The SIBO Dilemma: the “Magic Bullet” Falls Short for Most Patients
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Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a controversial diagnosis that can masquerade behind a variety of symptoms, many of which do not necessarily involve the characteristic bloating, gas and abdominal pain. In this blog, Dr. Vincent Pedre, internist and Functional Medicine practitioner in New York City, explores the definitions and risk factors for SIBO, testing options, and therapeutic recommendations to support symptom relief and a healthy gastrointestinal environment in patients with SIBO.
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SIBO Relief with
L. salivarius
UCC118
A study led by Gail Cresci, PhD, RD at the Cleveland Clinic demonstrated that daily consumption of the probiotic
Lactobacillus salivarius
UCC118 for 3 months helped relieve the severity of GI symptoms associated with SIBO. Learn more about the research supporting
L. salivarius
UCC118
.
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Introducing
Metagenics Institute Facebook Live Event Series:
Personalized Lifestyle Pearls
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Episode 1:
Drugs vs. Personalized Lifestyle Medicine?
Host:
Deanna Minich, PhD, FACN, CNS
Guest:
Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, FACB, CNS
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What is Personalized Lifestyle Pearls?
Here at Metagenics Institute, we keep our finger on the pulse of nutrition and personalized medicine and are committed to help you do the same. We are excited to announce a new, complimentary resource: Personalized Lifestyle Pearls. This series will feature live, interactive 20-minute discussions on the Metagenics Institute Facebook page. Personalized Lifestyle Pearls will feature experts in nutritional medicine, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions and weigh in on the live discussion. In case you miss the live event, a recording will be made available on MetagenicsInstitute.com at a later date.
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What can you expect on June 19?
The inaugural Personalized Lifestyle Pearls live event on June 19 is “Drugs vs. Personalized Lifestyle Medicine," which will feature guest Dr. Jeffrey Bland, founder of the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute and Institute for Functional Medicine, and host Dr. Deanna Minich, who is a Functional Medicine clinician and researcher. They will discuss a recent
NEJM
publication by Johns Hopkins Professor of Medicine Andrew P. Feinberg, MD, MPH on the key role of epigenetics in human disease prevention and mitigation.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
6 PM PT
Join us LIVE on the
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Monique Class, MS, APRN, FNP-BC
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Monique Class, MS, APRN, FNP-BC
Thursday, June 14, 2018
11-11:10 AM PT
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This week’s Metagenics Advanced Practitioner Services (MAPS) talk, “A Functional Approach to SIBO”, is presented by Monique Class, MS, APRN, FNP-BC, a family nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in holistic health at the Center for Functional Medicine in Stamford, CT. She will explore the signs and symptoms of SIBO and how the Functional Medicine approach uniquely equips the practitioner in tackling underlying SIBO etiology.
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Metagenics Institute is a trusted, peer-to-peer, evidence-based educational resource for nutrition and personalized medicine. This center of excellence translates credible research with scientific integrity into innovative clinical decision-making. Metagenics Institute supports a diverse practitioner base to optimize patient outcomes by shifting existing paradigms in healthcare
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