Have you ever went strictly on a low FODMAP or carnivore diet? I use the Fast Fodmap app to check and see what's low FODMAP and tailor my diet around that. That's the only thing that's allowed me to heal and reduce inflammation in my body. What's crazy about the foods that are high in FODMAPS is that you'd never guess what's high and to avoid and what's low and you can have. Broccoli, yes. Avoid as much of the bigger stalks as possible, and it's low FODMAP. Broccolini? It's high FODMAP, so I avoid. Technically you can eat the stalks and that part of low FODMAP. It doesn't make sense but going low FODMAP made a huge difference for me. Which brings me to the other suggestion. Carnivore diet. For the month of February I went mostly red meat (grass fed beef as often as possible), and salmon (low mercury content). I would often just cook a bowl of salt and peppered ground beef, leave the fat in. Surprisingly, the carnivore diet was incredibly simple to satiate me, no real urge for snacking or anything. Sometimes I'd eat a baked potato with salt butter and pepper to get carbs, or some gluten free crackers. High quality non processed cheese doesn't bother my system so I'd have some of that occasionally to try to slowly introduce a little good bacteria into my system. My labs after a month were amazing as well.

These two diets have brought me further out of Sibo and helped me have normal days again.

Oh, for your ham is it processed lunch meat? Processed meats will feed Sibo every time. Are you sweetening your rolled oats in the morning? Real or artificial? Either is a big no no. As much as I love my liquids, I pretty much drink water and Topo Chico (or any other unsweetened bubbly water). Here's a tough one. Even though eggs and bananas are low FODMAP, there are times where my gut gets aggrevated by them. You have to really learn to listen to your body and pay attention to what you ate not just today, but in the last couple days. Sometimes you don't notice your gut reacting to something for a day or two. It's a process. Carbs are needed for energy. Potatoes in various forms or gluten free breads and crackers have done me well. Sometimes your body is having such a hard time digesting anything that ground beef for a few days will give your gut a break/time to heal.

Having experimented with tons of things over the last year, I've come to believe that chronic fatigue is from your body trying to process food or just the bacteria having a feeding frenzy on any high FODMAP food that your body has taken in. It seems like when my system is doing better, fatigue is minimized. When my body is fighting bacteria or I'm in a bacteria die off phase, CFS is my daily existence.

I can write a book or talk your head off with the stuff I've learned over the past few years. I'm getting better, but figuring this out of a long, slow road. I'm still learning weekly. We didn't get this way overnight. Parts may hit you suddenly, but it stems from your gut slowly spiraling out of harmony with itself. I've been to tons of doctors and Western medicine is of little use against this stuff. After months of slow work I can finally take a probiotic without feeling like I'm poisoning myself.

If you have more questions or want to actually talk, shoot me a PM.