Lazy Colon & Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

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Retraining A Sluggish Colon

Find Out How to Train Your Body and Brain to Help Heal Your Gut With Dr Jacobi's SIBO Success Plan

The two most common types of constipation:

Hypotonic

Poor nerve impulses and muscle contraction response. No urge to defecate, erratic peristalsis. Essentially a "lazy colon".

Hypertonic

Excessive contractions, spasms, often stress

In both cases of long standing constipation, the brain needs to be 'retrained' in terms of proper nerve impulses to stimulate peristalsis (the rhythmic colonic movement downwards).

This retraining program suggests you do one task from each category daily. After many months or years of dysfunction it can take a few weeks to reset the colon to ensure daily bowel movements.

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4min video (belly exercise to activate peristalsis):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLF9pqmSymE

1min video:  https://www.thesibodoctor.com/sibo-success-plan/?v=7516fd43adaa

Exercises

1. Regular exercise is important – walking 30 minutes a day is excellent.
2. Great demonstration of belly exercises Constipation Belly Exercises on TED.com
3. Vagal nerve exercises—the vagus nerve is important in stimulating peristalsis. Often this nerve has lost its 'tone' and needs to be strengthened. The exercises include:
   • Gargling—rigorous gargling with water stimulates the vagus nerve in the soft palate. Do multiple times a day
   • Gagging- same effect as gargling. Depress tongue with tongue blade or spoon handle and try to elicit a mild gag reflex. Do multiple times daily
   • Enemas—see below

BONUS: Check the SIBO Success Plan where Dr Jacobi explains the vagus nerve and the exercises above (and more).