Re: / enzymes --- Bonnie/Jeanie

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Hi ladies,

So...the distended belly can (IMO) be an indication of inflammation of

the intestines, which can be a result of food intolerances/leaky gut

(and/or yeast/gut dysbiosis). These can be associated with

constipation and/or

diarrhea. And, interestingly, celiac disease (and, again, IMO,

non-celiac gluten intolerance) is associated with schizophrenia and

ataxia, possible connection to MS, dementia, etc..

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061010022602.htm

(and here's the actual research paper to which I believe the above

linked article refers

http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/63/10/1440)

The more I read about gluten the more I wish I could convince everyone

to give it up, or at least take it easy on consumption - eating only

soaked and/or fermented (e.g., true sourdough). It's linked to so

many problems.

Also, for acne, I have struggled with it for most of my adult life. I

never was satisfied with topical treatment or oral pharmaceuticals

(e.g., antibiotics) and rarely used any prescriptions (except,

regrettably, 3 months or so of antibiotics which only made matters

worse -

for more than just my face...). I *always* believed in my core that

it was a reflection of *something* going wrong inside my body, but no

physician I saw as a teenager or young adult would address this. Then

as my digestive issues and fatigue developed (as a young adult),I was

told there was nothing 'physically' wrong with me and that it was all

in my head and I was simply too stressed out all the time.

Twenty years later, in searching for answers to my son's constipation

I have to break out on my own to order proper tests and find out that

I am a celiac/gluten intolerant person. Since going gluten free, I

can tell you that I went through a brief period (maybe a month) of

what I felt was " detox " - I felt lousy and my face was more broken out

than EVER, and very " angry " zits, at that. But, a little more than

two months into it all, my skin has slowly been clearing up and no

signs of new break outs on the horizon. I also feel less bloated

(used to feel and look about 6 months pregnant at the end of every

day) and more energetic (despite not getting more than about 4-6 hours

of interrupted sleep each night).

A major thing that happens in the " gluten intolerant " (and celiac)

intestines is that the finger-like projections on the surface of the

intestines are flattened/destroyed. These projections are full of

more projections and it's all for increasing the amount of intestinal

surface area available for secreting digestive enzymes and processing

foods and ABSORBING the nutrients. With a 'flattened' intestinal

wall, the body just cannot properly process foods and cannot properly

absorb nutrients.

In gluten intolerant (and celiac) persons, once the gluten is removed

from the diet, the intestines begin to heal. (any other food

intolerances need to be addressed also, I think, for full healing to

occur.).

If a " leaky gut " is present as well (in which the junctions between

intestinal cells are leaky/broken down), then undigested proteins exit

the intestines and elicit an even greater immune reaction and cause

even more intestinal damage.

So the digestive enzymes help the leaky gut because they can help

digest foods/proteins that would otherwise have leaked out and

heighten the immune reaction and subsequent tissue damage. This, I

believe, is thought to help break the cycle and allow the intestines

time to 'repair' and recover from the damage.

HTH - I have to get going - I hope this hasn't been too

rambling/disorganized.

best,

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> > > Do you know how many enzymes there are? Which ones work for what? In

> > the article it says they can heal leaky gut but how do you know which

> > ones do what?

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