce MORE gas, and you end up more bloated than when you were eating like crap. Here's what's actually happening: Your small intestine is supposed to be relatively low in bacteria. When bacteria migrate up from the colon or overgrow there (this is basically what SIBO is), they start fermenting food way earlier in the digestive process than they should. Foods that are technically "healthy" like onions, garlic, broccoli, beans, and kefir are all highly fermentable. So you're feeding the problem. This doesn't mean healthy food is bad. It means the ORDER matters. You need to reduce the bacterial overgrowth first, support motility so your migrating motor complex can keep things moving, and THEN gradually reintroduce those foods when your gut can actually handle them. If you went "healthy" and got worse, you're not broken. You just skipped a step. What did you notice got worse when you tried to clean up your diet? Drop it below.

Please bear in mind this is just based on my experience, any questions on it let me know:)