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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Blocked bile flow is one of the more common reasons I see SIBO not properly resolve, especially in people who have already done treatment and felt better for a period of time and then slowly saw their symptoms return.
Bile isn’t just there to digest fats. It plays a major antimicrobial role in the small intestine, helping keep bacterial growth controlled while also supporting proper motility through the gut.
When bile flow is sluggish, thick, or not being released properly motility can slow (think constipation, bloating, food just sitting there) and bugs can start to build up - think SIBO/SIFO.
SIBO treatment reduces the bacterial load, symptoms improve, but the underlying driver, poor bile flow, hasn’t changed. Over time things drift back to the original set point - aka SIBO regression!
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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Blocked bile flow is one of the more common reasons I see SIBO not properly resolve, especially in people who have already done treatment and felt better for a period of time and then slowly saw their symptoms return.
Bile isn’t just there to digest fats. It plays a major antimicrobial role in the small intestine, helping keep bacterial growth controlled while also supporting proper motility through the gut.
When bile flow is sluggish, thick, or not being released properly motility can slow (think constipation, bloating, food just sitting there) and bugs can start to build up - think SIBO/SIFO.
SIBO treatment reduces the bacterial load, symptoms improve, but the underlying driver, poor bile flow, hasn’t changed. Over time things drift back to the original set point - aka SIBO regression!
