LEAKY GUT AND CHRONIC DISEASES

Dr Kalpana Gupta14 May, 2022Health

Your Gut - is the epicenter of your mental and physical health. It is directly connected to everything that happens in your body.? Your gut microbiome and the integrity of your gut lining strongly affects your health. There are certain conditions that disrupt the gut lining making it porous and leaky. Unwanted bacterial products called endotoxins, partially digested food, etc leaks through these pores of intestine walls and enter into the bloodstream. This increased permeability of the intestine is termed as leaky gut. Immune system recognizes these undiserable products as foreign molecules and attacks them ? triggers inflammation causing imbalance in the gut flora. These modifications in the intestinal biome further leads to several chronic diseases like Celiac disease, Crohn?s disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and other autoimmune diseases.