Background

It started in 2022, after a perfect storm of COVID, antibiotics for dental work, street food in a few exotic destinations, and a difficult year personally. What followed was three years of specialists, scopes, blood work, and stool panels before landing on a diagnosis: bacterial and methanogen overgrowth in the small intestine.

“Between 2023 and 2025 I had six laboratory breath tests. Every one of them confirmed the problem was still there, regardless of diet changes, antibiotics, supplements and everything else I tried.”

The tests kept confirming there was a problem, but they couldn’t say what was happening in between, and that’s where the real treatment was taking place.

Finding FoodMarble

Each round of antimicrobials, each enzyme, each supplement was a small experiment, but there was no way to read the result until the next appointment, sometimes three months out.

“Decisions were being made on memory and impression.”

That gap was what needed closing. Celeste bought the AIRE 2 and used it daily for five months, logging meals, symptoms, medication and supplements alongside every reading.

What She Found

The daily data surfaced things no single test ever had.

“Small adjustments to my supplements produced large shifts in the measured gases, and the timing pointed to a change I hadn’t suspected, not the one I’d assumed was responsible.”

Even more unexpected findings pointed towards other causes, something that hasn’t been considered before.

“I found that my bloating was almost completely uncorrelated with my gas levels: the symptom was real, but fermentation wasn’t driving it.”

That single finding redirected the whole search, toward a different diagnosis and a specialist working on abdominophrenic dyssynergia, the actual mechanism behind the bloating.

“The device helped me enormously there, because the next time I sat down with a doctor, I brought charts instead of recollections.”

Where Things Stand Now

The protocol is still ongoing, and the bloating and digestive symptoms haven’t resolved yet. But the approach has changed entirely.

“I’m no longer trying things blindly and hoping. I can measure exactly what happens after every diet change, antimicrobial, enzyme or supplement, and know whether it’s working. That’s why I’d recommend the FoodMarble device to anyone dealing with SIBO.”

Where a single breath test can confirm a diagnosis, daily testing showed Celeste what was actually happening between appointments, turning three months of guesswork into evidence a doctor could act on.