Explore the complexities of SIBO, its impact on gut health, and evolving diagnostic methods for this often-misunderstood ...

The structure of the small intestine is specialised for rapid absorption of small soluble food molecules.

A few studies have shown a correlation between glucose and the colon’s microbiome, and animal studies have found that lipid absorption is manipulated by the small-intestine microbiota.

The apparatus used to model absorption in the small intestine can be set up like this ... tubing is sampled and tested for starch (using iodine) and glucose (using Benedict’s reagent).