What is the Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Package?
Clinical research indicates that treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) with antimicrobials alone is significantly less effective than combining medication with structured dietary modifications. Without integrating professional dietary support with antimicrobial treatment, SIBO is statistically more likely to recur.
The SIBO Package teaches a three-phase dietary protocol to implement before, during, and after antimicrobial treatment.
What is the Structure of Services in the SIBO Package?
The SIBO Package is made up of four separate services:
1. Overview of the SIBO Protocol: This session provides a clinical introduction to SIBO and the three phases of dietary implementation. You will receive two multi-page handouts outlining the roadmap for coordinating your nutrition with your medical treatment plan.
2. Phase One – Pre-Treatment Diet: Ideally occurring four to six weeks before beginning antimicrobials, this phase focuses on specific dietary adjustments to prepare the digestive environment. For those who have already started medication, these changes can still be effectively integrated.
3. Phase Two – Active Treatment Diet: This phase provides detailed nutritional guidance to be implemented during the four-week course of your prescribed antimicrobials or antibiotics, ensuring your dietary choices support the efficacy of the medication.
4. Phase Three – Post-Treatment Diet (Liberalization): Following antimicrobial treatment, we begin a gradual liberalization of the diet. This phase is critical for establishing a sustainable way of eating while following specific clinical strategies to reduce the risk of SIBO recurrence.
How Much Does the SIBO Package Cost?
The cost of the SIBO Package is $510 (GST exempt), and to make submitting to extended benefits easy, receipts are broken down into the four individual services:
- Overview of the SIBO Protocol ($150)
- Phase One – Pre-Treatment Diet ($120)
- Phase Two – Active Treatment Diet ($120)
- Phase Three – Post-Treatment Diet (Liberalization) ($120)
Questions About Booking, Billing, or Extended Benefits?
On our FAQ page, you’ll find answers to questions about booking, billing and payment options, appointment confirmations, extended benefits claims, and much more. If you have any questions that are not answered there, you can contact us through the form at the bottom of the FAQ page.
How to Get Started?
Get Started with the SIBO Package
The first step is to visit our Book an Appointment tab by clicking the button below. There you will have the choice to either complete the Intake and Service Option Form online and send it to us directly from our web page, or to download the form, complete it on your computer, and email it back to us.
Have questions before booking? Visit the FAQ page for answers to common questions about how soon you can get started, extended benefits, and billing. If you still have questions, you can contact us through the form at the bottom of the FAQ page.
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Questions and Answers
Q: Is SIBO a real thing?
A: Yes! Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is an increase in types of bacteria in the small intestine that are normally only found in the large intestine (colon).
Q: How is SIBO diagnosed?
A: Since gases like hydrogen and methane are produced by bacteria in the small intestine as by-products of incompletely absorbed carbohydrates, a Glucose or Lactulose Breath Test will detect whether SIBO is present.
Q: How is SIBO treated?
A: The most successful approach in treating SIBO so that it minimizes the likelihood of it coming back is using both diet and antimicrobials/antibiotics at the same time. Dietary changes are made before taking the antimicrobials/antibiotics, during the time they are taken, and then a gradual liberalization of the diet afterwards. I provide the “diet” side, and either a doctor or a naturopath provides the medication side.
Begin Your SIBO Package
Dietary changes make SIBO treatment more effective.
I can help you implement a three-phase strategy to support antimicrobial treatment provided by your doctor or naturopath.
