Just to point out this recent finding that Vitamin D supplementation reduced intestinal permeability in trials. Vitamin D could hold key to Crohn’s treatment Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory problem of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, affects more people in the gloomier northern regions—and now researchers think that vitamin D, the ‘sunshine …
New Leaky Gut Factsheet
For your delectation today we have a new Leaky Gut/Hyper-Permeability factsheet. Leaky Gut, or actually body barrier breakdown, as many of you know, is a specialist subject of mine so I did have to limit myself to stop this factsheet being enormous, ha! That said, it is jam-packed with useful stuff for you. It includes …
The New Gluten Plan Q&A
After almost 6 months' hard slog, which only started out as a quick update to the Barrier Plan!, I have now released the all new singing and dancing Gluten Plan. In essence the Gluten Plan is aimed helping you with any form of gluten related disorder from simple gluten intolerance (ha!) to full-blown NCGS with …
Missing Protein Inhibitor Could Be the Cause Of Barrier Breakdown
Some real hope for us today in the guise of a study suggesting that people with hyper-permeability may be lacking in a particular protease inhibitor that protects the integrity of the body barriers. That's dynamite info. The researchers: have shown that Elafin, a protein with anti-inflammatory properties, is less abundant in patients with celiac disease …
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Coconut Oil Strengthens Skin Barrier
You may recall I wrote a piece called Thinny Skinnies a while ago now, discussing the skin barrier and what affects it. I followed it up with Skin Creams: A Barrier to Health? You can read both of them here. I noticed in the SkinsMatter newsletter this morning a study showing what I was trying …
New TFG Safe Anti-Inflammatory
I mentioned curcumin from turmeric last week as an excellent anti-inflammatory. We already have an excellent TGF safe anti-inflammatory in the Barrier Plan - Biotics Kapparest (see the plan for exact dosage details etc)- but it has quite a few ingredients to it and some people can't do one or other of them. I chose this …
Yeast Free Beta Glucans Now In At YHB
I have been advising Paradise Herbs yeast free Beta Glucans for those of you who can't take normal beta glucans because of a yeast sensitivity. The beta glucans are recommended in a few of the plans especially the candida plan in the low SIgA protocol. It has been a bind to get hold of in the …
#Gluten Sensitivity, AutoImmunity and Cross-Reactions
Fab and very detailed article in the Townsend Letter recently about gluten sensitivity, autoimmunity and cross-reactive foods, so very close to our TGF hearts since these are three key areas I based the Barrier Plan around - thanks to J, who sent it in for us. Celiac Disease and Its Association with Other Autoimmune Disorders …
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#Adrenal Fatigue Recovery Off #Gluten
I just HAD to share this news with you today! A few weeks ago, I started to take my own advice and got the Barrier Breakdown Checklist (part of your Barrier Plan) out so I could start seeing if there is anything else I could be doing to lower my hypersensitivity. Adrenal Fatigue As A …
Baby #Probiotics For #Food Intolerance and #Coeliac Disease
I have just posted a report on the Purehealth blog here about the fact that research is starting to bear us nutritionists out that early antibiotic exposure is a probable cause of later food sensitivity: Antibiotic exposure in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk of FA [Food Allergy] and may …
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