Sublime

DANIEL REID, AUTHOR OF THE TAO OF HEALTH, SEX, AND LONGEVITY AND THE TAO OF DETOX

Low-FP foods include low-amylose rice and potatoes, cheese, meats, tofu, some simple sugars (but not lactose and fructose), nuts, watermelon, berries, some types of bread, crackers, eggs, cream, lactose-free milk, dry wines, light beer, and non-starch vegetables.

On the other hand, IBS patients who eliminated fiber from their diet showed a significant improvement in symptoms as well reduced production of hydrogen.[76] Avoiding fiber was actually more effective at reducing hydrogen gas than the potent antibiotic metronidazole. Since IBS, SIBO, and GERD are closely related, this research has important implica

These fragments have been found to stimulate a more permeable gut in humans, triggering a welcoming from the innate immune system more similar to that of a bacterial invader than that of your usual dietary protein.

I believe that dysbiosis is at the root of most modern disease. SCFAs can correct dysbiosis, and that’s only the beginning of the health benefits they offer.

Moderate levels of resistant starch are not a problem for most healthy people, but consumption of large amounts of resistant starch, particularly in people with underlying digestive illnesses, increases the risk that malabsorbed starch will fuel the overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine, or SIBO.

It turns out that avoiding five difficult to digest carbohydrates is the key to symptom relief. As I mentioned in previous chapters, they are fructose, lactose, resistant starch, fiber, and sugar alcohol (which is similar to a carbohydrate).

Asian sticky rice (also known as glutinous rice) and jasmine rice have very low fermentation potentials indicating they are heartburn friendly.