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Lifting the lid on LEAKY GUT

increased intestinal permeability as it’s known in the medical world – is a situation where the lining of your gut doesn’t work as it should. ‘Your gut lining is made up of a single line of cells. It’s designed to let water and nutrients out of your gut, but keep pathogens and undigested food inside,’ explains nutritional therapist, Sarah Grant. ‘In leaky gut, the integrity of this lining is compromised and the gaps,

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