This occurs
because larger food particles are not broken down properly into their smaller constituents that allow for normal absorption through the digestive tract and healthy elimination.
When the gut is leaky,
undigested large food particles leak through the intestinal wall, prompting a response from the immune system, which can create many food allergies that would otherwise not affect you.
Any of these can damage the villi, the cells within the intestinal tract, that tighten to
keep large food particles from entering the bloodstream.
The enzymes are essential for breaking down
large food particles into very small particles and they also act as catalysts for thousands of other metabolic processes throughout the body.
In leaky gut syndrome, intestinal cells lose their tight junction allowing
these larger food particles to escape into the blood.
Leaky Gut Syndrome occurs when the lining of the digestive tract becomes weakened or damaged so that
larger food particles can pass through and enter your bloodstream.
Instead,
these larger food particles can contribute to damage and disease in the digestive tract resulting in immune system disturbances and related inflammation.
The mucosa becomes traumatized and inflamed, causing the junctions (the spaces in the cheesecloth) to become stretched or damaged to the point where they're no longer able to filter out
larger food particles, bacteria and toxins.