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Leaky Gut, or Leaky Gut Syndrome, is not a specifically defined medical condition. The medical term for it is actually intestinal permeability, indicating that the intestine allows liquid to pass through.
Or leak.
Integrative and alternative medicine practitioners have developed the theory that Leaky Gut is a condition in which the intestines are overly permeable, allowing toxins, microbes, and even undigested food particles into the body, leading to illness and fatigue, among other things. Practitioners have speculated that Leaky Gut Syndrome is associated with a number of conditions, from anxiety and autoimmune disorders to heartburn, hypothyroidism, ulcerative colitis, and many more.
Leaky Gut is not simply a condition reflecting the presence of toxins leaked from the intestine to other parts of the body, however. It is also a cause of the coordinate failure of the intestinal tract to digest those substances properly.
It is a condition resulting from a loss of necessary nutrients as much as it is the “leaking” of those nutrients along with other substances from the right place to the wrong place within the body, in other words.
Digestive juices contain enzymes that break food down into different nutrients. The small intestine is responsible for 90% of digestion, so a leaky gut is disastrous in terms of proper nutrient absorption.
Lacking those nutrients, you will become ill.
The illness that accompanies Leaky Gut Syndrome can take many form. Nearly all of the symptoms of a leaky gut are gastrointestinal in nature—but some are not. Some appear as more general, overall health issues.
.The Leaky Gut Syndrome experience is unique to its sufferer.
Burdened by this condition, you may experience severe fatigue, bloating and diarrhea, Crohn’s disease, food allergies, food sensitivities, or constipation. You may also experience depression, muscle aching, fever, rheumatoid arthritis, Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADHD), acne, psoriatic arthritis, or fistful of additional issues that may not at first glance appear to be related to the digestive process.
This is why conventional medical diagnoses are nearly always short of the mark.
When confronted with the myriad symptoms of Leaky Gut Syndrome, doctors often resort to the knee-jerk prescription of antibiotics.
This is generally a fruitless attempt to either cover every contingency or to placate patients who aren’t happy unless they’ve left the office with a prescription in hand that will do something.
The trouble with this is that broad-spectrum antibiotics will alter the gut flora, killing helpful bacteria as well as harmful ones. One study demonstrated the intestinal flora remained devastated two years after an antibiotic treatment.
It is also worth recalling the well-publicized rise of antibiotic-resistant “super bugs” that has occurred largely due to over-prescription of antibiotics.
However, for the sufferer of Leaky Gut Syndrome, the bottom line issue is that broad spectrum antibiotic treatment simply doesn’t work. The destruction of helpful bacteria and the introduction of super-bugs into one’s personal environment are one thing; the overall failure to actually address the problem is another.
It is frustrating to visit one doctor after another only to be met with a shrug and yet another antibiotic prescription each time.
The problem is that doctors are not specifically trained to step back and consider a range of problems in a person from an aerial point-of-view. Too often, they do not consider the patient before them holistically.
Instead, a general practitioner may see a condition such as eczema and either prescribe a pharmaceutical cream that simply treats eczema, or he or she may simply refer the patient with that condition to a dermatologist. And the dermatologist will simply zero in on his or her specialty: the skin.
All too often, neither professional will stop to consider that the eczema could be related to a larger condition, to the patient’s own lifestyle—to the digestive tract.
So, now that you suspect that you may suffer from Leaky Gut Syndrome, what do you do about it?
The first step to take is to examine the foods you’ve been eating and to consider where your sensitivities lie.
One of the best ways to do this is to take a food sensitivity test so that you can plan your future clean eating and anti-inflammatory diet.
Food sensitivity tests are no longer as expensive as they once were. At-home tests such as Everywell cost as little as $159 and require nothing more than a quick prick of the finger and the mailing in of your sample.
Otherwise, a comprehensive food elimination diet is key. This is a process of removing certain foods from your diet, one at a time, and then watching for the appearance or disappearance of your various symptoms. It is a process of removing x-factors, and narrowing down the likely culprits in your diet.
Keeping a food journal—what you are or are not eating on given days—is very helpful to this process.
Some of the usual suspects and key for removal from the diet include: sugar, salt, standard cooking oils, red meat and game meats, processed meats, refined carbohydrates, full-fat dairy products, artificial sweeteners and flavorings, alcohol, and Trans fats.
Replace these things with foods such as olive oil, cherries, walnuts, bell peppers, ginger, turmeric, probiotics, salmon and other fatty fish, non-fish sources of Omega-3s such as Canola oil and spinach, green and leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower.
Note that some conditions, such as candida and H Pylori will still require antifungal and antibiotic therapies to alleviate.
Once you have cleaned up your diet, next steps include:
- Switching from oral NSAIDS drugs (ibuprofen, naproxen, Celebrex, etc.) to topical NSAIDS drugs when you are experiencing a headache or muscle soreness.
- Avoiding unnecessary antibiotics.
- Avoiding overuse of anti-acid drugs, such as Prilosec, Nexium, and Pepcid.
- Boiling your tap water for 15 minutes to burn off chlorine, or trying Alkaline water.
- Having a heavy metal test done to detect sub-chronic mercury exposure in your system.
- Avoiding plastic water bottles containing BPA.
- Going organic and refusing to ingest harmful pesticides.
- Reducing stress through mindfulness, meditation, biofeedback, and exercise.
- Repairing your Leaky Gut and intestinal issues with specific herbs and supplements.
- Drinking 8 eight-ounce glasses of water every day.
Finding the right treatment and support plan for Leaky Gut Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, SIBO, and IBS is not always easy.
Treatment of Leaky Gut Syndrome involves so much more than simply popping a pill twice per day.
While it is possible to go it alone and pick your way through the literature on the subject and to devise your own treatment regimen, there is a better option.
The easiest way to find the right treatment plan and to find both professional and social support for your new adventure is to opt to work the right plan already devised by the right person: a sufferer of Leaky Gut like yourself, who understands the frustration inherent in attempting to explain to a busy general practitioner doctor that you “just don’t feel right.”
Our Leaky Gut Protocol, as described above, is the single pathway you need for restoration of your digestive tract, your energy level, and your health.
Finding the right treatment and support plan for Leaky Gut Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, SIBO, and IBS is not always easy.
Treatment of Leaky Gut Syndrome involves so much more than simply popping a pill twice per day.
While it is possible to go it alone and pick your way through the literature on the subject and to devise your own treatment regimen, there is a better option.
The easiest way to find the right treatment plan and to find both professional and social support for your new adventure is to opt to work the right plan already devised by the right person: a sufferer of Leaky Gut like yourself, who understands the frustration inherent in attempting to explain to a busy general practitioner doctor that you “just don’t feel right.”
Our Leaky Gut Protocol, as described above, is the single pathway you need for restoration of your digestive tract, your energy level, and your health.
