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leaky gut syndrome
Leaky Gut Syndrome is a very common health disorder, and one that’s becoming more and moreprevalent. It is a debilitating condition that often goes undiagnosed by the mainstream medical profession. Yet it is a major cause of illness and, if left untreated, can become life threatening. Many people have leaky gut but do not realise until a lot of damage has been done.
Many things can cause our gut to become leaky, including alcohol, stress, processed foods, pharmaceutical and recreational drugs and food intolerance.
When we are not looking after our bodies our whole digestive tract can become aggravated and inflamed. When this happens, the intestinal wall becomes dysfunctional and more porous than normal and this is when Leaky Gut Syndrome can occur. Being more open, bacteria, fungi, parasites, toxins, undigested protein, fat and waste normally not absorbed into the bloodstream in the healthy state, can leak through the more porous than usual gut wall. Simply put, big holes develop between the cells of the gut wall allowing bacteria, toxins and food to leak into the
bloodstream.
When an inflamed intestinal tract allows the entry of undesired material to our bloodstream our immune system is placed under extra and ongoing pressure to fight and detoxify these unwanted materials from our system. Any material crossing the intestinal lining is inspected by the immune system and it is here the immune system has to have its strongest support or barrier. If the gut or intestine is not healthy, the rest of the body can’t be healthy.
Typical signs and symptoms of LGS include:
• Bloating, gas, burping, reflux
• Abdominal pain and or distension
• Fatigue after eating
• Constant hunger
• Headaches,
• Sore joints & muscle pain
• Raised temperature
• Food allergies
• Dysbiosis (imbalance of gut)
There is no one magic pill to cure leaky gut syndrome – to get well you need to eliminate all irritants so the gut wall has a real chance to heal. Use quality supplements to heal up the holes in the gut wall. Replenish the good bacteria with high grade probiotics. By eating nourishing healing good quality foods you can start repairing and detoxifying your body for long term health and energy. |
Action Points
Reduce your chance of
suffering LGS
The following points will greatly assist
your body to reduce the chance of you
suffering from LGS.
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Keep away from sugars, alcohol, coffee, dairy, refined carbohydrates and processed foods.
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Provide proper nutrition to the body by eating for your metabolic type and eating quality organic whole foods.
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Eat a mix of high quality proteins vegetables, fruits and fats in each meal.
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Chewing foods to a liquid before swallowing is critical to helping digestion and maintaining a healthy intestine.
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Include quality Probiotics and other natural digestive enzymes to improve the digestive function and health.
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Drink only purified water and hydrate with the correct amount for our body weight, every 30kgs you need a litre + a cup
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Stress is a major cause of LGS. While we can not always remove stress or stressful situations, if we are looking after the over all health of our body and mind using the 6 Life Principles we are able to minimise the impact of stress on our digestive tract. It is in the Small and Large intestine that all of the nutrients, water and salt needed to fuel or feed our metabolism enter our bodies. The small intestine does almost all nutrients absorption, performing processing of sugars, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. The large intestine mainly absorbs water and salts from the
remaining contents. These are the foundation of the fuel for our bodies if there is poor gut health them we will have poor nutrient uptake.
LGS caused by the inflammation of the gut lining can be brought about by the some of the following:
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Alcohol and caffeine, which irritate the gut wall, this includes cokes (diet and regular), chocolate, coffee & chlorinated drinking water
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Use of antibiotics
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Environmental contaminants
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Medications
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Poor diet - high in refined foods, processed sugars and nutritional deficiencies
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Incomplete chewing and digestion of foods
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Stress
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Parasitic type infestations
Leaky Gut Syndrome has also been linked with many things, such as: Celiac Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Autism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Eczema, Dermatitis, Ulcerative Colitis. |
Michelle Owen ::
Phone +64 2177 0153
www.michelleowen.co.nz
C.H.E.K. Practitioner Level 3, C.H.E.K. H.L.C 3 |
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