Aroda added
With the cost of GLP-1 medicines exceeding $1,000 per month, this combination of high drug costs and a large patient population has profound affordability implications for both plan sponsors and their members
They also note that upper gastrointestinal symptoms alone should not be used to determine gastric content. In my opinion, these guidelines offer much better and clearer recommendations
Its not just toxins from your food that are eliminated by feces - many toxins that are deactivated by the liver, also use feces as an elimination pathway, including: excess steroid hormones that your liver has deactivated in order to maintain balance (estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, etc.) debris from harmful viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens that your immune system has fought off Increased SIBO risk (and other harmful microbes) - Stomach acid and motility are the two primary mechanisms your digestive system uses to eliminate harmful microbes, including opportunistic bacteria (leading to SIBO), parasites, candida/yeast, and viruses