I had a meeting with Dr. Melanie Keller at the SIBO Center yesterday and then met with my doctor here today to go over a new treatment plan that I’m hoping will get those numbers back down. I evidently made the right move in changing over my herbal treatment a few days ago but Dr. Keller told me to double down on it so my new dosage is:
I’ve about had it with this SIBO stuff. After my initial testing in January showed that I had SIBO my test in March showed that maybe I didn’t have it any longer but the jury was out in my mind. As of June 30th the SIBO is back and at about the same level as in January, this is not the summer sequel I was wishing for. I had been feeling quite a bit better so expected the numbers to be down instead of back up. I’m not symptom free and still unable to gain weight even with eating massive amount of fat so I expected to still have SIBO but at much lower levels than this test showed and figured I would need one more month of herbals to knock it down, now it is looking like multiple months still to come of treatment.
A few months ago my SIBO induced malabsorption issues were starting to cause vitamin deficiencies that were severe enough that I was getting symptoms. I did some B12 injections but that wasn’t making a difference so my ND suggested I go in for a Meyer’s Cocktail. I’d never heard of this before so did some searching on the internet. Definitely not a mix of vodka and Meyer’s lemons, instead it is an IV injection of a mixture of vitamins and minerals, in my case heavy on the Bs, C, Magnesium and some other good stuff.
Matcha/Ginger Butter Tea
In an attempt to stop the SIBO caused weight loss I’ve been experiencing I had to add more fat to my diet since I can’t really add in carbs that give me extra calories and one can only eat so much protein per day. I was adding ghee to all the vegetables I was eating plus cooking with it and coconut oil but it still wasn’t doing the trick. Enter my new secret weapon that I hope is going to work – the centuries old butter tea.
This is not quite the traditional Tibetan Yak Butter tea but is kind of close. The recipe started out as Bulletproof Coffee and I was introduced to it by a friend last week. I’ve been off coffee now for 5 months (I know it is a crime) and wasn’t ready to go back so I decided to just try it with the ginger tea I’ve been doing lately. A few days ago I added some green tea to the mix and this morning made it with matcha, pretty amazing. I now don’t think I’ll ever be able to drink plain old tea again, it will just taste like flavored water. Plus, I get about 165-200 calories of good quality fat per cup of tea. I drink about 3 of these a day (minus the actual tea later in the day) which gives me an extra 500-600 calories per day without having to try and eat any more food in. So far I’ve only had one weigh in but got back above 150 so I’m hoping it is doing the trick for me.
Here’s the recipe:
1/4-1/3 c. ginger concentrate, made by blending ginger & some bit of water into juice 1-1.5 t. matcha tea powder 1 T. coconut oil 1-2 t. ghee or butter (I use Ancient Organics grass fed ghee) Boiling water
Put the ginger in a measuring cup, add in matcha, coconut oil and ghee. Pour boiling water over top. Mix in a blender or with an immersion blender which is what I use. Strain into a mug to get rid of the ginger fiber and enjoy.