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Description
Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) is becoming a real problem. More and more people are finding symptoms of SIBO such as food intolerance, histamine reactions, irritable bowel syndrome, and even fibromyalgia. Those with SIBO have the wrong types of bacteria living in their small intestines. Those harmful bacteria do not belong there and create quite a ruckus.
Lactobacillus Gasseri yogurt and Lactobacillus Reuteri yogurt are the perfect solution. They colonize the upper GI tract—which is where SIBO occurs. This yogurt contains L. Gasseri BNR 17 which colonizes the small intestine and produces up to 7 bacteriocins—which are natural antibiotics produced by selected microbes effective in killing or suppressing the species of SIBO such as Klebsiella, E. coli, or Streptococcus.
L. reuteri is another important probiotic microbe in addition to L. Gasseri to help you when you're dealing with SIBO. L. reuteri colonizes the small intestine and produces up to four bacteriocins, including the powerful reuterin. Many people have found relief from SIBO issues just by consuming this yogurt daily.
Get Probiotics From Cultured Foods
Most people start taking probiotic supplements that have billions of different species that wind up in the small intestine and create more problems than they solve. As a matter of fact, I think that this is a lot of the cause of the uptick in SIBO. The over-proliferation of microbes in your GI tract may be caused by taking lots of probiotic supplements that really don’t belong there. The body does much better at getting microbes from food rather than from probiotic supplements, which may open up in parts of the body where they don't belong. Get your microbes from cultured foods and you won’t have these problems!
We aren't recommending using B. coagulans anymore. After months and months of testing and not getting high counts of B. coagulan in the yogurt, we have concluded that it's not producing benefits, and it is mostly the L. reuteri and L. gasseri that are helping the SIBO.
You should eat and make these yogurts separately to get the most benefits. You can mix them together once they are done, but we don't recommend fermenting them together since L reuteri will most likely dominate, and then you won't get any L. Gasseri.
Check out this article: A Cultured Food To Help Heal SIBO
What You Will Get
- 1 package of L Reuteri Superfood Starter containing 4 sachets
- 1 package of L. Gasseri Superfood Starter containing 4 sachets
- 8-ounce bag of Prebio Plus ( This feeds the microbes in the yogurt and creates a high CFU count)
Special Equipment
To keep your L. reuteri or L. gasseri at the best temperature, you'll need an appliance with a temperature adjustment of 100°F and a timer that can be set to 36 hours. This can be a yogurt maker, Instant Pot, or sous vide device. You'll need to make sure your device has those features. Here are some appliances that should work well for you.
Yogurt Maker
This is probably my favorite of the yogurt makers that I have tried. It's made by Luvele, which is a terrific company that is passionate about what they do.
Luvele 4 Jar Yogurt Maker
This is another great updated yogurt maker from Luvele. You get 4 jars which are each 13.5 ounces. It keeps the temp between 78 and 122 degrees F and has a 36-hour digital. It's great for making multiple kinds of yogurt.
Other Yogurt Makers
There are cheaper yogurt makers available on Amazon. They do work but can be a little tricky to set the time and temperature. Watch this video.
Sous Vide
We've made dozens of jars of yogurt with this device. You can make larger batches so it's very convenient. It's actually a well-known cooking method used by many chefs.
You'll need a sous vide stick and a container to place the yogurt in a water bath. It allows you to make several jars at one time and controls the temperature perfectly.
Here is a link for the container I use but you can use your own container if you'd like:
Instapots/Pressure Cookers
Not all instapots have a manual temperature setting that can be set to 100°F.
L. reuteri and L. gasseri bacteria love human body temperature. Regular yogurt makers/instapots are usually automatically set to higher temperatures of 110°F or more, which is too hot for L. reuteri or L. gasseri to survive.
Test your device with a cup of water and a thermometer before making your first batch. I hesitate to recommend certain brands because it isn't always standard for all the pots, so please just make sure yours can maintain 100°F.
This culture contains good bacteria, so please take care of it! Here are a few things to keep in mind.