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Home > Weight Loss News > Taken Too Many Antibiotics? You Could Have Leaky Gut Syndrome
Taken Too Many Antibiotics? You Could Have Leaky Gut Syndrome
Leaky Gut Syndrome can be an underlying cause of many chronic health conditions. Jigsaw Health can help with testing and products for leaky gut.
Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) November 2, 2005 -- Jigsaw Health, the web’s leading resource for chronic health conditions, today announced it is selling a comprehensive suite of products like probiotics, ground flax seed meal, and digestive enzymes designed to help those suffering from leaky gut.
Leaky Gut Syndrome affects millions of Americans, but many of them have never even heard of the condition. Leaky Gut Syndrome can be the root cause of a host of common ailments, including diarrhea, acid reflux, constipation, anxiety, and other chronic health conditions. Leaky Gut Syndrome refers to an increased permeability of the intestinal lining, which can be caused by a variety of factors.
Jigsaw offers several testing products, including its Jigsaw Health Foundation Wellness Profile and an Online Self-Assessment that can help sufferers learn more about the condition.
Dietary suggestions are also offered at jigsawhealth.com, including:
• Eat foods that have natural antimicrobial properties such as onions, leeks, radishes, fenugreek, ginger root, hot chili, lemon juice, turmeric, mustard, and rosemary.
• Add raw, crushed garlic to your recipes. The act of crushing garlic releases allicin, an enzyme that has antimicrobial/antifungal properties.
• Eat plain (no sugar, no artificial sweeteners) organic unpasteurized yogurt containing live, active cultures (probiotics) like L. Acidophilus. (Only if you are not allergic to dairy products.)
• Eat cruciferous vegetables that have detoxifying properties such as cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli.
• Eat foods high in omega-3 essential fatty acids such as flax meal, wild salmon, minimal-mercury tuna, avocados, fish oil, and sprouted walnuts.
• Eat complex carbohydrates that are digested slowly and gradually increase blood sugar levels, such as pumpkin, winter squash, sweet potatoes, and raw apples.
• Add saturated fats that have antimicrobial/antifungal properties such as organic virgin coconut oil.
• Add nutrient-dense and unprocessed foods such as sprouted organic nuts and seeds to your diet.
• Drink purified water throughout the day.
Leaky Gut Syndrome can be caused by the overuse of antibiotics, development of antibiotic resistant microorganisms, alterations in gut microflora, and the increased incidence of parasites in the gut. This causes excessive yeast, fungus and anaerobic microorganisms to grow in the intestine and damage the intestinal mucosal lining. This damage allows more toxins to enter the bloodstream, but also allows the pieces of dead bacteria and dietary proteins to enter the bloodstream, creating a huge overload for the liver.
In recent years, the association between intestinal inflammation and intestinal leakage and chronic conditions has become well established. A leaky gut has been found in diseases as diverse as infection, food allergy, Crohn's disease, eczema, and rheumatoid arthritis. In some diseases, such as AIDS, the disease appears to cause the increased permeability, while in others such as eczema; increased permeability appears to be a major cause.
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