Health & Wellness 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS has multiple different root causes, one of which is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO. What is SIBO? The GI tract is teaming with biodiversity, with different organisms each having its native habitat. As with all life forms, these organisms are mobile and can relocate to another area of the GI tract - one in which they do not belong. Bacteria that normally reside in the colon can migrate into the small intestine and begin to gro

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a disorder in which contents of the stomach or small intestine repeatedly move back up into the esophagus (tube connecting the throat to the stomach). This regurgitating action is called reflux. Reflux causes heartburn, and although most people have an attack of heartburn at some point in their lives, persistent reflux and severe heartburn may indicate GERD. Normally when a person swallows, the muscular walls of the esophagus move in