What Is Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth?

A lot of people get bloating in the small intestine. They actually have fermentation going on in that area. Fermentation is the action of a microbe on a food like carbohydrate, fibre or sugar. When you have too much ferment it can produce gas and fluid retention. This condition called se bot small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. It's when bacteria normally should be in large intestine are in wrong place. So what do you do if you have seba? Well, you want to avoid probotic andYou want to avoid fibre.

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