Nick Zyrowski: Completely stop bloating and lose 15 pounds in just six weeks seems pretty
hard to accomplish, but we're gonna break down how an Internet influencer did just that.
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Nikki Limo: I have since then been able to diagnose the problem, get rid of the bloat,
and lose 15 of those 20 pounds in six weeks.
Nick Zyrowski: Fifteen pounds, six weeks. So here's one of the things that's really
interesting about when you become bloated is that you actually gain a lot of extra weight,
and you start getting swelling around your entire body,
Nikki Limo: I was tracking all of my food. And at one point, I was so scared to eat anything
because everything seemed to be making me bloated, that I was only consuming like 500
to 800 calories a day. That's like borderline eating disorder, and I've had an eating disorder
before.
I've fully recovered from that period, and I swore I would never go back to that period
in time. And so I was like, "This is not okay," so I started eating normal calories again.
I tried a variety of different diets.
I tried low carb, high protein, high carb, low fat, I tried high fat and low carb, the
keto diet, but not one diet ever worked. I, like, really drove myself insane during this
period of time.
Nick Zyrowski: The most important thing you have to understand is when you have this issue
with bloating, you can't diet and exercise your way out of it, if you're not addressing
it properly. And it's very easy to not address it properly, right.
You search on Dr. Google, and you start finding all this crazy stuff. Well, you start going
down the wrong path. In her case, and I love how she's detailing this because she's, like,
"I started actually moving towards eating disorder territory, eating so little food."
Because once again, she related her bloating to a weight loss issue. It wasn't about weight
loss; it was just about solving the bloating. And you can't solve it by eating less food
Nikki Limo: Towards the end of last year of 2018, and the beginning of this year 2019,
I just about, completely lost motivation to work out, and I really felt hopeless.
Nick Zyrowski: So you put in all that work you did – she did the investment into weight
loss. She put in the hard work into exercise, got no results, and here she is, just struggling.
And this is where it's so sad because many people give up at this point. I'm here to
tell you that there are solutions and there are ways to go about this. So you have to
just make sure, first of all, you're going down the right path.
If we look in Nikki's case, if she would have been going down the right path originally,
which of course, hindsight is 20/20, right. But if she would have been going down the
right path originally, she wouldn't have been so frustrated.
So that's why, like, when we have these different issues, we have to understand that maybe we're
going the wrong direction with them. We can't double down on the wrong strategy; we have
to look to a new strategy.
Nikki Limo: My last push of Google searches, YouTube searches, and just, really, trying
to find anyone who was going through a similar thing as me and, like, what they did to fix
it led me to thinking that I might have candida, which is a yeast overgrowth in your gut.
Nick Zyrowski: Now this is a good guess. Like I said before, people go on Dr. Google and
they start looking for this stuff. And then you start coming up with many wild things.
But this one's actually more, close and more related to her particular problem.
Truthfully, many people who have problems with bloating actually do have a candida component
to it. So though it's not entirely true that this may be all you have, but it typically
is a component. Because the same broken mechanisms that cause bloating allow for that environment
of candida to just thrive.
I can relate with so many words of Nikki's story because I was there at one point. And
at this point in my life I've helped hundreds of people overcome it simply because I understand
what needs to be done in order to reverse this problem.
Nikki Limo: I tested for food allergies. I tested for vitamin deficiencies. I tested
for thyroid problems. I tested my, for my blood pressure, I tested for every possible,
other thing that could be wrong in my body other than gut health. And to my relief, slash
never ending frustration, all of my test results came back completely normal.
Nick Zyrowski: This is a problem that many people face. They go to the doctor with this
particular issue. They test for everything under the sun. It all comes back negative
and they're left with no answer.
What will happen is the white blood cells will typically be high. This is because there's
a bacterial infection in the gut and the immune system is ramped up because of that.
Another thing that you'll typically see on a lab test is that fat soluble vitamins will
be depleted. That's because, basically, the bacteria is eating them, and you're not getting
them. So therefore, you'll find a depletion of vitamin A, D, E, and K.
This problem is known as SIBO, that stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
Bacteria that's in the large intestine that is supposed to be in the large intestine goes
where it's not supposed to be, and that's in the small intestine.
As a result, almost everything you eat causes a whole bunch of fermentation, and bloating,
and discomfort, and really messes with your life.
Nikki Limo: I developed a SIBO bacteria that crept up into my small intestine where it's
not supposed to be. That was, like, the wrong side of town for that bacteria. And the solution
to it is the next part of the problem.
The way the medical industry wants you to get rid of SIBO is, get this, with more antibiotics.
It's pretty nuts on your gut and there's only about a 50 percent success rate,
Nick Zyrowski: You could see, first of all going the traditional route for this, $2,000
That's insane. The second problem is that the medical system just goes and hands out
antibiotics like their Tic Tacs.
For the first 15 years of my life, I was probably taking antibiotics every single year, sometimes
twice a year. So it was no surprise that once I hit my 20s, I dealt with this problem of
SIBO.
When we look at the medical system using antibiotics to solve SIBO, first of all the success rate
isn't great. But in many cases, people actually end off worse. Because not only did you kill
the bad bacteria, but you killed the good bacteria, and then the bad bacteria can just
flourish after that.
Nikki Limo: So there's alternate solutions because mama ain't gonna spend $2,000.00,
if she don't have to. And I actually found out that the herbal remedy for SIBO, it takes
a little bit longer to work, but it has a little bit higher of a success rate at 51
percent.
Nick Zyrowski: She's right, it will take longer. The herbal route always is going to take longer.
But the good news is, you're actually fixing the problem, you're getting to the root cause.
You could take antibiotics and probably feel better initially. But the problem is, there
are many other issues that will show up later on down the road if you don't address this
at the root cause. Or you'll just have a reoccurring SIBO infection month after month.
Nikki Limo: The end of April 2019, I dove deep into that herbal supplement route; and
that in combination with a low FODMAP's diet, and intermittent fasting, which I'm still,
kind of, pretty much doing still.
The herbal remedy I went with was a kit that I purchased from a doctor online.
Nick Zyrowski: Bam, alright, so I was so excited to see that I was able to help Nikki with
this. Because the first time I ever saw this video, I was like, just so interested in her
story because literally, it's like documenting my own story, and documenting, maybe, your
story if you're dealing with this issue.
I came across that I was able to help her using the same information that helped me
transform my health, and transform my gut, and also helped me get my life back. And so,
so cool to see that, the same thing that I used worked for her as well,
Nikki Limo: The doctor guy that had made this kit had also mentioned in one of his videos
that you should do intermittent fasting in conjunction with the low FODMAP diet. So I
did that.
Nick Zyrowski: Those who are suffering from SIBO, you definitely want to throw that intermittent
fasting in there. Now, I also want to say that it is not, alone, going to fix the problem.
However, it's highly beneficial.
In today's society what happens is people are just grazing all of the time. And if you're
somebody who's prone to SIBO, or maybe from genetic factors, or some other issues, one
of the things that you'll find is it's very hard to get rid of if you're not doing at
least 16 and eight intermittent fasting.
So Nikki is right on track here, and in order to reverse this issue, intermittent fasting
is almost a must.
Nikki Limo: An appointment with a registered dietician who specializes in gut health because
I just wanted to make sure I was, like, going in the right direction. Like, at this point,
I had done everything just on my own based on my own Google searches, and research, and
well, and testing placebo.
But I didn't have anyone, like, telling me this is exactly what you have to do. Because
I didn't go, like, the medical route with the antibiotics. It took about a month to
get a spot with her. And by the time I came in, I had already made significant progress
with bloating and lost ten pounds.
So she took me off of the antimicrobials and we retested for SIBO. But during this initial
consultation, she was really focused on stress management.
Nick Zyrowski: Stress Management is a big one. So when she went to work with the naturopath,
she said, "Look, we got to focus on stress." This is one of the big things I faced when
I actually had SIBO. I was in the midst of going through school, I was taking all these
boards.
I had a family, looking at what I was going to do during my career. I mean, there was
a lot going on, and there was a lot of stress. So I understand this, and this stress can
actually cause a major disruption in your gut.
It can cause intestinal permeability. It affects the gut lining. It can cause issues with the
stomach's pH, which can cause many issues with bacteria overgrowth. It causes problems
with the bacterial balance.
And so many things can happen as a result of too much stress. And when we look at stress,
whether it's thoughts, traumas, or toxins your body doesn't differentiate between them.
Stress on the body is stress, period.
Nikki Limo: Three test results came back in a few weeks and I am currently SIBO free.
Yay, but don't celebrate too hard because SIBO has a tendency to come back for people.
So I have to be really careful during this time.
Nick Zyrowski: She is right on point here. Her SIBO is gone, that's great, but be very
careful because it can easily come back. And that's the thing that's so frustrating about
SIBO, is it's complicated.
It's complicated in the way of, first of all, depending on how severe it is. It can take
longer for you to actually reverse this issue, depending on what mechanisms are messed up,
and why you have SIBO. It can go and take longer to reverse this issue.
Now, the other thing is, is that it can easily come back. Let's say you stop the supplements
and everything is hunky dory. You think you're doing great. There are genetic factors that
are associated with some people getting SIBO.
The other thing to know, some people are just more prone to it. So you still have to be
very diligent and diet. You have to be diligent with intermittent fasting. And you just have
to make sure you put the right things in place. Nikki went to a naturopath; she probably spent
a lot of money doing that.
Since she did this. I have put together a program to help people with SIBO, to help
you understand all these different concepts as to why it takes longer for some people.
How to scale back on the supplements appropriately.
How to manage keeping SIBO free for years and years to come. I put together an education
program to help with all these concepts so that you don't keep getting a reoccurring
SIBO infection.
Nikki Limo: This is a picture of me from the end of 2018, in December. It was from a girls
trip we did in Mexico. This was taken in, like, first thing in the morning, like, before
we even went to breakfast, or anything. I had not consumed any food.
This is a completely empty stomach. And I'm not shaming my body in this photo, I'm just
saying that this amount of bloating was not normal for me. And that is what I woke up
to pretty much every morning for the past three years.
This is a photo that I took in July of this year, 2019. It's the first time that I wore
a bikini in three years because of the bloating stuff. And this photo I took last week and
is the first time I ever wore a cropped up, ever, like, in my life.
Nick Zyrowski: This is awesome. So you can see that her gut health was transformed. You
can see that it was more than that. It was her self-confidence. It was her ability to
just enjoy life.
And so these problems are so frustrating because, I mean, nobody wants to walk around with a
big belly when they're not fat. Like I said, I had that issue.
I remember looking in the mirror and going, like, "My gosh, I had this big belly," but
none of it's fat. It's just all this belly, what is that?
Unidentified Male: Where did you come from, flubba? I'm so full of bacon, my body's meant
for shakin'.
Nick Zyrowski: And at the time, I didn't know what it was. I just kept living life like
that. When you can transform your gut health like this, and then it changes your appearance,
that's a huge deal.
Nikki Limo: …. Of 15 pounds, but then three inches off my waist, three inches off my bust,
which was – I lost some boobs, but whatever. Three inches off my hips. And this one is
actually the most surprising to me, I lost two and a half inches off of each thigh.
So that's, like, five inches total, and I never really paid attention to my thighs or
ever cared. But, like, yeah, it actually made a huge difference.
Nick Zyrowski: One of the things that you're gonna notice is that you're gonna lose the
bloating in the stomach. But as you lose that bloating there, you start to just lose that
inflammation throughout the entire body.
Nikki Limo: I'm sharing this with you because I really didn't think it was possible. At
one point I thought that maybe it had to do with age, or genetics, and there was nothing
I could do about it. It turns out, like, gut health is, like, a huge thing.
And a lot of people think that it's just like a trend that's happening right now, I think
because it's new. But there's actually tons of research that is out there right now to
support that your gut and your mind might be linked.
And that makes a lot of sense because when my gut was all bananas, my mind was going
bananas, too. And now, not so much.
Nick Zyrowski: She's 100 percent right. People who suffer from gut issues suffer from brain
issues. I always say I've never met somebody with a severe gut issue that doesn't also
have a severe brain issue.
Gut on fire equals brain on fire, and as a result you can have anxiety, depression, brain
fog, poor brain endurance. Literally, your brain doesn't work and it's so frustrating.
Props to Nikki for transforming her gut health, but also detailing this so well, and helping
so many other people transform their gut health as well.
Yeah, I want to put a link to her video in the description below, so you could watch
the whole thing if you like. I'll also put a link to the kit that she utilized in order
to transform her gut health.
It is a little bit different today from when she used it. Because based on the science,
constantly evolving, we constantly try to make it a little bit better. So I'll put a
link to that kit in the description.
Now also, what I'll do, is I'll put a link to all the different videos and trainings
that I've done on SIBO as well. And you can check that out right here. We want to make
sure that we're clearing out that bacteria so that we can remove it from our small intestines
and have everything start functioning right.
It's not about just putting good bacteria in, but it's, a lot of times, about taking
that bacteria out.