Lots of changes going on with supplements currently, which is making life a little challenging! Some of you may have noticed that ARG ButyrEn, which I recommend all the time for leaky gut, has been out of stock at Natural Dispensary for ages. However, Christine and I have been tracking down alternative supplies for you. …
Vitamin D Aids Leaky Gut
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 …
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 …
Should You Test For A Leaky Gut?
Well, yes and no. Let me explain. In fact, let SCD Lifestyle explain as they've just done a useful post on it, so it saves me time! Their post was about a webinar which has now gone, but some of the points in the post are useful anyway. I have been asked my views on it …
Should You Test For A Leaky Gut?
Well, yes and no. Let me explain. In fact, let SCD Lifestyle explain as they've just done a useful post on it, so it saves me time! Their post was about a webinar which has now gone, but some of the points in the post are useful anyway. I have been asked my views on it …
Watch The Weedkillers This Summer!
Are you squirting your plants in this lovely weather to keep the pests at bay? If you are, please take note of these two interesting articles and choose wisely. First, the Soil Association is warning against the use of certain pesticides they feel are harming our honey bees. They advise: anything that contains acetamiprid, imidacloprid, thiacloprid or thiamethoxam should be avoided. …
The brave new world of DIY faecal transplant
Not for the faint-hearted this article, but here is a fab piece on faecal transplants - that's transplanting poo from one person to another to you and me. Why the heck would anyone want to do that?! Well, if you have recurrent C Diff infection, or indeed some other chronic GI issues, it's becoming a …
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What Gut ‘Bugs’ Have To Do With Gluten Intolerance
Very interesting piece today from GreenMedInfo discussing the relationship between the intestinal flora and our sensitivity to gluten. Two key 'takeaways': It appears that bacteria in our guts determine how much access these peptides have to our immune system, and that gluten also changes our gut bacteria. It's a two way street. Caminero et al identified 144 strains and 35 …
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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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