Altering your gastrointestinal tract fundamentally transforms your body's largest immune and endocrine organ. Written by Rachel Millard, DNP, FNP-C, an advanced clinical metabolic practitioner, this high-density digital handbook explores the deep microbial shifts that occur after procedures like vertical sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass. Discover why a loss of the stomach's gastric acid shield allows oral bacteria to colonize the small intestine—triggering Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), painful abdominal distension, and sudden weight loss stalls. This manual maps out exactly how intestinal permeability ("leaky gut") releases inflammatory toxins into your blood. Includes an effective 3-Day Low-Fermentation Gut Restoration Menu, an objective evaluation of targeted post-operative healing supplements (L-Glutamine, Bovine Immunoglobulins), a dry water-miscible bariatric vitamin audit, and a target lab diagnostic marker panel.
Altering your gastrointestinal tract fundamentally transforms your body's largest immune and endocrine organ. Written by Rachel Millard, DNP, FNP-C, an advanced clinical metabolic practitioner, this high-density digital handbook explores the deep microbial shifts that occur after procedures like vertical sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass. Discover why a loss of the stomach's gastric acid shield allows oral bacteria to colonize the small intestine—triggering Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), painful abdominal distension, and sudden weight loss stalls. This manual maps out exactly how intestinal permeability ("leaky gut") releases inflammatory toxins into your blood. Includes an effective 3-Day Low-Fermentation Gut Restoration Menu, an objective evaluation of targeted post-operative healing supplements (L-Glutamine, Bovine Immunoglobulins), a dry water-miscible bariatric vitamin audit, and a target lab diagnostic marker panel.