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SIBO & IMO – Breath Testing Review
A review written by physicians from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and recently published in Gastroenterology & Hepatology describes the clinical utility of breath testing for the diagnosis and treatment of both small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and intestinal methanogen overgrowth (IMO). Once lumped together under the SIBO umbrella, IMO was first proposed to be a distinct…
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SIBO & NAFLD – Cause, Effect or Bystander?
A recent review published in Nutrients examines the relationship between small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This relationship has gained research attention, as a growing body of evidence points to gut microbiota as playing a potentially causal role in NAFLD development and progression, including the promotion of the inflammatory response,…