Leaky gut syndrome is a complex and often overlooked condition in conventional medicine. This is largely because there are no widely recognised prescription drugs or surgical procedures specifically designed to treat it. However, understanding its causes and effects can help manage and prevent its symptoms. You will know that your gut carries unfriendly bacteria or leaky gut syndrome occurs inside your gastro-intestinal lining when you regularly experience symptoms such as; excessive, foul-smelling gas production. Some people develop discomfort after meals or suffer chronic constipation and diarrhea Conditions that can make your gastro-intestinal system to weaken and favor the leaky gut syndrome include; overuse of prescription antibiotics, regular intake of foods that are rich in sugar and regular use of highly refined carbohydrates such as white flour products. Other factors to consider include over-feeding and overconsumption of alcohol. In such unfavourable conditions, a person can suffer from other adverse problems. The fierce battle between foreign toxins and the anti-bodies can lead to chronic inflammations anywhere in the body via antigen-antibody complexes that get deposited in various tissues as they circulate through the blood system. With leaky gut syndrome, the intestines are commonly affected. Pain coming from the inflammation of inner mucosa lining. There is always persistent abdominal bloats with release of foul smell. The inner part of the lower-gastro-intestinal tract is commonly affected. This involves the small intestines, the colon and rectum. Sometimes a person might not have sufficient friendly health-enhancing micro-organisms (bacteria) in the gastro-intestinal system. If you do not have friendly bacteria or non-toxic bacteria in your intestines, the space will be occupied by toxic bacteria that may take root and form colonies that cannot be easily washed away by the body defense mechanisms. When competition between toxic and non-toxic microbes begin in your intestines, sooner you start feeling discomfort in your lower part of the abdomen. The reality of life is that potentially harmful microorganisms can make their way into your intestines on a daily basis. But if you have many non-toxic bacteria in your intestines, they tend to compete with toxic substances for space and nutrients in the colon. If you do not have enough friendly or non-toxic bacteria, the toxic bacteria's tend to flourish to a degree where they can colonize your intestinal walls. When more unfriendly bacteria, invasive fungi, and even parasites dig into the intestinal tract, the intestinal lining can begin to leak some undigested proteins and other man-made toxins that can be ingested on a daily basis. The impact of toxic bacteria’s in your digestive system will give rise to burdening health condition like the ulcerative colitis among others. Complete digestion is one of the ways to overcome the leaky gut syndrome. One of the ways to avoid leaky gut problems is to chew your meals well. When you chew well, you allow your digestive tract to efficiently break down small particles of food into micronutrients that can pass through the wall of your stomach, then descend down to the intestines and subsequent assimilation into the blood stream. Your teeth are designed to mechanically break down food, while the rest of your digestive tract and organs are designed to chemically break down the food. If you have dental or jaw problems that make it difficult to chew well, you can process foods before you feed on them. Chewing your foods, plus drinking liquids well allows your saliva and digestive enzymes to mix in with your foods and liquids, which begins the process of digestion right in your mouth. Chewing well encourages physical and emotional rest while eating. And being emotionally balanced and at rest while you eat allows your body to send a rich supply of blood to your digestive organs during a meal, which helps optimize every step of digestion. In medical science, when we talk of body physiology, it’s a combination of various biological actions in our body system. If possible, strive to combine the habit of chewing well with a steady focus on being grateful for your meal. Just as the connection between your mind and body can cause you to sweat when you are nervous, being grateful while you chew can help your digestive organs break down your food and assimilate nutrients into your blood well. The goal is to prevent incompletely digested foods from sitting in your digestive tract longer than they should, as this promotes breeding of potentially pathogenic microorganisms.
