Re: very informative site on leaky gut - please read

yeah i noticed there wasn't much for treatment on that site but i found it very interesting and informative about the whole process - especially when they talked about yeast staying in the intestinal tract. i have heard this before...that it never actually spreads into your other organs but it is the toxins in the blood that create all of the systemic problems. so that would mean if you could clear out the intestines and bowel you could get it under control. but then again i don't understand how we get rashes if the yeast doesn't spread to other parts of the bodies. i don't know - some believe this theory and some don't. i don't know what to believe but i definitely know that it is very important to clean out those intestines and restore the good bacteria...but that is a given anyways.

this was the only thing on that site about treatment:

Leaky Gut Syndrome has various components, all of which need to be evaluated and addressed. First, ongoing irritants to the small intestine mucosal lining (fungus, food allergies , and NSAIDs) need to be identified and neutralized. Second, nutrients and herbs are required to promote healing of the epithelial lining. Third, and perhaps the key link, the liver needs to be regulated. Fourth, the lymphatics and interstitial fluids need to be detoxified. Fifth, the immune and endocrine systems need to be regulated and supported. And sixth, the stomach and pancreas needs to be regulated, if necessary.

The therapy takes between four and eight months. Patients need to be vigilant about their diet in avoiding food allergies and minimizing the growth of Candida.


BUT...they do not go into specifics about how to treat each of these individual aspects.

here is a really good informative site as well that i think talks about treatment in it.

http://www.liverdoctor.com/04_leakygut_syndrome.asp