Uploaded April 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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Bloating isn’t random. It tends to fall into a few repeatable patterns I see over and over in clinic and focusing on the REASON why you're bloated is the only way to see long term change.
Dysbiosis = wrong bugs, wrong place.
When the balance of bugs is off (or you’ve got overgrowth higher up aka SIBO), food ferments and produces gas instead of being digested properly.
Slow motility = things aren’t moving.
If transit is sluggish, food sits there longer than it should. Think constipation, heavy/full feeling, bloating that lingers rather than comes and goes and is often worse at the end of the day.
Leaky gut = irritation drives bloating.
When the gut lining is compromised, you get more immune activation and visceral hypersensitivity which is a fancy way of saying irritated nerves. Often amount of gas but you feel it more and show it in bloating and visible distention. Often this leaky gut picture comes with food reactions and symptoms of inflammation.
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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Bloating isn’t random. It tends to fall into a few repeatable patterns I see over and over in clinic and focusing on the REASON why you're bloated is the only way to see long term change.
Dysbiosis = wrong bugs, wrong place.
When the balance of bugs is off (or you’ve got overgrowth higher up aka SIBO), food ferments and produces gas instead of being digested properly.
Slow motility = things aren’t moving.
If transit is sluggish, food sits there longer than it should. Think constipation, heavy/full feeling, bloating that lingers rather than comes and goes and is often worse at the end of the day.
Leaky gut = irritation drives bloating.
When the gut lining is compromised, you get more immune activation and visceral hypersensitivity which is a fancy way of saying irritated nerves. Often amount of gas but you feel it more and show it in bloating and visible distention. Often this leaky gut picture comes with food reactions and symptoms of inflammation.
