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Welcome to Endo Battery, the podcast that's here to journey with you through Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.
In a world where silence often shrouds these challenging conditions, Endo Battery stands as a beacon of hope and a source of strength. We believe in the power of knowledge, personal stories, and expert insights to illuminate the path forward. Our mission? To walk with you, hand in hand, through the often daunting landscape of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.
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QC: Food For Thought on SIBO and Endo Symptoms With Sarah Rae
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Sarah Rae, registered dietitian specializing in endometriosis and fertility nutrition, offers evidence-based strategies to help individuals navigate nutrition for endometriosis.
• SIBO treatment typically begins with antibiotics like rifaximin, often followed by or combined with a low FODMAP diet
• The low FODMAP diet should be temporary, not a long-term solution
• Highly processed carbohydrates and consuming too many carbs at once can worsen SIBO symptoms
• Focus on balancing protein, carbohydrates, and fiber for better SIBO management
• Omega-3 fatty acids are extremely beneficial for reducing endometriosis pain
• Supplementation (including vegan algae-based options) can help those unable to get enough from diet
• Omega-3s also benefit heart health, joint function, and brain health
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Life moves fast and so should the answers to your biggest questions. Welcome to EndoBattery's Quick Connect, your direct line to expert insights Short, powerful and right to the point. You send in the questions, I bring in the experts and in just five minutes you get the knowledge you need. No long episodes, no extra time needed, and just remember expert opinions shared here are for general information and not for personalized medical advice. Always consult your provider for your case-specific guidance. Got a question? Send it in and let's quickly get you the answers. I'm your host, alana, and it's time to connect. Today we're joined by Sarah Ray from Pacific Northwest Endometriosis Nutrition. She's a registered dietitian specializing in endometriosis and fertility nutrition. She's here to cut through the noise and share real, evidence-based strategies to help you fuel your body without the confusion. Let's dive in. What foods are helpful or harmful for SIBO.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So SIBO, generally the first line approach is getting treated with antibiotics. So usually that's done with a naturopath clinic or a GI specialist. Often I'll see like rifaximin used prescribed for that, and you can do that in conjunction with a lower FODMAP diet. So that's looking at the types of carbohydrates in foods and how they're fermenting. Some providers will first do the antibiotic and then they will do the low FODMAP diet in conjunction. Some providers will see like some people just feel better doing the antibiotic first and then they can kind of go back to their diet. But with that we want to be really cautious about those highly processed carbohydrates. Or having too many carbohydrates at a meal tends to be the big thing. So those bad bacteria really feed off of sugars. It's not necessarily just sweet foods. It might be, you know, crackers or white breads, things like that. So making sure that your protein and carbohydrates and fiber are really in balance is going to be really helpful for managing SIBO, especially if you've been prone to it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I've heard when I did the FODMAP diet it also was different, For instance, orange juice, if it was pre-pressed, translated different. It was like a higher FODMAP than if it were fresh pressed and I was like well, this is interesting.
Speaker 2:So it may not always be the specific food, but how it's processed. Am I wrong? Candida, things like that? We're really wanting to go for that like whole food as much as possible, so that you're not getting, when we we press any sort of juice, it becomes sugar only and we don't have that fiber to slow that down. So, um, yeah, really focusing on lower FODMAP vegetables, which the list is too long for the for this episode. But, um, yeah, watching out for things like garlic and onions and beans and things that tend to make people bloated sometimes are helpful while you're dealing with SIBO treatment. But you shouldn't have to be on that diet long-term if you've had SIBO and it's been treated.
Speaker 1:Any diet can be harmful if it's done long-term and you pull a bunch of stuff out of it. Exactly yes. How do omega-3 fatty acids impact endometriosis?
Speaker 2:Yes, omega-3 fats are one of the best things that you can add to your diet if you have endometriosis, especially if you're having a lot of pain related to it, so omega-3 fats play a direct pathway in that kind of inflammatory cascade and they help lower inflammation levels and they help lower inflammation levels.
Speaker 2:So when they've done research with people with endometriosis, they found that around 1,000 milligrams a day was really beneficial for reducing endometriosis pain and people who were eating enough had less incidence of endometriosis in general. So we can get that 1,000 milligrams from the really high omega-3 fish. So things like salmon and mackerel and sardines and herring, things like tuna and cod, they're going to have a little bit of omega-3s in it. But if that's or like tilapia, it'll be a little trickier to get that thousand milligrams a day. And so if you're not a fish lover or you don't have access to salmon, if you live in the middle of the United States or you know in a really warm area because it's a cold fish, something like supplementation may be helpful. We can also get it from chia seeds and flax seeds and walnuts, so there's other plant-based ways to get it in as well. If you're not a meat or fish eater, yeah, or if you're allergic to it, like me.
Speaker 2:There's also vegan fish oil supplements. If it's really tough to get that much in, it's made from algae, but that is probably if my patients are not on it. That's one of the things I start from. The first appointment is making sure that we're getting omega-3 fats in, because I see the biggest reduction in pain with making sure we're getting enough intake with that, and then it's also great for your heart health and joint health and brain function.
Speaker 2:Like there's just so many benefits to omega-3, and our American diet doesn't have enough of it in there generally.
Speaker 1:That's a wrap For this Quick Connect. I hope today's insights helped you move forward with more clarity and confidence. Do you have more questions? Keep them coming, Send them in and I'll bring you the expert answers. You can send them in by using the link in the top of the description of this podcast episode or by emailing contact at endobatterycom or visiting the endobatterycom contact page. Until next time, keep feeling empowered through knowledge.