Irritable Bowel Syndrome and LGS
It may surprise you to discover that substances moving through your gastrointestinal tract can be considered to be outside your body. The reason for this is that in addition to absorbing the nutrients you need, your intestine also serves as barrier that keeps waste material from invading the rest of your body, particularly the bloodstream.
However, your intestinal lining may become compromised and therefore unable to properly absorb nutrients and play its role as a safety barrier. Leaky gut syndrome, or increased intestinal permeability, is what this condition is called.
So you can see how important the intestine is to maintaining health, and therefore why it’s necessary to do all you can to keep it functioning properly. Unfortunately, you can still be afflicted with digestive issues even if you follow healthy practices, such as exercise and proper diet. Specifically, leaky gut syndrome can result from other factors.
So what are these factors?
A leaky gut may result for any of a variety of reasons, including: NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen), surgical trauma, food allergies, and certain harmful species of bacteria. Moreover, processed foods, proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole, and antibiotics can damage the lining of the intestine. So, even though you may be eating healthily, your intestinal lining may still become inflamed and damaged.
The increased intestinal permeability that characterizes leaky gut syndrome allows undigested food particles, toxins, and bacteria to escape into your bloodstream. Once there, your body mounts an immune response against these escaped substances, which it regards as invaders. Food sensitivities, food allergies, irritation, and inflammation are all the results, and may lead to other chronic health conditions.
Other conditions that commonly result from LGS are: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, infection with Candida albicans, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac’s, Chron’s Disease, allergies to certain foods, and IBS (irritable bowel syndrome).
If you are suffering from a stubbornly persistent issue with your health, you would likely benefit from taking steps to improve your intestine’s health. Many health care providers strongly urge maintaining a healthy colon as a fundamental part of your overall health.
What can you do to improve the health of your colon?
-Begin a diet that is specifically geared toward healing and preserving your intestine and its lining.
-See a health care provider to determine whether or not you are experiencing an infection with pathogenic organisms.
-Undertake an elimination diet to identify what foods sensitivities you may have, and explore the possibility of food allergies with your doctor.
-Begin a regiment of natural treatment to support the lining of your intestine.
It is important to understand that, while leaky gut syndrome is a serious condition that can lead to other serious conditions, it is completely treatable. In fact, you can treat it yourself with simple changes to your diet and other natural treatments.
Please keep in mind that the information provided here is for educational purposes only. If you think you may be suffering from leaky gut syndrome or any other health condition, consult your doctor or other professional health care provider.
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Leaky Gut And Autism
Children who suffer from autism can benefit by excluding casein and gluten from their diets. One hypothesis as to why posits a link between behavioral issues and food allergies. We can define an allergy as as an exaggerated immune response by the immune system to a perceived invader. This response can produce a range of symptoms, such as loose stools, nausea and vomiting, raspy breath and wheezing, and dermatological responses like rashes and hives.
Difficulty with communication is common among children with autism. This can inhibit their ability to inform others when they experience pain, like gastrointestinal reflux and cramping. As a result, they may behave aggressively, throw fits, and scream because they can’t verbally express how they feel. In this way, autistic behaviors can be triggered by allergies.
In addition, leaky gut syndrome (also known as hyperpermeability and increased intestinal permeability) may afflict autistic children. In this condition the intestinal lining becomes irritated and inflamed, and thereby sustains damage that makes it more permeable, or “leaky”. Antibiotics, Candida overgrowth, toxic substances, and infections may explain how this damage occurs. This upset to the intestinal tract can throw off the balance of healthy bacteria that normally reside in the intestine, as well as reduce the body’s ability to absorb some proteins such as casein and gluten.
Among other things, a healthy colon will act as a barrier between the digestive tract and the rest of the body, particularly the bloodstream . A leaky gut, on the other hand, will allow intestinal contents into the bloodstream such as bacteria, toxins, and undigested or partially digested protein. The body perceives these substances as invaders and mounts an immune response, which can cause food allergies since the body will now see some of what is eaten as foreign matter.
Autism researchers have also characterized what is known as the “opioid effect”. This is a situation in which peptides (components of proteins) from casein and gluten gain access to the brain due to their presence in the bloodstream. These peptides can bind to the opioid receptors that the body’s natural endorphins bind to. Behavior, social skills, and speech may all be disrupted when this occurs. Moreover, children suffering from leaky gut syndrome and experiencing the opioid effect can become effectively addicted to to foods rich with casein and gluten, with all the problems that go along with addiction.
Urinalysis conducted by some researchers has demonstrated the presence of these proteins in the urine of autistic children, suggesting the likelihood of increased intestinal permeability. In fact, one researcher concludes that the higher the levels of these peptides, the more severely impaired the autistic child. Some other researchers have denied this relationship, so it remains an open question.
Because it is not covered in medical school, many doctors either don’t know about leaky gut syndrome or do not accept that it is a real condition. But many health care professionals do acknowledge the existence and importance of LGS. Fortunately, there are natural treatments you can implement yourself.
As to whether LGS underlies symptoms of autism, many (though not all) children who suffer from autism do have food allergies, which supports the hypothesis. The important point is that many parents have seen results from the simple step of putting their autistic child on an autism diet or a diet for leaky gut syndrome. So if your child is autistic, it could be well worth your time to explore natural treatments for leaky gut syndrome.
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Detoxify Your Body And Optimize Your Health
The term detox is commonly used when referring to alcoholism or drug addiction treatment and refers to steps taken to detoxify the body of the harmful chemicals stored as a result of ingesting these type of toxins over a long period of time.
But there are other types of body detoxification systems too. Some that will help you increase metabolism and lose weight, some that will help clear up yeast infections and athlete’s foot, and some that will reduce acne and restore your skin.
How Did Toxins Get In My Body?
We are exposed all types of chemicals, air pollution, fat, sugar, additives, preservatives, and other environmental factors, all while we go about our daily lives. These products are not natural to our bodies and so are difficult for the body to ingest, digest, or cleanse itself of, so residual amounts remain in the body, some becoming very toxic.
After years of exposure a significant amount of these toxins build up in your system and can cause health issues and serious illness. Weight gain and feeling tired all the time are two of the most common complaints of individuals in need of a body cleansing. Other common complaints include digestive problems, colon and bowel disorders, chronic pain, joint discomfort and pain, chronic colds, allergies, yeast infections, and athlete’s foot, just to name a few.
The good news is that you can cleanse away these toxins and restore you body back to a healthy state. Let’s take a look at some of these forms of body cleansing and see how you can detoxify your body and optimize your health.
Candida Cleanse
Yeast overgrowth interferes with the natural body detoxification process and is considered to be a leading contributor in alcoholism, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivities, crohns, autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, leaky gut syndrome, pms, endometriosis, fibromyalgia syndrome, prostatitis, attention deficit disorder, multiple sclerosis, asthma, food allergies, muscle and joint pain, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, asthma, repeated urinary tract infections, hormonal imbalances, migraines, digestive disturbances, difficult menopause, psoriasis, lupus, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison’s disease and many others.
A good Candida cleanse can help bring the body back into its natural balance restoring the ability to cleanse and detoxify itself and controlling the overgrowth of yeast in the body. The best approach involves a change in diet and a whole body detoxification process.
Colon Cleanse
Your digestive system; the colon, bowel, and intestines all become clogged after years of consuming foods that put a heavy burden on your body such as fatty meats, sugary treats, hydrogenated oils and processed or chemically treated food products.
Without a colon cleansing, the toxins built up in your colon will make your immune system weak leaving you more likely to suffer from bad health, disease, and chronic pain and illness. The body needs to detoxify and the only way to efficiently get the residual waste matter from your bowels is by performing a colon cleanse.
Whole Body Detoxification
Your body has a natural detox system that works through the liver, kidneys and lower gastrointestinal tract. It is important to understand that just as our external body parts and sensory organs help us perform our daily routine work, the internal organs perform many complex functions vital for our survival. Apart from the respiratory system of lungs and the circulatory system of the heart the most basic function of our internal organs is to produce energy by digesting food and taking in the nutrients.
Removing toxins from your body will help restore its natural detox ability and set you on your way to living a healthier lifestyle. I think everyone should consider having a whole body detoxification. And if you do have questions or concerns, ask a Doctor.
As for me…having the toxins removed from my body is as important as my annual checkup and an essential need in maintaining good health and preventing illness.
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