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Do you know your gut is leaking? Originally, the intestine is tightly and tightly attached to each other, preventing feces from entering the body directly. However, for various reasons, when the gap between these intestinal mucosal cells is loosened and gaps are formed, bacteria and toxins in the feces enter the blood through these gaps and circulate around and affect various parts of the body. This is the leaky gut syndrome that has been on the rise recently.
Leaky gut syndrome is known to be involved in a variety of diseases, from allergic diseases such as atopy to life-threatening sepsis. For example, many people die of sepsis after surgery or in intensive care units. Sepsis is when bacteria enter the blood and circulate around or cause a severe inflammatory response in organs throughout the body. Therefore, I recommend that if an elderly person undergoes open surgery to prevent sepsis, they should take probiotics before surgery to reduce harmful bacteria before surgery.
One of the most common symptoms of leaky gut syndrome is various allergic reactions. What your body needs is not chunks of protein like meat or carbohydrates like rice, but amino acids and glucose from which they have been broken down. If proteins or carbohydrates cannot be broken down into amino acids and glucose, and large chunks enter the body whole, the body thinks they are foreign invaders or foreign substances and causes severe rejection and allergic reactions.
So, what is the reason for the gut leak?Stress and frequent heavy drinking are the main culprits. When you are stressed, the stress hormone cortisol increases, and the permeability of the intestine also increases. When the gut begins to leak, immunoglobulins and other protective factors decrease and inflammatory responses occur throughout the body. Allergies develop that they never used to have, and autoimmune diseases such as arthritis and thyroid disease increase.
Excessive drinking also increases intestinal permeability. When the gut begins to leak from heavy drinking, not only does alcohol cause hepatitis, but endotoxins, endotoxins attached to the intestinal bacterial wall, travel through the blood vessels and attack the liver and pancreas. It can cause hepatitis or pancreatitis.
In addition, aging and long-term use of medications such as anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics also affect intestinal permeability. In addition, if you frequently eat foods that are too high in sugar, oily, or low in fiber, or if you are infected with a virus or bacteria, the number of beneficial bacteria in your gut decreases and the number of harmful bacteria increases, causing changes in your gut bacteria and worsening your leaky gut.
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