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Are there any iron supplements safe to take with SIBO? Given the bacteria sequester iron for their needs. I ask because I frequently have female patients, often with low thyroid, who have low iron and ferritin. And in many of these cases, iron supplements don’t bring up their levels. Ferrochel Designs for Health. This makes me suspect SIBO, among other causes. If they do have SIBO, how do you raise iron without making SIBO worse, especially if they won’t eat liver?

Chris Kresser: So, yeah, very interesting question. Iron is used by beneficial bacteria as well, and I don’t know that...

How long do you typically advise taking supplements such as GastroMend and GI Revive for?

Chris Kresser: Again, yeah, short-term use usually 30, 60 days is enough to address the symptoms and what’s going on,...

In the melatonin discussion, you stated that 6-OH melatonin sulfates are a good representation of the night’s production of melatonin but it can’t be used to monitor therapy. So keep that in mind when you’re interpreting results for melatonin. Is this because supplementing with melatonin will give very high results in the report, as you mentioned? It could still improve quality subjectively and other markers on DUTCH, right?

Chris Kresser: Yes, so it just means that the amount of 6-OH melatonin that’s excreted in the urine is very...

Do you have a list of commonly used supplements like a wish list created in Emerson and our natural partners that we ADAPT students can use for own practice? This would be very helpful. How do you organize and find supplements you frequently use in your practice? Does your office assistant keep some inventory of MegaSpore, Prescript Assist and other products that aren’t found in Emerson or natural partners?

Chris Kresser: Yeah, so Shelpie we actually are going to be launching a supplement store for Kresser Institute trained practitioners...

I’ve seen many supplements with deglycerinated licorice, such as RepairVite from Apex. What’s the benefit of this ingredient?

Dr. Amy Nett: It’s generally to soothe the stomach and help repair the mucosa, so it’s different than the...

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