Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight

by William Davis

Some of this microbial debris infiltrates the bloodstream. This phenomenon of endotoxemia, substantiated by Dr. Patrice Cani and French colleagues in 2007, provides the crucial missing link that explains how microbes living in the GI tract can cause, for instance, the skin rash of rosacea, the thyroid inflammation of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, or the muscle and joint pain of fibromyalgia, effects far outside the GI tract itself.

So, what are the telltale signs that signal a thirty-foot-long infection and body-wide invasion by the by-products of SIBO? The list is long and includes the following clues: • Food intolerances—

The most common experience is to consume any food that contains prebiotic fiber, such as legumes, root vegetables, or inulin-containing foods such as onions, that is followed by excessive gas, bloating, diarrhea, or emotional effects such as anxiety, dark thoughts or depression, or anger within ninety minutes of consumption.