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Leaky Gut

imsotired

By imsotired
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imsotired Newbie
imsotired
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hi, I feel like I might have coeliac or leaky gut or both? my dad has coeliac disease btw so that's why I came to this site in the first place. I want to try the diet just in case because even if I don't have it then eating healthily won't hurt........

I was just wondering, assuming I have leaky gut, what can I eat? because I looked on some sites and they all said different things.

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Welcome to the board!

First, I would encourage you to go to a doctor for proper testing. If you DO have Celiac, you will want to know because if you DO have it, you cannot eat gluten for the rest of your life. If you just go on the gluten-free diet without knowing, you might get better and then go off it because you have no CONCRETE evidence that you have it. And untreated Celiac can have some pretty grave consequences.

If you decide you absolutely do not want to get any tests for Celiac, then given your family history and if you have symptoms, going gluten-free should be for life.

For "Leaky Gut" many in here have had WONDERFUL results from the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet). It is grain free.

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yeah I was a bit confused because on the other sites I looked on it said that you shouldn't eat any sugar even from fruit because it feeds the bad bacteria or something, but on that scd it says you can eat fruit.

also it says you can eat lentils but not potatoes and I looked at the nutritional info on both of them and the carbs from starch is almost the same in both so how ccome you cant have potatoes?? thanks!

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ShayFL
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You would have to read the book or research more. Carbs have sugar molecules. The diet avoids the multiple linked sugars, so the carbs you do eat are easy for your body to digest (mono - one sugar molecule). When complex carbs are eaten and not digested properly they feed the bad bugs.

If you dig further, you will learn, that she does allow a few beans, but they have to be cooked a very specific way which breaks down the starch into simple forms.

I cannot eat legumes period. So it is a mute point with me.

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