Fitness guru Emily Skye reveals health battle

An Australian fitness blogger has shared the reason behind her painful bloating and gut issues.

Emily Skye, who has more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram, posted about her health, revealing that parasites and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) were to blame for the issues she had been having, along with being rundown.

The fitness guru and mother of one went on to explain how she planned to get her gut health back to normal, adding that she was "impatient" and would like a quicker fix.

"I'm working on getting rid of the parasites & balancing my good & bad bacteria in my belly," Skye said in the post.

"Did you know that you can even have too much of a 'good' strain of bacteria," she asked her followers.

"I have way too much of the Lactobacillus strains! So I've switched my probiotics to one without them.

"When a specific species in your gut ecosystem are missing your entire system is compromised. That's why I believe in changing up your probiotics".

Skye then went on to explain how it affected other areas.

"An imbalance of gut bacteria can affect almost everything in your body - even your mood & mental health," she concluded.

Skye's followers praised her for sharing her story.

"Sometime I get so frustrated and confused when I'm eating healthy but getting so bloated and not sure where to start to change it," one user said.

"Wow, that's crazy," said another.