Re: Leaky Gut and Hypothyroid: Which Probiotics and Digestive Enzymes?
I got a leaky gut and hypothyroid by following Dr Young's book which believes that a high alkaline diet (mine was 9 & normal is abou 7.5) eating mostly pureed raw leafy vegetables would resolve weakness & some fatigue and what resulted was even worse!!! Now I even have a spastic colon the width of my thumb and constipation not because of hard stools but very soft stools and tight colon. This was caused I think because the high alkaline state (swallowed baking 3 teaspoons/day) killed the good bacteria and the raw green veggies were super high in goitrogens which cause hypothryroid and tons of lectins (yes, proteins from plants) to eat away my intestinal microvilli and eventually (1 yr) punch or stretch holes in my gut causing the leak gut and autoimmune diseases to develop.
I've never been obese and am not now and wondered if probiotics will help to restore the good bacteria in my colon. Have to use an
water enema for a bowel movement. My guess is that not only is the colon about less than an
inch in diameter but intestines too with the intestines probably now stretched out at least 5 ft longer than before! Someone should file a class action law suit against Dr Young for claiming in his book "Ph Miracle" that all bacteria, fungus, mold, viruses, yeast should be destroyed.