Featured Posts

Ulcerative Colitis Flare Up Advice Here is what I do if my Ulcerative Colitis Flares Up – Take Probiotics in particular VSL-3 which is specifically formulated for Ulcerative Colitis, and in one medical study at The University of Alberta...

Readmore

Ulcerative Colitis Flare Up Advice Here is what I do if my Ulcerative Colitis Flares Up – Take Probiotics in particular VSL-3 which is specifically formulated for Ulcerative Colitis, and in one medical study at The University of Alberta...

Readmore

Ulcerative Colitis and Nutrition Nutrition can be useful in the treatment of Ulcerative Colitis in many ways – Colitis Sufferers require excellent nutrition to strengthen themselves after a Colitis episode, the right kind of diet...

Readmore

Colitis Inflammation Inflammation is the underlying cause of Colitis. Colitis literally means Inflammation of the Colon. The chances are that if you have Colitis you will also have other signs of inflammation in the body as...

Readmore

Probiotic Colitis Treatment One of the first alternative ideas I tried out when I got out of hospital apart from improving my Diet was Probiotics, there have been some proper clinical studies done in to how these can help ease Colitis...

Readmore

C o l i t i s > R e c o v e r y Rss

Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut

Posted by | Posted in Diet | Posted on 30-01-2010

6

A leaky gut is something that is widely associated with Ulcerative Colitis and many other autoimmune diseases, and there are a number of substances that it may be worth avoiding. These substances are known to increase intestinal permeability and they are –

  • Alcohol, adversely affects tight junction characteristics. Tight Junctions are the major barrier within the pathway between intestinal epithelial cells, which line the digestion tract. Disruption of Tight Junctions leads to intestinal hyper-permeability.
  • NSAIDS like Aspirin and Ibuprofen, reduce tight junction stability.
  • Quillaja is a food additive which is added to fizzy drinks to make them foam. It is a very powerful saponin adjuvant. Saponins degrade the intestinal lining.

So Alcohol is not good news for a leaky gut which will be a disappointing discovery for many of us, but if you give up drinking you probably won’t need the NSAIDS the next morning!

Related posts:

  1. Ulcerative Colitis Foods That Can Cause a Leaky Gut A leaky gut is something that is widely associated with...
  2. Ulcerative Colitis and Gluten Gliadin Gluten or more specifically Gliadin which is a glycoprotein found...
  3. Colitis – Healing a Leaky Gut Did you know that your digestive tract is the size...
  4. Colitis – What are the causes? While no one single cause of Ulcerative Colitis in currently...
  5. Ulcerative Colitis and Homocysteine Levels Homocysteine, is a non protein amino acid in the blood...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Comments (6)

Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | C … | Colitis said on 30-01-2010

[...] Go here to see the original: Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | C … [...]
Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | C … | Health News said on 31-01-2010

[...] the original post: Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | C … Share and [...]
getting rid of love handles said on 02-02-2010

This is a great blog. I’ve been looking for this information for about four days. I finally found this site which contains some new information that I didn’t find anywhere. One question to anybody. Does anyone know where I can get before-and-after pictures of people who have succedded in their search for a better shape? Thank you all.
Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | Health News said on 02-02-2010

[...] from: Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut Share and [...]
Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | Health News said on 04-02-2010

[...] post: Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut Share and [...]
Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut | Health News said on 04-02-2010

[...] reading here: Ulcerative Colitis Substances That Can Cause a Leaky Gut Share and [...]

Write a comment