Greetings.
It's Eric Bakker, naturopath from New Zealand, author of Candida Crusher and formulator of
the Canxida range of supplements.
Thanks for checking out my video.
We're going to go a bit further into leaky gut syndrome.
And now, we're going to have a look at how do you know you've got leaky gut syndrome?
What are some of the conditions that are basically there if you've got this condition?
How do you know?
I've written a few points down.
I'll just go over these.
To begin with, you will have most probably digestive issues like gas, bloating, irritable
bowel syndrome, diarrhea, or constipation.
You will have had these quite possibly for months or even years.
You may have gone to different practitioners trying to resolve this condition.
You may have treated it with all kinds of laxatives or things like aloe vera.
You could have been given probiotics.
You could have been given antifungals, all sorts of things you have been given.
Your doctor may have just given you an antibiotic, which would make it a lot worse.
Generally, with leaky gut, you will have some kind of ongoing gut problem.
Seasonal allergies or asthma.
Many people with leaky gut syndrome have got a challenged immune system because the brush
border � as I mentioned in a previous video � and the boundaries there are broken down.
Things that are occurring inside your small gut can trans migrate into the bloodstream
and challenge the immune system.
This upregulates your immune system and makes it on red alert.
This makes you much more prone to having hypersensitivities or allergies of all kinds.
Seasonal allergies.
You'll think, "Oh my goodness.
Spring is here again.
Those pine trees are causing me a problem."
There could be something flowering in your district at a certain time of year.
It's playing up on you all the time.
I don't treat allergies anymore.
I treat the gut.
I find it a waste of time giving people quercetin and Vitamin C, nasal sprays, all this junk,
I don't do that anymore.
I treat the digestive system for allergies, and generally, the allergies go away by their
own accord.
These people will often have an upregulated circulatory IGA.
When we do a blood test, we find really high IGA levels and these are the people that react
to everything.
They're hyper reactors.
Don't treat the immune system.
Treat the gut.
Because we know that about 60 percent of the immune system resides in the small intestine
anyway.
So if we heal that, we're going to have a big chance of healing the immune system.
Common sense?
Common sense to me.
Hormonal imbalances like premenstrual syndrome, even polycystic ovarian syndrome.
How can hormonal imbalances occur as a result of leaky gut syndrome?
That's a good question.
There are many underlying mechanisms that can throw this off.
There is estimated to be close to 200 hormones in the body, and we know that the hormones
are regulated through very complex processes.
Through autonomic nervous system function.
This is the autonomic nervous system that controls the body to a huge degree.
We've got the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system.
The enteric is the gut, so the digestive system interfaces with the brain.
They talk.
We call the gut the "second brain."
That's remarkable.
So we know that if your gut is not functioning properly that your endocrine system won't
function properly.
Many people with a disordered digestive system have got adrenal problems, thyroid problems,
ovarian problems, hypothyroid problems, pituitary problems, sleep problems; it goes on and on.
The point I'm making is that if your gut is not working properly, your hormone system
won't work properly.
I can't go into the underlying biochemical mechanisms on this video.
We could do a three-hour video on that alone.
It's pretty complex.
But believe me, if you've got a really upset digestive system, there is a big chance you'll
have an upset hormone system.
Diagnosis of autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's, lupus, psoriasis,
celiac disease.
I specialize also in psoriasis.
Through research, I've found out through the Psoriasis Foundation that up to three quarters
of people with psoriasis have got Candida yeast infections and SIBO, small intestinal
bacterial overgrowth.
People with rheumatoid arthritis.
In the 1930s in England, they knew that people had digestive problems with rheumatoid arthritis.
It's incredible.
They would look for these hidden infections in people, and often there would be infections
in the gut that needed treating.
Autoimmune diseases.
There are about 180 autoimmune diseases so far.
And these are conditions of unknown etiology or no known cause.
There is always a cause.
Things don't happen per chance.
If your gut is leaky, remember, you're going to have a big problem with your immune system.
If you're immune system is not happy for a long, long time, it's going to turn on itself.
It's going to start attacking different tissues in the body, whether it's a thyroid, whether
it's the skin, whether it's the joints.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work that one out.
With a very poor weak functioning immune system, you're going to have a very poor weak functioning
human being.
To heal the immune system, we have to heal the gut.
End of.
Diagnosis of chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia.
Most people with chronic fatigue or fibro have got adrenal and thyroid problems.
Look up Dr. John Lowe's book, "The Metabolic Treatment of Fibromyalgia."
It's all about thyroid dysfunction.
We know that through Dr. Wilson's work that chronic fatigue syndrome is another word for
adrenal fatigue or hypothyroid pituitary access dysfunction, so stress access dysfunction.
Chronic fatigue syndrome people often overdo things.
They're perfectionists.
They push themselves hard.
They often end up with latent viral conditions.
They have destroyed immune functions by the time they get to their mid to late 20s.
Remember, we're talking about immune function again.
We're talking about thyroid function again.
We're talking about the gut again.
Mood and mind issues like depression, ADHD, ADD, anxiety, or spectrum conditions.
Again, treat the gut.
We talked about the enteric nervous system.
We talked about the gut regulating the brain, and the brain regulating the gut.
With a healthy functioning gut, we're going to have a healthy functioning mood and cognitive
function.
Skin issues like acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, many skin conditions are gut conditions.
Experts in skin don't treat the skin; they treat the gut.
You go and have a look at a lot of good websites.
You'll find that to be true.
Dr. John Pagano from New Jersey, one of the world authorities on psoriasis, who has an
excellent book called "Healing Psoriasis," always spoke about healing the digestive system
before you even look at the skin.
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Treat the core and the rest will follow suit.
Diagnosis of Candida yeast infections.
Anybody with a Candida yeast infection has got leaky gut syndrome.
Anybody.
And I've worked that one out through my nearly 30 years of working with patients with yeast
infections.
How do I know that?
I know that through the well over 2,000 stool tests I've done.
Well over 2,000.
It's probably close to 3,000 stool tests, including a lot of tests to determine intestinal
permeability, the lactulose/mannitol test.
In the early days, I did a lot of breath tests.
I found that these tests basically all pointed to one thing, that the patient had leaky gut
syndrome.
Food allergies or food intolerances.
We covered that in the seasonal allergies.
Anybody with recurring allergies needs to get their gut fixed up.
Many of these patients have got a history of antibiotic use.
If you're watching this and you've got an allergy, ask yourself the question, "Did I
take an antibiotic last year or the year before?
Was I on tetracycline for six months or two years because of acne treatment?
Did I get antibiotics when I was in the hospital?"
If you did and you develop conditions after, there is no doubt there will be a link between
them.
I hope this video has been of some use to you today.
Thanks for tuning in.