Your Gut Health Matters!
Includes test, practitioner review & personal plan
Your SIBO home test kit includes:
- Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) breath test, analysed by our accredited labs
- Expertly designed SIBO Diet Plan and mini Healthpath education program, designed to support your health journey
- Review of your test results and symptoms by a qualified practitioner
- Your bespoke test report with health plan
- Tailored supplement plan, based on your SIBO results and symptom questionnaire
About this test
Collection method: Breath
Measures: Hydrogen, Methane
Turnaround time: 7 working days
For this SIBO test, you drink a small amount of sugary solution and collect breath samples over three hours. The type of gas found in your breath will reveal if you have bacteria where it shouldn’t be, and what type they are. Armed with this information, you’ll receive personalised advice to help you take action.
Your SIBO breath test results
Specific markers
The functional tests are hand-selected to give you unique and useful insight into your biochemistry
Personalised plan
Receive personalised, easy-to-follow recommendations from your personal practitioner, Tamara
Associated symptoms for testing
Gallstones
Acne
Fibromyalgia
Use of antacids
Multiple antibiotics
Sulphur smelling gas
Milk intolerance
Weight loss
Chronic stress
Floating stools
Dry skin
Low iron levels
Greasy stools
Abdominal pain
Sticky stools
Food poisoning
Low B12 levels
Interstitial cystitis
Fructose intolerance
Food sensitivities
Bloating
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Brain fog
Additional Information:
The lab uses a gas chromatograph to measure the respiratory gas concentrations of both hydrogen and methane in client's SIBO samples.
The SIBO breath test uses a lactulose solution and measures both Hydrogen and Methane gases levels. It does not detect SIFO or Hydrogen Sulphide. However, the results may be able to give clues about Hydrogen Sulphide presence, when a flat line result is given.
Glucose and Lactulose is measured:
Glucose. This is a monosaccharide (the smallest unit of carbohydrate).
Upside: Glucose is absorbed in the upper part of the small intestine, which means it doesn’t often reach the colon (large intestine). Since colonic fermentation is unlikely to interfere with the results, a SIBO breath test using glucose will rarely give false positive results7.
Downside: The fact that glucose is absorbed in the upper part of the small intestine can also be a downside—because it may not reach the lower part of the small intestine, where SIBO is more likely to be. This can lead to false-negative results.
Lactulose. This is a non-absorbable sugar made from lactose.
Upside: As this sugar is non-absorbable, it travels all the way through the small intestine. This means it’s much less likely to give false negative results.
Downside: If the lactulose travels through the small intestine too quickly (if a person has diarrhoea, for example), it can be more prone to giving false-positive results. Despite its name, lactulose is not lactose, so is usually fine for people who are lactose-intolerant to take. However, if you have a true lactose allergy (which is rare) then you should use glucose instead.
What’s more, SIBO breath tests can’t measure all the gases. Most people with SIBO either produce mostly hydrogen, mostly methane or mostly hydrogen sulphide. At present, there’s no way to test for hydrogen sulphide