 Hi, this is Dr. Ruscio and I'm very happy to announce the first ever low-carb elemental diet. Elemental diets are a powerful tool for gut healing, including IBS and SIBO, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and altered bowel function. And also, some evidence suggests they're helpful for joint pain and for inflammatory bowel disease. And these elemental diets, these liquid meal replacements, are actually one of the most effective therapies for those who have not optimally responded to preliminary interventions like diets and probiotics. And I'm very happy to announce that while most elemental diets up to date have had about 60 grams of carbs per serving, we have now released a low-carb version with only 20 grams of carbs per serving. What is special and unique about elemental diets? Well, firstly, they are hypoallergenic, meaning they are devoid of common irritants that can inflame and potentially damage your gut. Secondly, they are anti-inflammatory because of this. Thirdly, the contents are pre-digested, meaning the proteins are broken down, the carbohydrates are broken down, there is little to no fiber. And why this is helpful is because it can starve bacteria and fungal overgrowth in the gut. And this can actually be a very helpful and healing thing for those who have intestinal inflammation and inbalances in intestinal bacteria and fungus. This ties into, then answering the question, why are these elemental diets helpful? Well, firstly, elemental diets reduce your exposure to foodstuffs that could be irritating the gut and therefore causing inflammation. Secondly, because the ingredients are pre-digested, this is akin to giving your gut a break or a chance to rest because now your gut doesn't have to work so hard to break down all the food, it can actually focus on repair and regeneration. Think of it as if you had sprained your ankle. Your ankle can heal, but it'd be very hard for your ankle to heal if you were running three miles every day. So the same parallel here holds where your gut oftentimes can heal if we can allow it a chance to rest. And elemental diets have been documented in the published literature to reduce SIBO or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and I actually suspect the same thing is true for fungus because the way these elemental diets work is the nutrients in them are absorbed within the first few feet of your small intestine. So the entirety or the remainder, the majority of the small intestine and the large intestine don't have to work to process and digest these foods and it also deprives the bacteria and fungus in the intestinal tract of the foods they need to survive. And there is a robust amount of documentation showing that elemental diets can actually reduce inflammation. And in brief, what does the evidence here show? What is the science-based recommendation? Well, if you scroll down on this page, you'll be able to see a synopsis of the data, but thankfully there are a handful of trials that have shown the ability to one remarkable study to decrease gastrointestinal symptoms as well as decrease SIBO. One study finding that the elemental diet can actually be as effective as prednisone for reducing the joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis and a number of studies in inflammatory bowel disease showing that the digestive tract inflammation and autoimmunity that's a part of that disease can actually be very, very nicely attenuated by the use of an elemental diet. And elemental diets thankfully can be used in a variety of applications. The simplest way may be to use these as a meal replacement. So on some mornings or most mornings, if you're especially if you're on the go, you can sip on one of these shakes during breakfast and that can give your gut a chance to rest, heal, and to starve some of these overgrowth. Now, you could also do this as a mini gut reset where you use these liquid diets exclusively for anywhere from two to four days. And all the way at the other end of the spectrum, and this is what's been published in some of the peer reviewed literature, you could be exclusively on elemental diet nutrition for anywhere up to two weeks. So there's a lot of options at your disposal. It depends on you where you are on your journey, how severe your symptoms are, how motivated you are. But the good news here is if this is used at minimal as a meal replacement or all the way up as a kind of maximal approach for two weeks exclusively, there are options and you should be able to find an option along this array here that fits for your motivation level and for your level of severity. So if you have not yet trialed a elemental diet, I would highly recommend it. And thankfully we have a assortment of various elemental diet formulas to help you find the exact one that fits best for you. Low carb, way free, traditional, which would be with the use of whey protein and in an assortment of different flavors. And if you have not yet given this a trial, it's something that is certainly worth a shot because it can be quite helpful, especially if you feel like you haven't been able to get your gut fully healed. This can for some cases be what gets you over the hump.