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Day: July 3, 2026

High Fiber Breakfast Cereals for IBS: A Dietitian’s Guide to the Best Picks (and Ones to Avoid)

High Fiber Breakfast Cereals

Breakfast cereals high in fiber sound like an easy, quick win for people trying to increase their fiber intake. This is especially true after being told that “more fiber” is the answer to constipation, bloating, or irregular bowel movements. However, many people reach for a high fiber cereal expecting relief. Instead, they end up with […]

Oddly specific signs of low stomach acid that you Oddly specific signs of low stomach acid that you may not have thought of. 

These show up together more often than people realize, and stomach acid is almost never the first thing anyone checks. 

🥩 You’re bloated after a high-protein meal. Protein requires a strong acidic environment to start breaking down. When acid is too low, protein sits undigested and ferments.

🧱Your food sits like a brick in your stomach. Stomach acid signals the stomach to contract and empty its contents into the small intestine at the right pace. When acid is too low, protein doesn’t break down properly and the stomach empties more slowly.

🔍 You see specks of food in your stool. This is one of the clearest signs of incomplete digestion. If food particles are visible, protein and fiber didn’t fully break down before they moved through your system, and that starts with inadequate acid in the stomach. 

💅 Brittle or peeling nails. Absorbing minerals like zinc and iron depends on adequate stomach acid to release them from food.

🤲 Tingling in your hands and feet. This can point to a B12 deficiency, and B12 absorption is entirely dependent on stomach acid.

🩸 Low iron levels despite supplementation. If you’re taking iron and your levels still aren’t moving, stomach acid is one of the first things I check. Iron needs an acidic environment to convert into a form your body can actually absorb.

If you’re dealing with any of these symptoms, it’s time to support your stomach acid levels instead of suppressing them. Antacids and acid blockers reduce the acid your body needs to digest protein and absorb minerals in the first place, often making these symptoms worse over time instead of better. 

If this sounds familiar, comment MASTERCLASS and I’ll send you the link to register. We’ll walk through exactly how to identify and fix root causes like this one

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SIBO is often a symptom of an underlying problem, SIBO is often a symptom of an underlying problem, not the root cause.

That’s why you can take antimicrobials, feel better temporarily, and then find yourself right back where you started.

If SIBO keeps coming back, it’s time to ask WHY.

Here are 4 key areas I’d want to investigate:

→ Low stomach acid: Proper stomach acid supports digestion and helps create an environment that makes it harder for unwanted microbes to thrive.

→ Poor bile flow: Bile plays an important role in fat digestion and neutralizing bacteria in the small intestines.

→ Nervous system dysregulation: Chronic stress and or poor vagal tone can lead to being stuck in a sympathetic “fight-or-flight” state and can impact digestion, motility, and the MMC.

→ Impaired MMC (Migrating Motor Complex): The MMC acts like a “housekeeping wave,” helping sweep residual food and microbes through the small intestine between meals.

Clearing the SIBO is just the first step.

If you’ve been stuck in the cycle of treat → feel better → relapse → treat again, it is time to look further.

💬 Comment MASTERCLASS and I will send you my free training on the missing links I see in most SIBO healing protocols.

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Taking a probiotic for your bloating? It might be Taking a probiotic for your bloating? It might be feeding the exact problem you’re trying to fix.

Probiotics are one of the most common things I get asked about. Should I take them, which one’s best, are they even safe with SIBO? And honestly, my answer is almost always: it depends. Probiotics on their own are complicated and need to be specific to you. Add SIBO into the mix, and the wrong one can make things worse instead of better.

A few things worth knowing before you pick one up:

🦠 Not every strain does the same job — some are researched for regularity, others for immune support. Take the wrong one for your issue and it does nothing, or works against you.

🌱 Where the bacteria actually colonize is a big deal. Spore-based or soil-based probiotics are built to survive stomach acid, so they pass through and colonize further down in the large intestine. Other strains proliferate higher up, in the small intestine, and if you already have SIBO, that’s adding more bacteria to an environment that’s already overgrown.

🍽️ Timing plays a role too. Start a broad-spectrum probiotic before the SIBO is cleared, and it can intensify gas and bloating instead of easing it. That’s why it’s best to wait until treatment clears the overgrowth before starting one.

I’m not saying probiotics are off the table with SIBO. I’m saying grabbing one off the shelf without knowing your specific situation is a gamble, not a strategy.

If you’ve tried a probiotic and felt worse instead of better, that’s exactly what a Root Cause Roadmap Session is for. Comment ROADMAP and I’ll send you the details.

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A SIBO breath test can be incredibly helpful, but A SIBO breath test can be incredibly helpful, but it's not the whole story.

Your breath test needs to be considered alongside your symptoms, bowel habits, motility, medical history, medications, and potential root causes.

Because knowing you have an overgrowth is different from understanding WHY it happened.

If you only focus on killing the bacteria without addressing the underlying cause, you may find yourself right back where you started.

Test → interpret → investigate the root cause → treat → prevent recurrence.

If you've treated SIBO but your symptoms keep coming back, it may be time to zoom out.
Your breath test needs to be considered alongside your symptoms, bowel habits, motility, medical history, medications, and potential root causes.

Knowing that you have an overgrowth is different from understanding WHY it happened.

If you only focus on eliminating the bacteria without addressing the underlying problem, you may find yourself right back where you started.

Test → interpret → investigate the root cause → treat → prevent recurrence.

If you’ve treated SIBO but your symptoms keep coming back, it may be time to zoom out.

💬 Comment ROADMAP to schedule a root cause call and get your personalized SIBO treatment plan.

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The women I work with who stay SIBO-negative years The women I work with who stay SIBO-negative years later aren’t doing anything extreme. Compared to the elimination diets and supplement stacks most people try first, it almost looks boring.

The biggest difference: they treat their gut like it needs an ongoing routine, not a one-time fix. Motility, the wave of muscle contractions that clears bacteria through your small intestine between meals, needs support indefinitely. Without it, bacteria eventually start to overgrow again, regardless of how successful treatment was.

A few habits I see most consistently in clients who stay clear years later:

🍽️ Eating on a predictable schedule. The migrating motor complex only activates during true fasting windows between meals, so constant snacking can prevent that clearing wave from ever kicking in.

🚶 Gentle movement after meals. Light activity supports motility without diverting blood flow away from digestion the way intense exercise can.

😴 Prioritizing sleep. Your nervous system regulates digestion overnight, and poor sleep keeps the body in a low-grade stress state that slows motility.

They also stopped shrinking their food list. Long-term remission tends to come with reintroducing variety, not staying restricted indefinitely.

None of this is about being perfect. It’s about consistency in the habits that keep your gut’s natural clearing mechanism working.

If you want a plan built around root-cause habits instead of another quick fix, comment ROADMAP and I’ll send you the details on booking a Root Cause Roadmap Session.

#SIBO #guthealth #SIBOrelapse #IBSdietitian #SIBOdietitian guthealing digestivehealth motility
Sticky stools aren’t always “just lack of fiber" 👀 Sticky stools aren’t always “just lack of fiber" 👀

If your stools are consistently greasy, sticky, floating, pale, or difficult to flush or wipe, it may be worth looking into how your body is digesting foods, specifically fats.

This comes down to two things working together: pancreatic enzymes and bile.

Your pancreas releases lipase to break fat molecules apart, and bile emulsifies fat so that lipase can actually get to it. 
When either of these is insufficient, fat passes through your digestive tract undigested, which is exactly what shows up as sticky or greasy stool.

A few labs can help pinpoint where the breakdown is happening:

🧪 Pancreatic elastase
🧪 Steatocrit
🧪 Serum or fecal bile acids
🧪 Liver panel — especially ALP + GGT

If you’re dealing with chronic digestive symptoms and want help uncovering the root cause, comment the word ROADMAP to schedule a consult with me!

#stickystools #liverhealth #bile #guthealth #SIBO

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