Leaky gut symptoms go far beyond digestion. Let’s look at the 8 tell-tale signs of leaky gut that you’re likely overlooking. 

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro 

00:49 What leaky gut is & how it’s measured 

03:08 The digestive symptoms 

06:04 Body-wide (systemic) symptoms  

 

Featured Studies 

• Association between increased intestinal permeability and disease: A systematic review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221295881730160X#:~:text=Results,and%2017%E2%80%9365%25%20respectively.

• Plasma and fecal zonulin are not altered by a high green leafy vegetable dietary intervention: secondary analysis of a randomized control crossover trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35413837/

• Specific Immunoglobulin E and G to Common Food Antigens and Increased Serum Zonulin in IBS Patients: A Single-Center Bulgarian Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35466276/

• Diet and intestinal bacterial overgrowth: Is there evidence?: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35801041/

• Relationship between Gut Microbiota, Gut Hyperpermeability and Obesity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32693755/

• Leaky Gut and the Ingredients That Help Treat It: A Review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36677677/#:~:text=Thus%2C%20leaky%20gut%20syndrome%20and,diabetes%20mellitus%2C%20and%20celiac%20disease.

• Cytokine-induced alterations of gastrointestinal motility in gastrointestinal disorders: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22013552/

• Serum zonulin is elevated in IBS and correlates with stool frequency in IBS-D: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31210949/

• The Role of Leaky Gut in Functional Dyspepsia: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35422683/

• Duodenal Mucosal Barrier in Functional Dyspepsia: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34607017/

• Gut dysbiosis in severe mental illness and chronic fatigue: a novel trans-diagnostic construct? A systematic review and meta-analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33558650/

• Reduced diversity and altered composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27338587/

• C-type lectin-like receptor 2 and zonulin are associated with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31715011/

• Targeting zonulin and intestinal epithelial barrier function to prevent onset of arthritis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32332732/

• Prevalence of sleep disorder in irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review with meta-analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29652034/

• Dysbiosis in food allergy and implications for microbial therapeutics: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33463542/

• Gut-Skin Axis: Current Knowledge of the Interrelationship between Microbial Dysbiosis and Skin Conditions: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33670115/ 

 

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