Some of things I tried were the milk cure, carnivore diet, 7 days of activated raw garlic, flowers of sulfur, activated charcoal, high potency oregano oil, antibiotics -- erythromycin, minocycline, neomycin (for methane producing bacteria), rifaximin (for hydrogen producing bacteria) -- but the only thing that worked for me was a combination of NDT (sped up gut motility), herbal antimicrobials -- Dr. Morse's Parasite M and Heal All forumulas -- and reducing starch and fiber as much as possible. I consumed a diet of mainly easy to digest (for me), glycine rich proteins -- scallops, crab, collagen/gelatin and gelatinous broths -- and very ripe, low acid fruits -- melons and grapes -- juiced daily. For fat, I stuck with coconut sources due to a weak gallbladder at the time. Looking back, I probably could have used a single antimicrobial herb like the oregano oil instead of the formulas since I think the main thing was cutting off the bacteria's food supply by avoiding fermentable fibers and starch (and dairy, at that point) and optimizing sugar metabolism, enzyme production and peristalsis via NDT. Before NDT, I needed crazy amounts of fiber a.k.a a fruitarian diet just to have regular bowel movements, and I now know all that fiber was keeping me hypothyroid.Yes, agree that's definitely part of it. My SIBO issue is unresolved. My hypothyroid has drastically improved however, it's still not perfect though. I was beginning to think my gut issues were my last remaining obstacle before I could truly heal my thyroid issues (I had gut issues long before hypothyroid). I do eat bamboo shoots and RPs carrot salad but these have not helped. Would you mind sharing exactly how you cleared the overgrowth? Antibiotics (RP has mentioned both penicillin and tetracyclines)? Flowers of sulfer? And what for the gut inflammation? RP has mentioned Pregnenolone, aspirin, lidocaine for inflammation, not which is best for gut inflammation.
It's still pretty surreal to me that I'm tolerating dairy again after 10 years of jumping through flaming hoops and getting burnt. I really thought I'd be stuck on a fruitarian diet the rest of my life and slowly deteriorating as all the nutritional stores I had built up on nutrient dense diets the 7 years prior had become depleted. I enjoy dairy, but I think the biggest reasons I'm psyched I tolerate it again are its affordability, availability and nutritional density. I'm saving $600 a month on food alone, another $100 on supplements, I never have to worry about ripeness or processing eggshells or herbs/greens to get calcium, and the physical damages that occurred, particularly with my spine and skin, are slowly reversing. It's one thing to feel well, I mean, I felt well even as my body was silently deteriorating, but to actually see physical changes after so long and at my age (39), makes me finally "get" how all my efforts, which felt in vain the majority of the time, weren't. If anything, they should be bottling persistence. Ha!