WHAT MAKES THE GUT LEAK?
In the above referenced article in the July 2007 issue of Diabetes, it showed mice fed very high-fat diets had a die off of the good bacteria in the gut to replace them with toxin producing bacteria, which caused inflammation of the intestinal lining and caused leaking. Other causative actions that lead to leaky gut include a highly processed, high-sugar, low-fiber diet. Studies have also shown drugs like antibiotics, steroids, anti-inflammatories, acid-blockers, and hormones can alter the bacterial ecosystem in the gut, leading to further breakdown, inflammation, and a leaky gut. These toxins that have now leaked into our blood system start a cascade of effects with our immune cells, stimulating them to produce inflammatory molecules such as TNFa, IL-6, and IL-1 (cytokines), which in turn block your metabolism and produce insulin resistance, potentially a fatty liver, and obesity. The study showed injecting these same types of intestinal bacterial toxins into the mice made them fat ju
