Stool test

So I think knowledge is power and go out there, read the girl's guide to guts.

Cause we have an entire section on stool testing.

Perfect.

So of all the things that you've done, I mean, early on in your life, you had a mom who encouraged you to do this.

And since she always keeps up with the latest research, it wasn't surprised that she discussed some of the more recent studies related to SIBO, including a new herbal antimicrobial option.

As usual, make sure you listen to the post-episode chat after the outro music as I'll expand on time-released NAC, once again, a new antimicrobial for SIBO, the food marble breath device, probiotics and how they can impact antimicrobials, stool testing in SIBO, and natural prokinetic options.

And you can access the show notes for this episode by visiting savemythour.com forward slash 274.

Anyway, here's my interview with Dr. Allison Siebecker.

I would be doing that just to sort of test out what he did.

But, you know, at this point, I'm still just recommending lactulose syrup.

And then sticking on the topic of testing, what are your thoughts on stool testing? Now, obviously, stool testing is looking at the large intestine.

It's not looking at the small intestine.

I think they're just the best way to get all the data that you need about what's going on in your gut.

There's definitely ways to address gut health without needing to do stool testing.

But I often find by the time people have come to see me, they're already doing all the things with their diet, their lifestyle, they're eating clean, and they're still having issues.

So we, of course, talk about diet and movement and stress and all that.

Wasn't that shit.

But two, when it comes to stool testing, it's an art.

Like reading the test is also an art.

There's science behind it, a lot of science.

So it's all a little bit of a muddle.

But finally, we have sent off a stool sample, and I think it's quite fun to talk through that.

And I'm going to explain why Sheena made me do it, um, who's doing it.

And I'd like to follow the poo, okay? So instead of following the money, we're gonna follow the poo.

So metagenomics is a type of DNA sequencing, um, and it's a special type of DNA sequencing that actually reads DNA from all microorganisms present in a sample.

It's been applied across a large number of environmental samples.

Um, but recently, and I say recently in terms of the last 15 to 20 years, it has been also applied to stool samples to be able to look at what microbes are actually present in the stool samples.

Now, what's really key about metagenomic sequencing is that unlike culture-based testing, it doesn't require microbes to be grown in the lab, which is important because most of the microbes that we see in the human gut are not cultured yet.