I've spent the last 2 1/2 months on an intense gut healing regimen. My goal is 6 months. I'm on the elemental diet, biofilm disruptors, binders & lactoferrin. Antimicrobials for 1st 6 weeks. It's working better than I could've hoped for, my gut hasn't felt this good in decades.
I've been slowly introducing food, probiotics & fiber for a month now. It was a little difficult at first, but it's going really well. I've always had issues with fiber, but my gut is handling it pretty good. Gentle, low fermentable fibers. Acacia, potatoes, white rice, kiwi, avocado. I'm handling probiotics. Florastor, a spore based probiotic & L. Plantarum 299v. I'm not bloating, in fact inflammation & edema has gone down even more since introducing the probiotics & fiber! This is new for me.
@Sam_B_79 I have an appointment coming up with my cardiologist concerning it! I talked with my other dr about it, and he said he would back me up discussing it with my cardiologist if she isn't interested. It might happen.
Great! Only 11 days left. It's been a long 6 months! I took a break with antimicrobials & then with biofilm disruptors for a month (but continued the elemental diet formula), but for this last month I've been taking everything, and I feel ok. I can't wait to eat food I'm starving ๐ซ
@I_need_a_razor I'm guessing probably during the high but you would suffer greatly from it. You definitely would be worse off afterwards. And lose more baseline.
No matter how good your Leaky Gut protocol is, if there is ongoing exposure to toxins, there will be no healing
Downregulation of intestinal stem cell (ISCs) proliferation & differentiation, driven by inflammation, gut-dysbiosis, intestinal immune dysregulation, microbial endproducts, loss of paneth cell signaling will compromise healin long term
In studies of mycotoxin injury, giving binders to remove the exposure upregulated ISC function & regeneration of the epithelial layer
The same will go for antimicrobial protocols needed to fully get hold of the problem at hand, if the goal is long term solution of your problem, without over-reliance on supplements
Below is a list of support tools for ISC function (not exhaustive):
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