Marshmallow root: No, not your sugar - filled camping dessert, this root actually helps repair
damaged gut lining in order to treat leaky gut syndrome.
Begin your healing journey by bringing in food medicines like bone broth, which works to build up
damaged gut lining along with probiotic - rich fermented foods like sauerkraut and kefir.
The immune system could be acting blindly due to high sugar intake, low vitamins D3 levels,
damaged gut lining among other things.
That can occur due to undigested foods exiting the stomach and feeding pathogenic bacterial strains that emit harmful
damaging gut lining toxins.
That can occur due to undigested foods exiting the stomach and feeding pathogenic bacterial strains that emit
harmful damaging gut lining toxins.
Gluten
also damages the gut lining and can cause malabsorption of essential nutrients, like selenium, needed to protect the thyroid gland from damage.
With the
villi damaged your gut lining is less effective, causing malabsorption, indigestion and discomfort... and leading to feeling generally weak and unwell because you aren't getting much from your food.
They're a concentrated source of lectins, defensive toxins
which damage the gut lining and wreck digestive havoc depending on your dietary intake elsewhere.
And coffee in particular is bad for those of us with autoimmunity because consuming can also result in acid reflux and
damage the gut lining further.
Plus, seeds are often high in lectins and other anti-nutrients; they're beneficial in moderate amounts (like pumpkin seeds) but can
damage your gut lining in excess.
Immunity — the pill, as with all pharmaceutical drugs and antibiotics
also damage the gut lining, but they also impact your good bacteria in your gut.
For example, you may have
a damaged gut lining and therefore need to avoid grains, sugars and starches, (as part of the GAPS diet protocol) until healing has occurred.
-LSB-...] I have explained in past posts, nightshades contain highly inflammatory substances that can
damage the gut lining and increase -LSB-...]
Because the enzyme lactase is produced in the very tips of the microscopic folds of the intestine, anything that
damages the gut lining can cause secondary lactose intolerance.
Both lectin proteins and gluten proteins have the potential to
damage the gut lining, but they're not the same.
Food sensitivities can
damage the gut lining.
So, there's nothing wrong with the food, it's
the damaged gut lining that causes this phenomenon.
... We have a real chance to heal and seal
our damaged gut lining thanks to this wonderful process of cell regeneration.
To summarize: anything that
damages the gut lining (bacterial, viral or parasitic infections, as well as alcohol, grains, legumes and dairy), can predispose you to leaky gut and the possibility of an autoimmune response.
This damages the gut lining and leads to poor nutrient absorption, resulting in significant digestive discomfort and frequent diarrhea or constipation (9).
Gelatin is known for it's ability to support youthful skin, supple joints, thick hair / nails and even help heal
a damaged gut lining.
From disrupting our hormones, to
damaging the gut lining, to inflammation and overloading our liver, our bodies need to work extremely hard at eliminating these chemicals.
An overabundance of bad bacteria also produces harmful chemicals that
damage your gut lining, prompting your immune system to recruit even more immune cells to the area.
This might actually be a parasitic infection in the large intestine or a bacterial overgrowth and
damaged gut lining in the small intestine to name a few of the large list that we can now test for.
The GAPS diet was derived from the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) created by Dr. Sidney Valentine Haas to naturally treat chronic inflammatory conditions in the digestive tract as a result of
a damaged gut lining.