| Leaky Gut Syndrome |
29 Mar 2010 |
How many people suffering headaches, arthritis, iron deficiency, depression, chronic tiredness, somewhat overweight, with a history of infertility or miscarriage have considered the possibility of food sensitivity?
Research shows that some food proteins like casein (from milk) and gluten (from grains) actually attack the lining of the gut, tearing holes in it. The condition is known as "Leaky Gut Syndrome". No wonder it makes you feel tired and sick!
Casein and gluten are highly complex proteins - the most complex proteins eaten by humans. When you are unable to properly digest these proteins (food intolerance) you don't absorb nutrients properly, so you miss out on things like iron, calcium and vitamins. That leads to anaemia, osteoporosis and other types of malabsorption.
But that's just the start. When your gut is 'leaky' certain other nasties like bacteria and allergens escape into the bloodstream. This is a direct conduit to every other part of the body - so you get lots of infections like colds, 'flu and small sores get infected easily.
Do you find yourself having antibiotics all the time? Yes?
Then you very likely have untreated food intolerance. But it's easy to fix! Find your food intolerance using the Healing Program and you will get well and stay well.
Symptoms of food intolerance are often gastro-intestinal (GI) and include stomach bloating, cramping, flatulence and diarrhea. But the long term effects are more serious: anaemia, osteoporosis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), depression, dementia, obesity and bowel cancer.
GENETIC: It runs in the Family You got food intolerance from your parents - AND you have already passed it down to your children.
(A single membership of the Healing Program covers the whole family!)
For example dairy intolerance, fructose sensitivity and Celiac Disease are all genetic. If you are Celiac then ~10% of your first degree relatives (parents, brothers, sisters, children) will be Celiac as well. This is a much higher proportion than in the general population.
But Celiac disease is only a small fraction of all the people with gluten intolerance.
Gluten Sensitivity Much More Common Than Celiac Disease
New evidence (2001 - see references below) indicates Gluten sensitivity goes much wider than just Celiac Disease. Gluten sensitivity affects 15% or 1 in 7 people.
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) in up to 15% of people, is NOT the same as Celiac Disease (~ 1 in 130 people or less than 1%). The traditional test for Celiac Disease (CD) is a blood test (which is only a guide), then an intestinal biopsy: under anaesthetic the doctor takes a tissue sample from your intestine and sends it for testing.
Unfortunately many doctors still think Celiac Disease is the only type of Gluten sensitivity. So when the blood test result turns out negative or inconclusive, the patient can be misled into thinking Gluten is not the problem.
As a result Gluten intolerance is notoriously undiagnosed, misdiagnosed and and under-diagnosed.
- Do you have nagging symptoms that won't go away? It could be food intolerance!
- How to find out? The Healing Program is accurate and simple and needs no drugs or therapies.
Recent Research
Most doctors don't have time to read medical journals and catch up on new findings. So they can only apply the knowledge they learned 10, 20 or 30 years before, in medical school.
- With negative or inconclusive results the doctor may be dismissive of Gluten intolerance, even if you suggest it.
- And Dairy sensitivity occurs in 75% of the world's population
- Most Gluten intolerance is undiagnosed - resulting in serious but preventable diseases in many sufferers.
A common indicator is low iron or anemia. Most people just buy over-the-counter iron supplements and think that's all they need to do. But that's why many Gluten intolerant people are not diagnosed until later in life.
Eventually the long term anaemia causes other problems. And the body's ability to compensate diminishes with age. As a result some Gluten intolerance is diagnosed only after an emergency hospital admission of a middle-aged or elderly patient.
The immune system is involved
There is also the well known Celiac skin condition Dermatitis Herpetiformis, sustained itchy spots, but that is not present in all Gluten intolerant people.
All food intolerance causes other symptoms like chronic fatigue, osteoporosis, depression and infertility. No wonder, with all these symptoms it is tricky to nail down!
- Most food intolerance involves the immune system, contrary to previous understanding.
Even doctors and health professionals agree that food intolerance is poorly diagnosed.
But a solution is easy!
Use the proven Journal Method to find out your food intolerance - with proof with the Healing Program
References- 1. An inappropriate immune response. Sollid, Ludvig M. and Knut E. Lundin: Lancet Volume 358, Supplement 1, 2001.
- 2. Association of adult coeliac disease with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: a case-control study in patients fulfilling ROME II criteria referred to secondary care. Sanders et al. Lancet 2001; Volume 358: 1504 -1508.
- 3. Tricky to find, hard to treat, impossible to cure. Susanna Lohiniemi: Lancet Volume 358, Supplement 1, 2001.
- 4.Swinson, Slavin , Coles and Booth Coeliac disease and malignancy The Lancet, Jan.1983.
- 5. Cordain L, Cereal Grains: Humanity's Double Edged Sword. World Review of Nutrition & Dietetics, 1999;84:19-73
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