Re: How do you heal the gut?

[Guest guest]

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> I guess that I'm going to ask the 'incredibly stupid' question. It

> seems that on every site I visit, they all talk about the importance

> of 'healing the gut' without really mentioning how to go about it. It

> seems to be something that is 'known' but obviously I'm in the dark.

> My son has formed stools and is regular. I doubt that helps but can

> anyone point me in the right direction or give me some help? What can

> I give him or do to help 'heal' it?

It depends on each child, what would be required to heal the gut.

For my son, healing the gut required ALA chelation, B6, and enzymes.

Now he can eat anything he wants, without enzymes, and he never

develops behavioral issues or a yeast issue. That is my sign that his

gut is healed.

Dana

[Guest guest]

I would dig around at web page --it is a proccess

http://www.enzymestuff.com/rtsensorygut.htm

p.s. those damn yellow stools are back at my house!!!!

[Guest guest]

Not stupid at all. I had the same question for the same reasons in

the beginning. Some diet sites said that a special diet was needed.

But most people doing GFCF where getting more food sensitivites, not

less. And some were on the diet for years. Since gut healing is

supposed to occur by 18 months for the most severe cases, these were

2 indications gut healing wasn't happening. It is a process and

different people may do well with different measures, depending on

what caused the gut problems to begin with.

Enzymes are known to heal tissues (lots of clinical studies). So that

is one thing that will help. The experience of people using enzymes

also supports that over time less enzymes are needed, not more. And

more foods can be put back in the diet over time (instead of foods

removed). These indicate gut healing too.

So enzymes are a definite plus. Other supplements which seem to help

in this are:

- zinc (helps gut integrity)

- probiotics (promote gut flora and fauna)

- essential fatty acids and vitamin A might

- aloe vera (a good quality one) has a history of tissue healing

- I like oatmeal myself, if you do grains

Also, taking out lots of processed foods, artificial junk,

preservatives etc can help because consuming lots of these can injure

the gut.

Just those things can go a looooooong way. I have seen lists with

dozens of items listed but those become unwieldy to implement. Going

with good sound nutrition/foods, and then enzymes to digest them so

your body gets the nutrition from the foods (and the foods don't stay

undigested and cause problems) is a solid way to start.

If you notice, just about all the special diets and supplements

talked about in 'autism groups' deal with some food not being

digested right or some nutrient not being absorbed. Enzymes get to

the root of this at the core and thus make many of these things

unnecessary (or substantially reduce your need for them).

Nothing 'magical' or 'fairy dust' about enzymes....based on straight

biology.

I also like magnesium for overall health but it isn't particularly

known for gut healing.

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