Your clear guide to SIBO
Educational, evidence-based information on Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth — every clinical figure cross-checked against its original source.
Honest, sourced, made for people
Sibo Wise started when the founder's sister was diagnosed with SIBO and clear information was scattered and hard to follow. We are not doctors: we research public clinical sources —ACG and AGA guidelines, Monash University materials, PubMed studies— and explain them in plain language, cross-checking every claim against its original source before publishing.
Guides
Root Causes of SIBO: Why Treating Them Prevents Relapse
The causes of SIBO are not a random list: motility, anatomy, stomach acid, and underlying diseases are the mechanisms that explain why overgrowth comes back if you only kill the bacteria.
Read guide →The Migrating Motor Complex (MMC): the gut's "housekeeper" and its connection to SIBO
What the Migrating Motor Complex is, its four fasting phases, why eating continuously shuts it off, and how its weakening is associated with bacterial overgrowth and SIBO relapses.
Read guide →Digestive Red Flags: When to See a Doctor (and How Urgently)
The red flags that clinical guidelines describe for digestive symptoms, organized by level of urgency: what counts as an emergency, what needs evaluation, and what you shouldn't chalk up to SIBO or IBS without ruling out other causes first.
Read guide →How Long Does SIBO Last: What to Expect Week by Week
A realistic SIBO timeline: how long antimicrobial treatment lasts, when symptom improvement begins, when the response is reassessed, and why recurrence is common. With verified figures from clinical guidelines.
Read guide →Low-FODMAP Diet: Phases and Reintroduction
How to apply the three phases of the Low-FODMAP diet, when it may be useful in SIBO, and how to keep it from becoming more restrictive than necessary.
Read guide →Probiotics and SIBO: What the Evidence Says (and When They Raise Concern)
Do probiotics help, harm, or does it depend in SIBO? A meta-analysis suggests symptom improvement and reduced hydrogen, but the D-lactate debate and the clinical guidelines call for caution. This is what the evidence describes.
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