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Day: October 27, 2026

BPC 157 for Gut Health: A Dietitian’s Honest Look at the Evidence, the Risks, and What to Address First

BPC 157 and the gut

Peptides such as BPC 157 have gone from a niche research to a full-blown wellness trend. Social media promises faster gut healing, calmer inflammation, and relief from stubborn bloating. If you have been dealing with digestive symptoms for a long time, that promise is easy to want to believe. As a registered dietitian specializing in […]

If you continue to have SIBO relapses, you need to If you continue to have SIBO relapses, you need to look deeper into the root cause! 

One of the most overlooked root causes I see in practice is untreated H. pylori, a bacteria that lives in the stomach and quietly disrupts digestion, stomach acid, and nutrient absorption.

When stomach acid drops:
⬇️ Your natural defense against bacteria weakens
⬇️ Food isn’t broken down efficiently
⬇️ Motility slows
⬇️ Bacteria can migrate into the small intestine

This is the perfect breeding ground for SIBO!

This is why many people “treat” SIBO multiple times without lasting relief because the upstream issue was never corrected.

Common signs H. pylori may be involved:
• Chronic bloating or upper abdominal pressure
• Reflux or burning
• Low iron or B12
• Nausea
• Poor response to gut protocols
• Recurrent SIBO

If you are tired of doing the same protocols over and over again without help looking into the root cause, comment ROADMAP to book your Root Cause call to finally manage your symptoms for good!

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SIBO is one of those gut health topics where more SIBO is one of those gut health topics where more treatment doesn’t always mean better results.

Here are 4 misconceptions I see all the time:

❌ SIBO is a standalone diagnosis
❌ SIBO is simply “too much bacteria”
❌ Multiple rounds of antibiotics will guarantee better results
❌ You need to avoid carbs to heal

The reality? SIBO is just one piece of a bigger puzzle.

If you want lasting improvement, you have to look at the factors that influence the small intestine 

✅ Gut motility
✅ Stomach acid/bile flow
✅ Digestion
✅ Anatomy
✅ Nervous system regulation
✅ Nutrition

Instead of focusing on what to remove or what treatment to do next, you need to zoom out and look at what support your gut needs to build an environment where SIBO doesn't thrive.

Ready to stop guessing and get to the root of your gut symptoms? 

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👻 Healing from SIBO or IBS doesn’t have to be spoo 👻 Healing from SIBO or IBS doesn’t have to be spooky… but to see real progress, there are a few habits worth ghosting this year:

🍽️ Overly restrictive diets – Cutting out all carbs or sticking to rigid plans isn’t the only path. You can beat SIBO/IBS without going ultra-restrictive.

😬 Eating too Quickly – If you are rushing thru your meals, not chewing your food, you are going to remain bloated and uncomfortable.

😫 Constantly Multi- Tasking – You cannot heal if you are only focusing on diet and supplement changes. IBS/SIBO takes a full body approach. 

💊 Random supplements – Not every pill helps, and what isn’t personalized is often just a waste of money.

🍪 Cookie cutter protocols – If you’re handed the same generic plan as everyone else, or following some random instagram protocol, it’s time to question it. Your gut deserves a tailored approach.

🚙 Expecting overnight results – Healing takes time, consistency, and patience. The journey is worth it.

✨ Ready to explore the right path for you? Comment ROADMAP below to learn how my Root Cause Roadmap coaching call can give you a plan forward!

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The vagus nerve connects your brain and your gut, The vagus nerve connects your brain and your gut, and it’s one of the most overlooked pieces of digestive healing I see in practice.

Most of its job is sending messages from your gut up to your brain. The rest sends messages from your brain down to your gut, telling your stomach to make acid, your pancreas to release enzymes, your gallbladder to release bile, and your intestines to keep food moving. When you’re stressed all the time, your body stays in “stress mode” and those messages get weaker. Digestion slows down, you make less acid and fewer enzymes, and food sits in your stomach and intestines longer than it should.

That’s why so many of my clients notice their symptoms follow their schedule. The bloating shows up on the days they eat in the car between work and practice, and the constipation hits hardest during their busiest weeks.

The good news is that your vagus nerve responds to daily practice. Here are three things you can start today:

🌬️ Slow breathing with a longer exhale before meals: Breathing in for 4 counts and out for 6 to 8 counts shifts your body out of stress mode, so your stomach is ready to make acid and enzymes when you eat.
🍽️ Sit down and chew thoroughly: Seeing, smelling, and chewing your food signals your stomach through the vagus nerve to start digestion before the first bite even reaches it.
🎶 Hum or gargle daily: The vagus nerve runs through the muscles of your throat and vocal cords, so humming and gargling activate it directly.

No protocol works well in a body stuck in stress mode, so supporting your nervous system gives everything else a better chance of working.

Ignoring the nervous system is one of the biggest mistakes I see in SIBO and gut healing, and I break it down, along with the other mistakes that keep people stuck, in my free masterclass. Comment MASTERCLASS and I’ll send you the link to register.

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Could your symptoms be histamine related? Histami Could your symptoms be histamine related?

Histamine is a normal chemical messenger involved in your immune response, digestion, and nervous system function. Problems start when histamine is being produced or consumed faster than your body can break it down (largely through the DAO enzyme in your gut). 

When that happens, you start seeing a pattern of symptoms that look unrelated on the surface:

✨ Flushing — blood vessels dilate as circulating histamine rises, which is why you feel suddenly hot or turn red

✨ Bloating — especially after high-histamine meals, since histamine affects gut motility and acid secretion

✨ Runny or stuffy nose — histamine triggers the same nasal response as an allergic reaction, without an actual allergen present

✨ Itching — histamine binds to skin receptors and triggers the itch response directly

✨ Dizziness — often tied to histamine's effect on blood pressure and vascular tone, especially after eating

✨ Heart palpitations — histamine can affect heart rate and rhythm through its receptors in cardiac tissue

These symptoms don't automatically mean you have histamine intolerance. They overlap heavily with IBS, SIBO, food sensitivities, hormonal shifts, and MCAS, which is why cutting out every high-histamine food isn't always the right first step.

It is important to regulate histamine load as well as your capacity to clear it. That usually comes back to gut health, digestion, nutrient status (copper, B6, and vitamin C all support DAO function), hormones, and how well your body is breaking histamine down in the first place.

If you're noticing several of these symptoms together, it's worth looking at the full picture instead of treating each one on its own.

Comment ROADMAP to schedule your Root Cause Roadmap call and start building a plan that addresses what's actually driving your symptoms.

#histamine #histamineintolerance #flushing #SIBO #SIBOdietitian
So many of the women I work with have been told th So many of the women I work with have been told their bloating is stress, hormones, or just how their body is. Some have tested negative for SIBO, some have treated it and watched it come back, and most were never told why it showed up in the first place. 

These are the five things I wish every one of them had known sooner:

🧪 A negative breath test doesn’t always mean you don’t have SIBO. Standard breath tests only measure hydrogen and methane, so hydrogen sulfide SIBO can be missed, and poor test prep or fast transit can also produce a false negative.
🔍 SIBO is a symptom of a deeper root cause. Bacteria overgrow in the small intestine when the systems that normally keep it clear, like stomach acid, bile, enzymes, and gut motility, stop working well.
🔄 Relapse doesn’t mean the treatment failed. Antimicrobials usually do their job of lowering the bacteria. When SIBO comes back, the motility or digestion issue that let it grow was never fixed, so the bacteria regrow.
🧩 There is rarely only one root cause of SIBO. I usually find a combination, like low stomach acid from years on acid blockers, slow motility from a sluggish thyroid, and a past bout of food poisoning that affected the nerves that keep the gut moving.
🚺 Being a woman doesn’t make chronic bloating normal. Women are told bloating is just part of being a woman at every stage of life, from their first period to postpartum to perimenopause. Hormones can shift your digestion throughout your cycle, but bloating that shows up most days has a deeper cause than “just being a woman,” and it can be found and treated.
When you address the reasons SIBO developed, and not only the bacteria, is when results start to last.

If you’ve been stuck in the test, treat, relapse cycle, I walk through the mistakes that keep women there in my free masterclass. Comment MASTERCLASS and I’ll send you the link to register.

#sibo #guthealth #sibomasterclass #ibsawareness

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