My journey into the world of Health,Wellness, and Functional Medicine.
What Is Butyrate? For all the science geeks: Butyrate is a main end product of microbial fermentation of dietary fibers in the human intestine and plays an important role in the maintenance of intestinal balance and overall health. For those who just want to get to the point: In other words…. It is a fatty
Increased Intestinal Permeability, or “Leaky Gut,” is the name for when the tight junctions in your gut lining break apart and allow all kinds of food particles and antigens to cross through, that are normally too big to cross through your gut lining. Why You Should Care About This: In hundreds of peer reviewed studies,
“I don’t have Celiac Disease so gluten doesn’t affect me.” WRONG! Gluten is the protein found in wheat. It gives breads, pastries and pasta its fluffy texture. Over time, constantly eating gluten will break apart the tight junctions of your gut lining, resulting in multiple food allergies, autoimmune disease and leaky gut. But it wasn’t
