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GI-MAP and similar commercial stool panels

Don't buy the GI-MAP. Finding a microbe's DNA in you isn't a diagnosis.

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Consumer gut-microbiome sequencing

Skip the gut test. One stool sent to seven labs comes back as seven different men.

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SIBO breath testing

Skip the SIBO breath test. It reads how fast your lunch moves.

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Intestinal permeability testing

Don't buy a leaky-gut test. No panel on the market measures your gut lining.

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Zinc-carnosine

Take it alongside anti-inflammatories, and drop it when the pills stop.

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Zonulin

Don't buy a leaky gut panel. The zonulin test measures other proteins.

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Sauerkraut

Buy sauerkraut from the fridge or don't bother. The shelf jar is cooked dead.

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Fermented-food diet diversity trial

Eat something fermented every day. Kefir, kimchi, kraut, yoghurt, rotate them.

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Partially hydrolyzed guar gum

Take 6 g a day if bloating is the problem. It won't fix the rest of your gut.

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Psyllium

Take 10 g of psyllium a day, always with a full glass of water.

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Do-it-yourself fecal transplant

Don't do a home fecal transplant. The screened version already killed someone.

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Strain-specific

Ignore the word probiotic. Buy the exact strain trialled for your exact problem.

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