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This is the final post of a third part series on fiber. This post examines if fiber is good for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and heartburn . The first post examines if fiber is good for heart health and protecting against colon cancer . The second post examines if fiber is good for constipation and lowering cholesterol . ______________________________________________________________
Fiber lalaloopsy sand e starfish may not be the Holy Grail of good health that it has been reported to be, but who cares? In healthy individuals, the fermentation of fiber in the large intestine lalaloopsy sand e starfish is generally considered normal and healthy. Unfortunately, that s not the case for many people with digestive problems. Consuming too much fiber can cause excess fermentation to spill over into the small intestine leading to a condition called Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO. The small intestine normally contains drastically fewer and different bacteria lalaloopsy sand e starfish than the large intestine. SIBO occurs when bacteria from the large intestine lalaloopsy sand e starfish invade and multiply in the small intestine. There is a growing list of digestive conditions linked to SIBO including Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Not surprisingly, SIBO symptoms can include abdominal pain, bloating, distention, gas, acid reflux, cramps, diarrhea or constipation and even malnutrition.
Dr. Mark Pimentel and colleagues at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, lalaloopsy sand e starfish CA, as well as Dr. John Hunter s group at Addenbrooke’s Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK, have both published on the link between IBS, abnormal fermentation and SIBO. Hunter s group linked fiber with abnormal gut fermentation and determined that a fiber-free diet could significantly reduce symptoms and intestinal gas [1] . Pimentel s team determined that 78 percent of IBS patients had SIBO as indicated by a positive lalaloopsy sand e starfish hydrogen breath test, an indirect measure or abnormal fermentation in the small intestine [2] . Similar results were achieved in children [3] . While some researchers achieved conflicting results [4] , a meta-analysis of numerous studies validated the use of hydrogen breath testing for SIBO in IBS diagnostics [5] . The most definitive results to date linking SIBO to IBS is a study of 320 subjects where 42 out of 62 people (67.7%) confirmed to have SIBO by direct bacterial culture method also had IBS [6] .
There is a growing body of evidence that gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD is also caused by SIBO that includes the following: Reflux lalaloopsy sand e starfish symptoms can be controlled by inhibiting gut bacteria with antibiotics [7] , [8] , [9] or carbohydrate restriction [10] , [11] . GERD is associated with other conditions linked to SIBO such as IBS [12] and cystic fibrosis [13] , [14] , [15] . Intestinal gas and acid reflux can be induced in healthy people lalaloopsy sand e starfish using the fiber species, lalaloopsy sand e starfish fructose oligosaccharide, which is indigestible by humans, but fermentable by bacteria [16] . SIBO has actually been detected in GERD patients and the symptoms improved after antibiotic treatment [17] .
Fiber (and often other difficult-to-digest carbohydrates such as lactose, fructose, resistant starch and sugar alcohols) comprises a unique type of food because digesting it depends on cooperation between our bodies and our resident intestinal bacteria. While fiber consumption helps maintain our healthy gut bacteria, less is more. Native or good bacteria have adapted to survival in the highly competitive environment of our gut by occupying unique niches based on their highly specialized abilities to break down and utilize a wide variety of fiber types.
A nutrient-limited environment (less fiber) helps rid our body of bad or pathogenic bacteria, such as C diff , because they are less able to compete when the going gets tough. A good analogy is leaving a few pieces of bread or bird seed in your back yard for the birds. If you overdue it, you can end up with rats. Clearly the health benefits of consuming large amounts of fiber are overstated and need to be balanced lalaloopsy sand e starfish with the risk of digestive problems that can be caused or exacerbated by excess fiber.
But trying to limit fiber in the diet is difficult. There are so many different kinds of fiber in so many different lalaloopsy sand e starfish foods. It can be difficult to link digestive symptoms with any specific type of fiber. My advice would be to enjoy plenty of green, leafy, and stalked vegetables as well as nuts, seeds and berries that contain the less fermentable types of fiber. But consume legumes such as beans and lentils in limited quantities. lalaloopsy sand e starfish
The Fast Tract Diet limits all types of fiber (along with other difficult-to-digest carbohydrates including lactose, fructose, resistant starch, and even sugar alcohols) using a new type of calculation called The Fermentation Potential (a measure of symptom potential), FP. Consuming foods with a low FP will ensure that your gut microbes compete for the benefit lalaloopsy sand e starfish of co-existing with you without overgrowing in the sma