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Intestinal Permeability
(“Leaky Gut Syndrome”)

Recommended supplementation and lifestyle changes (not meant as a diagnosis or to replace the advice of a health care practitioner):

DOCTOR’S A-Z food supplementation: Protykin (1 + daily), digestive Health (1= w/ each meal), n-zymes (2 + w/ each meal), L Glutamine (1TID), ClearTrac Prebiotic AG (1-2 Tsp BID)

Or BIOTIC’S food supplementation: 3 IPS (3x each day)
1 Bio-Immunozyme Forte (3x each day)
1 BioProtect (3x each day)
2 Hydro-Zyme (With meals, only with food)
3 L-Glutamine (3x each day)

Nutriclear shake (recommended) (BID or TID)

· Find and eliminate any hidden food sensitivities: Allergens burden the immune system and irritate the intestinal lining. Your doctor will help you find and eliminate allergens.
· Avoid refined sugar, refined carbohydrate and hydrogenated oils: These substances promote the growth harmful organisms in the digestive tract (dysbiosis) creating intestinal irritation and inflammation.
· Make and drink fresh (organic, if possible) vegetable juices: Vegetable juices contain folic acid, other trace nutrients and bioflavonoids to help restore the lining of the intestine. Cabbage juice is especially beneficial to the intestinal lining.
· Make and eat a large chopped salad at two meals each day: Vegetable fiber helps balance the bowel flora and decrease bowel transit time, reducing the toxins in the bowel.
· Check the list of substances that help heal the intestinal lining (on the following pages) and add one or more of them to your diet.

Additional recommendations (your doctor may want to individualize the lifestyle and nutrient recommendations for you):

Your intestinal tract normally works to absorb nutrients and to keep toxins, bacteria and other harmful materials out of the body. Dysbiosis, chemical toxicity, drug therapy, heavy metal toxicity and poor diet can irritate the lining of the digestive tract. If the lining becomes sufficiently irritated it becomes a poor barrier; bacteria, toxins and other harmful materials have access to the body; this is known as intestinal permeability.

Intestinal permeability, or "leaky gut," as it is commonly called, can lead to a variety of health problems. It is a possible cause of allergies. Often it is accompanied by digestive problems. Incompletely digested protein particles (called "peptides") are absorbed. These molecules are large enough to alert the immune system. Some experts believe that bacteria and viruses gain access to the body, challenging the immune system. There may even be a connection between excess intestinal permeability and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. In fact, many chronically-ill people with allergies, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or who are "just plain sick" have at least part of their problem rooted in intestinal permeability.

Various nutrients and foods can help to heal the intestinal lining and decrease intestinal permeability. Similarly, there are foods and other substances that, when ingested, aggravate leaky gut.

Substances That Aggravate Leaky Gut Syndrome

· Refined sugar and refined carbohydrates
· Chemical additives and pesticides
· Hydrogenated oils
· Anti-inflammatory medication (aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.)
· Antibiotics
· Steroids

Substances That Help Heal Leaky Gut Syndrome

· Cabbage juice
· Vegetables
· Bioflavonoids (like quercetin, pycnogenol, etc.)
· Whey (provided that you are not allergic to dairy). You can get whey made from goat’s milk.
· Lamb intestine concentrate
· Glycine
· Butyric acid

Supporting intestinal permeability usually involves activities that are good for your general health. support is beneficial even if the bowel is healthy.