Is Leaky Gut Real?
A client sent me this message: I just came back from a talk about allergies… the doctor said “there’s no such thing as leaky gut. It’s just a term used by naturopaths to try and sell you something.”Leaky gut or “intestinal hyper-permeability” is very real and there are numerous studies connecting leaky gut with multiple chronic diseases like celiac, Crohn’s, Type 1 diabetes, and IBS to name a few.So what is leaky gut exactly?Imagine a wooden picket fence.A fence normally has small gaps in between each plank of wood, right? In the GI tract, these are called “tight...