by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 17, 2026 | Blog, Gastrointestinal Disorders
The recurrence rate for SIBO after standard antibiotic treatment approaches 99 percent. That number is not an indictment of the antibiotics — it is an indictment of stopping there. The Kharrazian Institute’s clinical training teaches practitioners to treat SIBO...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, Gastrointestinal Disorders
Most practitioners ordering gut permeability testing are measuring the wrong thing for the wrong patient at the wrong time. A zonulin panel comes back elevated, the practitioner notes “leaky gut,” and the protocol begins — usually glutamine, probiotics,...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 10, 2026 | Blog, Essentials of Functional Medicine
Most autoimmune patients arrive at a functional medicine practice already on a suppressive medication, already exhausted, and already told their diet doesn’t matter. The research says otherwise. Dietary interventions, sleep quality, stress physiology, and toxic...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 7, 2026 | Blog, Essentials of Functional Medicine
Most autoimmune patients arrive at a functional medicine clinic carrying the same thing: a diagnosis, a suppressive medication, and a list of symptoms that medication isn’t touching. The practitioner who treats the diagnosis will get the same result the...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 3, 2026 | Blog, Essentials of Functional Medicine
Most chronic disease patients arrive at a functional medicine office having already seen multiple specialists. Each specialist found something. Each one treated it. None of it resolved the underlying problem. This is not a failure of the individual clinician — it is a...
