IBS: Its Not In Your HeadAdvances In Diagnosing And Treating, Bloating And Tummy Troubles with Dr. Mark Pimentel

Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 10 a.m.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, Sunlighten, and ARMRA.\nAn estimated 70 million people in the United States are affected by IBS, SIBO, or another disease linked to digestive health, and 74% of Americans say they live with symptoms of digestive discomfort.\xa0\nToday, I\u2019m excited to talk to Dr. Mark Pimentel about getting to the root cause of IBS and SIBO, how to properly diagnose and treat it, and strategies to improve your overall gut health.\nDr. Mark Pimentel is a Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology through the Geffen School of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Pimentel is also the Executive Director of the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) program at Cedars-Sinai, an enterprise of physicians and researchers dedicated to the study of the gut microbiome in order to develop effective diagnostic tools and therapies to improve patient care. Dr. Pimentel has over 150 publications in many high-profile journals, and he is the author of the book, The Microbiome Connection: Your Guide to IBS, SIBO, and Low-Fermentation Eating.\nThis episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, Sunlighten, and ARMRA.\nAccess more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.\nThis month only, get a FREE bottle of Bioptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough. Go to magbreakthrough.com/hymanfree and enter coupon code hyman10.\nSave up to $600 on your purchase of a Sunlighten sauna at sunlighten.com/mark-hyman and mention my name, Dr. Hyman, to save.\nReceive 15% off your first order of ARMRA Colostrum. Go to tryarmra.com/MARK or enter MARK to get 15% off your first order.\nHere are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nWhat are IBS and SIBO and how are they different? (6:12 / 3:31)\n\nFood poisoning as the root cause of gut symptoms (9:49 / 8:05)\xa0\n\nFungal overgrowth, or SIFO (16:00 / 12:34)\xa0\n\nTesting and treating various types of IBS (19:18 / 16:22)\xa0\n\nLow-fermentation eating (26:26 / 22:01)\n\nWhen probiotics worsen IBS (37:20 / 34:07)\xa0\n\nIntestinal methane overgrowth (40:08 /\xa0 36:00)\xa0\n\nThe gut-brain connection (43:45 / 39:17)\n\nPCOS and gut issues (48:29 / 44:08)\xa0\xa0\n\n\nMentioned in this episode\nibssmart.com\ntriosmartbreath.com\nPubMed Research Papers\nGet a copy of The Microbiome Connection: Your Guide to IBS, SIBO, and Low-Fermentation Eating.\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices