MUSIC WELL, YOU MIGHT CALL IT THE ELEPHANT IN THE
ROOM.
WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT OR EVEN ADMIT TO HAVING IT BUT MANY OF US (ME) SUFFER FROM
G.I.
DISORDERS: BLOATING, STOMACH PAIN, HEARTBURN.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
AND OUR NEXT GUEST WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT THEM, AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR DOCTOR
DETECT THEM.
MEET NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, ALLISON SIEBECKER WHO SPECIALIZES IN DIGESTIVE HEALTH AND ERIC
HAMILTON, WHO IS WITH BREATH TESTING SPECIALIST, QUINTRON INSTRUMENT COMPANY.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ON THE SHOW.
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME (LAUGHTER).
YOU KNOW, FOR STARTERS, WHAT ARE G.I.
DISORDERS AND WHAT CAUSES THEM?
WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE ANYONE WHO'S SUFFERING FROM PERSISTENT INTESTINAL OR DIGESTIVE SYMPTOMS,
SUCH IS THE ONES YOU MENTIONED: NAUSEA, HEARTBURN, BLOATING, CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA, PAIN.
BUT THE KEY IS IF IT'S PERSISTENT.
IF IT'S REALLY A DISORDER THEN IT'S ONGOING.
ONGOING OK.
IT'S NOT THE OCCASIONAL WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING AND THEN YOU HAVE CONSTIPATION.
RIGHT.
NOW THE CAUSES ARE SO MANY.
SO MANY CAUSES ACROSS A WIDE SPECTRUM.
OK IT CAN BE LIFESTYLE THINGS LIKE YOU'RE NOT
CHEWING YOUR FOOD PROPERLY.
(LAUGHTER) IF YOU'RE LIKE ME YOU'RE PUTTING IT DOWN IN
WHOLE PIECES.
YEH.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW.
CHEW 20 TIMES, RIGHT?
YES.
OR STRESS.
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT.
ULCERS CAN COME FROM THAT.
BUT IT COULD BE GENETIC, LIKE LACTOSE INTOLERANCE CAN COME FROM A GENETIC ENZYME THAT'S MISSING.
SURE.
AND THEN THERE CAN BE DISEASES LIKE INFLAMMATORY BOWL DISEASE OR CELIAC.
NOW I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS IBS MONTH AND IT'S AWARENESS, WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE
AWARENESS.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON GI DISORDERS AND HOW COMMON IS IT?
IBS IS THE MOST COMMON GI DISORDER IN OUR COUNTRY.
OK UP TO 20 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION SUFFERS
FROM IT WOW!
WHICH IS A VAST NUMBER.
IT'S ABOUT 60 MILLION PEOPLE ACTUALLY.
SO I'M NOT ALONE!
EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY WITH IT PROBABLY IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT THEMSELVES.
AND THE DISORDER IS DIAGNOSED JUST BY THE SYMPTOMS.
ALOT OF PEOPLE THINK IBS WHICH IS IRRITABLE BOWL SYNDROME IS ONLY ABOUT DIARRHEA, BUT
THERE'S 3 TYPES.
THERE'S A CONSTIPATION TYPE, A DIARRHEA TYPE AND A MIXED TYPE.
WOW!
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BOTH.
YEH, SO PEOPLE THINK OH I DON'T HAVE IBS BECAUSE I'M CONSTIPATED.
NOW THERE'S ALL SORTS OF CAUSES OF IBS AND THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF IBS IS SMALL INTESTINE
BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH.
OK IT'S CALLED SIBO, FOR SHORT.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
SIBO.
YEH.
AND THIS IS PRETTY NEW INFORMATION WITHIN THE LAST 15 YEARS DOCTORS HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT SIBO IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF IBS.
ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF IBS IS CAUSED BY SIBO.
WOW!
AND WHAT THAT IS IT'S JUST AN ACCUMULATION OF BACTERIA IN THE SMALL INTESTINE WHERE THEY
SHOULDN'T BE.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT.
AND IT'S NORMAL BACTERIA.
IT'S NOT PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
IT'S NOT BAD BACTERIA.
IT'S JUST NORMAL BACTERIA THAT'S IN THE WRONG LOCATION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THIS SEGMENT.
AND ERIC YOU'VE GOTTA TELL ME.
I MEAN WE HAVE THIS BREATH TEST NOW THAT CAN TEST AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU'VE GOTTA EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.
YEH.
IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
SO THE PATIENT CAN GO TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR DO IT AT HOME.
THEY'LL BLOW OUT INTO THIS DEVICE HERE AND THEN INSERT THE GLASS TUBE INSIDE HERE.
IT SUCKS THE SAMPLE INSIDE THE TUBE.
IT'LL TAKE A SERIES OF THESE SAMPLES OVER THE COURSE OF 3 HOURS.
THEY MAIL IT IN AND/OR THE DOCTOR WILL DO THE ANALYSIS RIGHT ON SITE, AND THEN THEY'LL
LOOK AT YOUR RESULTS.
OH MY GOSH.
SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS.
SO THEY'LL JUST BLOW THEIR WHOLE BREATH OUT, THE ENTIRE THING, AND THE ONCE THEY'RE DONE,
THEY JUST INSERT THE TUBE IN THERE.
JUST LIKE THAT.
PULL IT OUT, PUT IT IN THE BOX AND SEND IT ON THE WAY.
AND IN ADDITION TO SIBO, YOU COULD ALSO TEST FOR FRUCTOSE MALABSORPTION OR LACTOSE MALABSORPTION
WITH OTHER BREATH TEST KIDS AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO COME INTO MY LIFE FOR YEARS.
NOW TELL ME THIS.
WHERE CAN OUR VIEWERS FIND YOU, FIND THE TEST, KNOW ABOUT IT, LEARN ABOUT IT?
SURE, SO YOU CAN GO TO BREATHTEST.COM OK
AND YOU CAN GO TO SIBOINFO.COM.
ARE 2 GREAT RESOURCES TO START.
AND THEN TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
THAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO IS TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
I WAS GOING TO SAY.
I WANT TO GO INTO MY DOCTOR AND THEY HAVE IT, I JUST NEED TO ASK FOR THE SIBO TEST,
RIGHT?
YEP.
AND YOU CAN EASILY GIVE US A CALL OR SHOOT US AN EMAIL AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND INFO
TO YOUR DOCTOR ON YOUR BEHALF.
IF YOU WANT US, JUST TELL US WHO THEY ARE AND WE'LL SEND THEM INFO.
BLESS YOU.
CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW.
BLESS YOU BOTH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.
WILL YOU COME BACK?
YES.
OK, THIS IS FANTASTIC!
ALRIGHT, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UNDERSTANDING G.I.
DISORDERS AND DETECTING THEM, VISIT BREATHTEST.COM OR OUR WEBSITE, THEBALANCINGACT.COM.
MUSIC