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| WHAT'S INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY, OR LEAKY GUT, GOT TO DO WITH IT? |
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What happens after you swallow that Big Mac or your organically grown whole grain bran muffin . . What is Leaky Gut? The healthy intestine breaks food down into nutrients in an environment that includes “friendly” bacteria and beneficial yeasts. But the small intestine can become inflamed by certain antibiotics, too much aspirin or ibuprofen, excessive alcohol consumption, parasitic infection, and more. Inflammation can cause a widening of spaces between the intestinal villi (where nutrients pass into the bloodstream). This widening allows bacteria, fungi, parasites and their toxins, undigested protein, fat and waste (normally not absorbed into the bloodsteam when the intestine is healthy) to pass through the now damaged or leaky gut. These substances enter the bloodstream. Some Pertinent Facts FACT: The small intestine is approximately 20 feet long lined with millions of villi or tiny fingers that absorb nutrients from food. The combined surface of all the villi is enormous.
FACT: Two thirds of all immune activity occurs in your intestinal tract (often referred to as the gut). FACT: The following are some of the causes of inflammation to the lining of the intestinal tract:
FACT: When the intestinal tract becomes irritated or inflamed it can cause symptoms like constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, nausea, indigestion, gas, bloating, and cramps. It has effects on the whole body including allergies, anemia, fatigue, arthritis, eczema, psoriasis, muscle pain and more. Auto Immune Effects Leaky gut is almost always associated with auto-immune disease like allergy, arthritis, fatigue, and more. This is because your immune system becomes confused by the influx of foreign proteins into the bloodstream and creates antibodies to these and your own proteins.
It’s as if your house was full of guests at a party and a bunch of intruders enter the house. You panic and begin pepper spraying everyone, guests and intruders alike. Now everyone is disabled. The same happens with leaky gut-foreign and beneficial proteins are both attacked by your own antibodies. These antibodies can get into various tissues and create inflammation - in joints this inflammation is arthritis, in brain-chronic fatigue syndrome, in the lining of the small intestine - colitis or Crohn’s disease. Compromised Immunity. Leaky gut problems lower resistance to viruses, bacteria, parasites and candida. These microbes invade the bloodstream through the damaged small intestine and can colonize almost any body tissue or organ creating in the gums, for example, periodontal disease, or in the jaw, infection in the roots of teeth resulting in root canals or extractions. Microbes and their toxins can overwhelm the liver and prevent normal detoxification causing confusion, memory loss, and brain fog when exposure to additional toxins like cigarrette smoke or perfumes creates too much of a burden to detoxify. Poor Mineral Absorption Mineral deficiencies can occur with leaky gut because their carrier proteins can be damaged by the inflammation in the intestine. Magnesium absorption is compromised and can create the muscle pain and spasms that occur in fibromyalgia. Malabsorption of zinc can cause hair loss. Copper deficiency can be traced to elevated blood cholesterol and osteoarthritis. Osteoporosis can develop due to insufficient absorption of calcium, boron, silicon and magnesium. Digestive Disturbance & Irritable Bowel Bloating, gas and cramping may occur as the nutrients that are needed to counteract these are poorly absorbed. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are often the result of poor digestion and impaired assimilation. Intestinal permeability can be measured with several laboratory tests. 80% of IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome) patients test positive for intestinal permeability or leaky gut syndrome. Restoring Health to the Intestinal Tract Dietary changes are essential to the healing of Leaky gut. Eliminate sugars from your diet, white and brown table sugar, maple syrup, honey, barley malt, molasses, and fresh and dried fruits. You may be allergic to dairy and wheat - unless you know for sure you are not - then eliminate these. Not surprisingly, the diet that will help restore your intestinal health is almost identical to the Syndrome X diet (see article, page 1 of newsletter). Supplements
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Articles MISC. HEALTH CONDITIONS / ISSUES WHAT'S INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY, OR LEAKY GUT, GOT TO DO WITH IT? Statements on this page have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose or treat disease.