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If you’ve been dealing with SIBO, IBS or Functional Dyspepsia for a while, you’ll probably have come across the idea of gut motility - and specifically the migrating motor complex (MMC). I’ve written in more depth about this here , but in short, the MMC is the housekeeping wave that clears leftover food and bacteria from the small intestine between meals. When it isn’t working well, symptoms like bloating, pain, reflux, nausea and relapse after treatment become much more lik

How your gut’s clean-up system affects motility, bloating and relapse If you’ve been told your SIBO, IBS or Functional Dyspepsia is caused by 'bacteria', it makes sense that everything you’ve tried has focused on killing, starving, or avoiding them. Antibiotics. Antimicrobials. Restrictive diets. But for many people, bacteria aren’t the main problem. They’re the symptom . One of the most overlooked drivers of ongoing gut symptoms is something called the Migrating Motor Comple

Most people associate SIBO with bloating, gas, or constipation. But the truth is, SIBO can cause a long list of strange, non-digestive...