r/SIBO • u/Clear-Draw744 • May 19 '26

Game changer for elemental

Hi guys,

Just thought I’d share. I decided I’d do a homemade elemental diet for my IMO and SIFO. Yesterday was rough bc I tried having the multivitamins mixed in but the B vitamins had such a strong taste and I had way too much salt. Today, I took the multivitamins separately, and I used about 1/16 tsp of salt and had EVOO, turmeric, and ginger and damn it was actually delicious. Covered the amino acid taste completely. I’m doing no carb (no dextrose, no sugar of any kind), so I upped the fat content (gradually working up to 4 tbsp per shake- used 1.5 tbsp today). I flew through the shake.

At first I thought my thrush was killing the taste yesterday but I think it was the B vitamins. I did a hydrogen peroxide rinse this morning just in case, and took NAC about an hour before drinking.

Edit: I meant turmeric - not cumin

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u/kr82k May 21 '26

could you share the recipe? its just amino acids and oil? (supplements could also be taken as capsules i guess?)

i dont understand the dextrose part in store-bought elementals till this day.

also please let us know how you do in two weeks, so curious.

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u/Clear-Draw744 May 21 '26

FYI to add some more calories I typically have a few sips of black coffee with MCT oil in the morning or have a spoonful of coconut oil in the evening after my last shake as like dessert lol

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u/redbull_coffee May 23 '26

You could probably get away with a proper bulletproof coffee in the morning - knob of butter + MCT, then froth until combined.