You can't kill your way out of SIBO.
If you've done the breath test, the antibiotics and the herbs, and it came back, this is the other way. Give your gut back the job those bacteria were doing, and they have no reason to stay. The SIBO Recovery Protocol is the gentle route I took out of my own SIBO.
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"Healing is gentle. If your protocol feels like a war, it isn't a healing protocol."
If this is your story, keep reading.
You have a diagnosis that ends in "overgrowth", someone reaching for something to kill it with, and a feeling in your gut, in both senses, that this isn't going to work.
If killing it worked, you wouldn't be here. Around 60 to 70% of people relapse after treatment.
Antibiotics, herbs and restrictive diets all go after the bacteria. None of them asks why the bacteria are there.
The SIBO Recovery Protocol.
A short guide you can read in under an hour and start the same day. It shows you the job your SIBO is doing, and how to take it back.
It isn't another kill protocol with a diet attached. It's what I would tell you in a consultation, written down in the order that works.
Here is what it does for you:
Get off the relapse cycle
Why killing the bacteria makes people worse, what your SIBO is doing there, and what your gas type tells you to work on first.
Find your cause
Mold, medications, your teeth, food poisoning, stress or weak digestion. How to spot each one, and what to do about it.
Take the job back
Fix your digestion, eat what you can digest, rebuild your flora with the exact probiotic ladder I use, and calm the nervous system that runs it all.
Do it in the right order
Four steps, each with a clear sign that tells you when to move on.
Start this week
Your first four weeks as a checklist, the supplement short list, and a one-page sheet to find which cause is yours.
Know what to do when you flare
A flare plan, the questions I am asked most, and the red flags that mean it is time to see a doctor.
SIBO isn't an invasion. It's an adaptation.
Those bacteria didn't break in. They were hired. Once you see the job they are doing, you see why killing them makes people worse.
If you can't break your food down, it rots, so your body lets bacteria move up into the small intestine to finish the meal for you. And most of what your liver filters out leaves through the bile, so bacteria move in to help break that down too.
- 1Food goes undigested, or toxins are leaving through your gut
- 2Your body hires bacteria to do the job you couldn't
- 3You kill the workers: antibiotics, oregano oil, herbs
- 4The job still needs doing, with less diversity than before
Kill the workers and the job remains, so your body hires again. This is why relapse is the rule, not the exception.
A few species are filling the space that thousands used to share. So the SIBO Recovery Protocol does the opposite of a kill protocol: it finds the job your SIBO is doing, and takes it back.
Imagine…
No kill phase. Nothing starved, nothing bombed. No war with your own gut. Healing is supposed to feel good.
Who this is for (and who it isn't).
This is for you if:
- You have a SIBO diagnosis, or every symptom of one
- You've done the antibiotics or the herbs, and it came back
- You've been told to kill it, and something in you says that isn't the answer
- Your list of safe foods keeps getting shorter
- You want a gentle plan you can follow by yourself, from home
This is NOT for you if:
- You want it gone in two weeks. Feeling better can be quick. Healing takes longer, and I won't pretend otherwise.
- You want a kill protocol. This is the opposite of one.
- You have symptoms that need a doctor first: weight loss you can't explain, blood in your stool, a fever.
- You want to stop prescribed medication by yourself. My argument is with reflexive kill protocols, not with medicine.
What €17 actually is.
€17 is less than
- One functional medicine consult €150–400
- A stool test without interpretation €150–300
- A SIBO breath test €100–250
- A single specialty probiotic €40–70
€17 buys you
- The complete protocol, read in under an hour
- The low/no-kill plan, in the order that works
- The probiotic ladder, dose by dose
- Your first four weeks as a checklist
- Downloadable PDF, yours to keep
I'm William Dickinson.
I'm a gut health coach from the UK, living in Portugal and working online with people all over the world. For more than ten years this has been my whole working life: more than 1,000 clients, more than 3,000 stool tests reviewed, more than 425 online classes, and a new video on YouTube every Tuesday.
I had SIBO, and I treated it the way you're probably being told to treat yours: rifaximin, then metronidazole, then oregano oil, berberine and the rest, round after round. It took me from struggling to bedbound, down to five foods, with a full-time carer.
Today I eat what I like and spend my days working in our garden. What changed was the question. I stopped asking what would kill it, and started asking what was missing.
If you've ever been handed another round of antibiotics, or felt worse after every "treatment", you're exactly who I wrote this for.
What you're probably wondering.
Should I get a breath test first?
I wouldn't spend the money. A breath test measures gas, not cause. Your symptoms, your history and the clues in Part 2 tell you more, and they're free.
I've been told you can't take probiotics with SIBO. Is that true?
I hear it every week, and I think it's exactly backwards. SIBO is a collapse in diversity, and the only way diversity comes back is for new species to arrive. The ladder starts with an amount that looks ridiculous, so you can build up without getting worse.
Aren't herbs like oregano, berberine or neem gentler than antibiotics?
They are the same idea in a different bottle. Twenty drops of oregano oil is the better part of five bushes of oregano, and it leaves your gut with less diversity than before. Oregano on your dinner is different: that's a nudge, not a bomb.
Do I have to follow a special diet?
No named diet. The right diet for SIBO is whatever your gut can fully break down, and you can change that without removing a single ingredient: how you cook it, how you combine it and how much of it you eat at once.
How long does it take?
Two different clocks. Feeling better: around 20% in the first two weeks tells you that you're supporting the right thing, and in my experience most people see a 60 to 80% drop over two to eight weeks once the right cause is addressed. Full healing is slower: years, not weeks.
When will the SIBO Recovery Protocol be available, and what will it cost?
I'm finishing it now. It will cost €17 and arrive as an instant PDF download. Until then, the SIBO playlist on my YouTube channel covers the main ideas behind it.
Is the SIBO Recovery Protocol medical advice?
No. It's educational content based on my own recovery and my work with clients, and it doesn't replace care from a qualified professional who knows you. SIBO-like symptoms can sit on top of conditions that need a doctor, so the guide opens with the signs that mean you should be assessed first. Never stop prescribed medication without your prescriber.
Start with the videos.
The SIBO Recovery Protocol isn't out yet. While I finish it, the SIBO playlist on my YouTube channel covers the ideas behind it.
Watch the SIBO videos →Nobody starts a garden by dropping a bomb on it.
Your SIBO is not an invasion. It's your body adapting, as intelligently as it can, to the situation it's in. Take the job back, and the overgrowth leaves by itself, because nothing is asking it to stay.
Coming soon · €17