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A Plethora of Probiotics

Coconut yogurt, Root Beer kombucha, Beet kvass, Coconut Lime Mojito water kefir, and Gingerade kombucha. Since treating my gut for SIBO (a.k.a. small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) for about five months this year, I have been slowly adding foods back in to my diet.  Thankfully, the treatment protocol my Naturopathic doctor recommended seems to have done the job; the herbal antimicrobials and biofilm disrupter supplements combined with a special Low FODMAP& SCD diet killed off or starved the bad and/or misplaced "tummy bugs", as they're known in our house, and I have been quite successful with the food reintroductions for the most part.  One of the most important foods to add back into your diet after doing some major gut microbiome altering treatment is probiotic foods. What you actually want is for your gut flora to as diverse as possible. The more the merrier! The idea is that having a broad spectrum of those little tummy bugs helps keep everyone in check,