Leaky Gut Syndrome
Hippocrates is quoted to have stated, “All disease begins in the gut.” More and more, this ancient theory is beginning to make way in modern medicine, giving deeper meaning to “Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food” (also Hippocrates). Thus, leaky gut, or intestinal permeability, a condition relatively new in the medical field yet to be recognized by all or understood in its entirety, has been sparking quite the interest in integrative medicine as of the last decade. As the symptoms of this proposed homeostatic imbalance often correlates with other autoimmune disorders affecting the gut mucosa, such as Crohn’s disease and Celiac’s disease, detection is difficult as well as the epidemiology. To be expected,
Hippocrates is quoted to have stated, “All disease begins in the gut.” More and more, this ancient theory is beginning to make way in modern medicine, giving deeper meaning to “Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food” (also Hippocrates). Thus, leaky gut, or intestinal permeability, a condition relatively new in the medical field yet to be recognized by all or understood in its entirety, has been sparking quite the interest in integrative medicine as of the last decade. As the symptoms of this proposed homeostatic imbalance often correlates with other autoimmune disorders affecting the gut mucosa, such as Crohn’s disease and Celiac’s disease, detection is difficult as well as the epidemiology. To be expected,