Rational Wellness Podcast

Dr. Mark Pimentel discusses SIBO and IBS with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Itunes, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/weitzchiro/]   Podcast Highlights 4:29  Dr. Pimentel stated we now know that 60-70% of patients with IBS have SIBO 6:17  Re-Imagine Study.   7:47  Autoimmune SIBO.   13:19  Motility.  20:20  While it is easy to understand how there is a motility problem when the patient has constipation, but it is difficult to understand how there can be a motility problem when the patient has diarrhea. Dr. Pimentel explained that motility is not a passive process and motility involves the holding and moving backwards and moving forwards.  If you get amyloidosis, which is a type of scarring of the lining of the intestine, you actually get diarrhea because the tube is like a drainpipe, and water just blows right through it. So it's motility that prevents it from being just a drainpipe.  Methane gas doesn't paralyze the gut.  It actually causes the gut to tighten, which resists the flow of material, leading to constipation. 25:04  METHANE SIBO.  29:44  Methane SIBO contributes to weight gain  31:32  Hydrogen Sulfide.   33:47  SIBO Recurrence.   37:09  Small Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth.  42:12  Probiotics.   46:06  Diet for IBS and SIBO.    Dr. Mark Pimentel is a Gastroenterologist who is head of the Pimentel Laboratory and Executive Director of the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) program at Cedars-Sinai, which is focused on the development of drugs, diagnostic tests, and devices related to condition of the microbiome, with a focus on IBS. Dr. Pimentel has published over 100 scientific papers and speaks around the world at conferences, esp. about SIBO and IBS. Here is a list of some of Dr. Pimentel's key publications: https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Research/Research-Labs/Pimentel-Lab/Publications.aspx Dr. Ben Weitz is available for nutrition consultations specializing in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders like IBS/SIBO and Reflux and also specializing in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors like elevated lipids, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure and also weight loss, as well as sports chiropractic work by calling his Santa Monica office 310-395-3111 or by going to www.drweitz.com.