Sidestep Chronic Disease by Healing This “Invisible” Health Destroyer

Your primal ancestors had guts of steel. Like the Hadza people of Tanzania, in east Africa still do. They practice no farming and still live like our hunter-gatherer ancestors did during 90% of human existence on earth.

They’re among the most disease-resistant populations on the planet — thanks to their guts

Their astonishing health proves what I’ve been telling my patients for years about the importance of keeping a healthy gut. If you don’t, you could become one of the millions of people today who struggle with a painful condition called Leaky Gut Syndrome. 

Having a gastrointestinal tract full of holes is more than just uncomfortable. It can lead to multiple medical disorders.  

I’m talking about allergies, asthma, eczema and sinusitis — as well as more serious conditions, like celiac disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue. 

But it seldom — if ever — shows up on a doctor’s radar. 

You see, your gut is your first line of defense against invading pathogens and toxins.  

It helps you digest food. It’s how your body absorbs vitamins and important minerals like calcium and zinc. It also produces B vitamins. And more than 80% of your immune system lives in the lining of your gastrointestinal tract.  

But if you have a leaky gut, all of that can go wrong. 

The direct link between chronic disease and the health of your gut is now well established.¹ 

Yet, Leaky Gut Syndrome is one of the most common, but poorly understood disorders of our time. In spite of research, conventional medicine hardly acknowledges it, or the cycle of ill health it triggers. 

The problem is today’s world is hostile to your gut. Antibiotics, steroids, antacids and other pharmaceuticals wipe out the fragile colonies of microflora that live in your intestines — known collectively as your gut microbiome.  

You need these good guys to crowd out the “bad bacteria” to keep your body and mind healthy. 

Even worse is our western diet.  

All those processed foods, carbs, starches and sugars feed bad bacteria and yeasts in your gut. Common food additives, like emulsifiers, compromise the integrity of your intestinal wall and allow bad bacteria to leech into your bloodstream.  

This can raise immune system alarms and trigger dangerous autoimmune responses. 

In this Confidential Cures article, you’ll learn how to tell if you have a leaky gut. And I’ll share some of the best natural and proven ways to heal your gut. 

They will also help you heal your whole body and the health problems you may have been struggling with for years. 

What Exactly Is A Leaky Gut? 

Your gut lining is an astonishing design of nature and evolution. It is made up of just one single layer of epithelial cells, linked together by special proteins known as “tight junction proteins.” 

This powerful, but delicate barrier keeps things in your digestive system until they are safely broken down. 

And like a fine mesh net, tiny microscopic holes in a healthy gut only allow specific molecules and nutrients to pass through. Bigger particles like bacteria, toxins and undigested food are blocked from getting through and damaging your body. 

When everything is working well, your gut extracts vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from your food, which are then transferred to your bloodstream through these small openings in your gut lining. This is how you thrive. 

But when the epithelial cells in your gut lining get damaged — as they do in our modern, inflammatory world — the tight junctions proteins become compromised and those tiny microscopic holes become larger.

This allows undigested food particles, bacteria, viruses, parasites, funguses, yeast-like candida and waste to enter your bloodstream.  

The body sees these particles in your bloodstream as foreign invaders and immediately goes on the offense, producing antibodies to attack the intruders. 

This sets off another round of inflammatory responses in your body, leading to a range of health problems, like food allergies, environmental sensitivities, poor nutrient absorption, gastrointestinal and mental health disorders, as well as autoimmune conditions. 

Despite the denial of most doctors, multiple studies link leaky gut to autoimmune ailments, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, and Crohn’s.^2,3 

This is the devastating cycle of events we call Leaky Gut Syndrome. 

How Leaky Gut Links To Syndrome Zero 

Your gut microbiome is also a wondrous phenomenon of nature. It used to be thought that the trillions of microbes that live in the lining of your gut were there just to help you digest food — but there’s a lot more to them than that. 

Beyond its role in digestion, your immune system, and the production of B vitamins, your gut microbiome helps regulate mental health, mood, belly fat, and even your sexual potency.⁴ 

It also produces vital enzymes that protect the delicate lining of your gut. One of these enzymes is fatty acid synthase, or FAS — the link that connects a leaky gut to Syndrome Zero. 

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that Syndrome Zero is the almost perpetual state of high insulin — and it’s ground zero for just about every modern chronic condition. And it’s also ground zero for a leaky gut. 

You see, Syndrome Zero is caused by the huge increase in cheap grains and carbohydrates that have flooded our Western diet over the past 50 to 70 years. 

All of these carbs in your diet mean your pancreas has to work overtime to produce more and more insulin. The more carbs you eat, the more the insulin receptors on your cells become overwhelmed, causing them to become insulin resistant. 

And that’s the problem. Insulin doesn’t just control your blood sugar levels and fat storage — it also regulates FAS production in your gut. 

So, when your cells become less sensitive to insulin, FAS regulation goes haywire, opening the door to Leaky Gut Syndrome.⁵ 

At the same time, the high consumption of these cheap grains dramatically alters your gut’s bacterial populations, triggering your body’s proinflammatory mechanisms.⁶ 

How To Tell If You Have A Leaky Gut? 

There is still no recognized medical definition of Leaky Gut Syndrome, and there is no test available to determine whether or not you have it. 

Most doctors simply never learned about it in medical school. WebMD, a popular medical site, has even referred to Leaky Gut Syndrome as “something of a medical mystery.”⁷ 

However, there are clear signs of the syndrome you can look out for. Any of the following conditions on this partial list could be an indication that you have a leaky gut:

The good news is that there are a number of ways you can reduce intestinal inflammation and stop the adverse effects of Leaky Gut Syndrome. 

Three Steps To A Healthy Gut 

Most doctors have never heard of Leaky Gut Syndrome, let alone know how to heal it. And Big Pharma has no silver bullet. In fact, their drugs make things worse. 

Here at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine, I use a special, natural protocol to help my patients restore a healthy gut. And they’re always pleasantly surprised to find that it helps clear up a long list of conditions they’ve struggled with for years. 

The more of these therapies you adopt, the faster you will plug the holes in your leaky gut and return to normal digestion and good health. 

Step 1. Avoid Gut-Damaging Foods. This is always the first step. Eliminate gut-irritating foods to ease inflammation. This will help your gut to slowly return to normal. Cooling gut inflammation helps prevent the flow of toxins and foreign invaders into your bloodstream. 

The top foods to avoid are:

Step 2. Eat More Gut-Healing Foods. Certain foods support gut healing because they are easy to digest and can help repair the lining of your intestines.  

Here are my favorite gut-supporting foods: 

• Bone Broth: This contains collagen and the amino acids proline and glycine, all of which can help heal your damaged cell walls. It also provides minerals essential to a healthy gut. 

For serious cases, I have my patients do a 3-day bone broth fast to jump start their gut healing. 

• Raw Cultured Dairy: Yogurts, butter, and raw cheese also contain L. plantarum, and help heal your gut by destroying bad bacteria and yeast, like candida. 

I recommend kefir. It tastes like a yogurt milkshake, but it contains more protein and less sugar. It’s also a potent way to restore good bacteria to your digestive system after a course of antibiotics. Avoid commercial products with added sugars or flavorings. 

• Healthy Fats: Avocado, ghee, and coconut oil are easy on the gut and promote healing. Also, foods high in omega-3 fats are anti-inflammatory and help heal the gut. Choose free-range eggs, wild caught salmon, and grass-fed beef and lamb. 

• Baobab Fruit: This fruit is a favorite of the Hadza people and it’s the best gut-supporting prebiotic I know. It’s packed with vitamins, and large amounts of “real” fiber to feed the gut bacteria. Its pulp is almost 50% fiber — two thirds of which is soluble prebiotic. 

It’s hard to find baobab fruit in America. But its pulp powders are available online and in most health food stores. I recommend taking two to four teaspoons per day. Stir it into hot water or blend it into smoothies. 

Step 3. Supplements and Nutraceuticals. There is now significant evidence that certain supplements and nutraceuticals can reduce inflammation, repair a leaky gut, and support intestinal barrier function. 

Here’s what I recommend: 

• AMPK Activators are a powerful way to enhance intestinal barrier function and repair a leaky gut. I recommend berberine and butyric acid. These nutraceuticals activate the enzyme Amp activated protein kinase (AMPK), which boosts production of the hormone Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) from L cells in your gut.  

Studies show this enzyme can strengthen the gut lining and improve barrier function.⁸ 

You can find berberine and butyric acid supplements in health food stores or online.  

I recommend taking 200 to 500 mg of berberine daily with food. Butyric acid is produced naturally in your body when good bacteria break down dietary fiber in your gut. But, you can also get it directly from food that’s made from the full-fat milk of animals that eat grass, like cows, sheep, goats, and buffalo.  

If you prefer a supplement, start with 500 mg a day and build to 2 or 3 grams over four or five weeks. You should always take butyric acid with healthy fatty acids like omega 3. 

• L-Glutamine is an amino acid that helps repair the digestive tract and boost your immune system. It especially helps if you have chronic diarrhea. Your gut microbiome also uses it for fuel. It also helps your body make glutathione, one of the most powerful antioxidants.  

Most high-protein foods like beef, chicken, fish, and beans will have good amounts of glutamine. Or you can take 1,000 mg of L-glutamine three times a day. 

• Digestive Enzymes help break down proteins, carbohydrates, and fats in your food. They make sure your foods are fully digested so particles won’t damage your gut lining. And digestive enzymes also turn what you eat into vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients so your body can absorb them. 

I recommend supplements that contain at least the basic enzymes, such as protease for protein, amylase for carbohydrates, and lipase for fats. If you have a problem with dairy, you may also want to add lactase.  

Bromelain and papain are also good for reducing gut inflammation. Start with a 500 mg capsule right before eating. Take two to four capsules to help you digest larger meals. 

• Zinc is an essential mineral for maintaining a strong gut lining. But as many as 40% of older people in the U.S. are deficient. A zinc deficiency can weaken the gut lining and lead to holes.  

Studies show supplementing with zinc can improve intestinal lining integrity in patients with Crohn’s disease.^9,10 I recommend taking 20 to 25 mg of zinc a day.

To Your Good Health,