There are simple and effective ways to naturally heal a leaky gut and decrease your risk of many chronic diseases. It is vital to both treat the cause and heal the existing damage through diet and supplements. Schedule a free consultation with me to learn how I can help you identify your root causes and design a personalized treatment protocol.
4 Simple Steps to Healing Leaky Gut
1. Remove the drivers that are damaging the gut
Now, everyone is different and determining what foods are triggering you is important, however, the common ones include gluten, wheat, dairy, and eggs. It can also be corn, nuts, tomato and much more. It’s also important to avoid sugar, caffeine, GMO foods and unsprouted grains as much as possible. Try to reduce your toxin exposure as well. The worst offenders are chronic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory use, regular antibiotic use, pesticides, food additives and tap water.
2. Mitigate stress with some key stress management strategies
Making sure you get enough sleep, exercising, getting out in nature and practicing gratitude are some great ways to alleviate stress. Supplements can also help to balance your adrenal glands, the ones responsible for producing your stress hormones.
3. Balance your gut microbiome
After figuring out and removing the drivers, add some gut-healing foods such as green smoothies, bone broths [see previous post for recipe], prebiotic and probiotic foods. Probiotics are various forms of good bacteria which are necessary to rebalance the gut ecosystem by overpowering the bad guys by increasing the good guys. Some food sources include sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha and non-dairy yogurt with live bacteria.
It’s also ideal to obtain probiotics from a mix of food and supplement forms. Make sure you buy high strength and high quality probiotics with a variety of different strains.
4. Supplement with nutrients to restore healthy gut function: Getting in there with some gut-healing supplements is vital.
Nutrients such as zinc and magnesium: Nutrients such as zinc and magnesium are essential for the production of stomach acid to be able to break down your food properly as well as for the immune system, detoxification and stress management.
Digestive bitters or enzymes: Digestive bitters or enzymes helps to ensure your food is fully digested as poorly digested food particles and proteins damage the intestinal wall. Supplementation helps to minimize large, indigested particles of food escaping into the blood stream. Eating bitter foods is also therapeutic including turnip and collard greens, apple cider vinegar, and dandelion greens.
L-Glutamine: L-Glutamine is another great nutrient. Glutamine is an essential anti-inflammatory amino acid necessary for that repair and maintenance of your gut lining. It also supports immunity during stress.
Vitamin A: Vitamin A maintains mucous membranes and healthy immune function.
Vitamin D: Vitamin D is vital to protecting the lining of your gut and managing dysbiosis.
Turmeric (curcumin): Turmeric (curcumin) is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent to help normalize gut health and function.
Quercetin: Quercetin, a plant flavonoid, improves gut barrier integrity as well as reduces the release of histamine present in allergic reactions.
Do you think you might have leaky gut and need help getting started with healing? I can help! Schedule a free one-on-one health strategy session to get started!
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