Leading Expert on Gut Health & Wellbeing Deep Dives Into Healing the Gut - Dave O’Brien

Why do gut problems like SIBO, candida and H. pylori keep coming back after treatment? I sat down with gut health educator and strength coach Dave O'Brien, and his view is that we keep attacking bacteria and forget to repair the gut lining.

Dave walks us through the gut's own repair crew, the intestinal stem cells and Paneth cells, and what he says harms them, from alcohol to short sleep. We get into his heal, eradicate, heal approach, his forest and kangaroo analogy, the radish, olive and basil salad he eats for his gut, why a normal blood test is not the same as an optimal one, and the loop that links SIBO, histamine and low stomach acid.

He also shares why he left Fifth Element Wellness, the holistic gym he ran in Melbourne for seven and a half years.