Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
TREAT DIGESTION NATURALLY! To find out more see our bookings page here: https://www.byronherbalist.com.au/appointments/
My name is Todd Mansfield and I’m a clinical herbalist dedicated to digestive health. Every week I treat Australian and New Zealand patients with IBS, IBD, SIBO, reflux, indigestion, bloating, loose bowel movements and constipation.
Follow my work here: instagram.com/byron.herbalist
For everyone else, I’m passionate about supporting you so follow along with this free content to support your digestion naturally!
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If your digestion has never been the same since a course of antibiotics you're not imagining it.
Every week I speak with people who can trace their gut symptoms back to a single round of antibiotics. Bloating, food sensitivities, loose stools, IBS-type symptoms, urgency, inflammation... something in their gut changed and it's never been quite the same since.
One of the biggest reasons for this is the loss of butyrate.
Butyrate is a postbiotic produced by healthy gut bacteria and it does so much for digestion. Butyrate is the primary fuel source for the cells lining the large intestine, helps maintain the gut barrier, supports healthy bowel movements and keeps inflammation in check.
When antibiotics dramatically reduce the bacteria responsible for producing butyrate, the colon can lose one of its most important sources of support. For some people, this creates a dysfunctional pattern that can persist for years.
TREAT DIGESTION NATURALLY! To find out more see our bookings page here: https://www.byronherbalist.com.au/appointments/
My name is Todd Mansfield and I’m a clinical herbalist dedicated to digestive health. Every week I treat Australian and New Zealand patients with IBS, IBD, SIBO, reflux, indigestion, bloating, loose bowel movements and constipation.
Follow my work here: instagram.com/byron.herbalist
For everyone else, I’m passionate about supporting you so follow along with this free content to support your digestion naturally!
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If your digestion has never been the same since a course of antibiotics you're not imagining it.
Every week I speak with people who can trace their gut symptoms back to a single round of antibiotics. Bloating, food sensitivities, loose stools, IBS-type symptoms, urgency, inflammation... something in their gut changed and it's never been quite the same since.
One of the biggest reasons for this is the loss of butyrate.
Butyrate is a postbiotic produced by healthy gut bacteria and it does so much for digestion. Butyrate is the primary fuel source for the cells lining the large intestine, helps maintain the gut barrier, supports healthy bowel movements and keeps inflammation in check.
When antibiotics dramatically reduce the bacteria responsible for producing butyrate, the colon can lose one of its most important sources of support. For some people, this creates a dysfunctional pattern that can persist for years.
