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What Is A Leaky Gut? (And How Can It Cause So Many Health Issues?) March 15, 2012 in  Categories:  Paleo FAQ by   ThePaleoMom (Created as a guest post for  The Paleo Parents ) One of the fundamental principles of paleolithic nutrition is avoiding foods that damage the lining of the gut.    Essentially, the gut is just a long, wrinkly tube.    Inside this tube, food is digested by enzymes and friendly resident bacteria, breaking down the components of our food to their simplest forms: proteins are broken down into amino acids; carbohydrates are broken down into monosaccharaides; and, fats are broken down into fatty acids.    What can’t be digested by our bodies is excreted as waste.    Amazingly, a single layer of highly specialized cells (called enterocytes) is all that separates the inside of the tube from the outside.    These enterocytes have two very specific jobs:    1) transport the digested nutrients from the “inside-the-gut” side of the cell to the “outside-the-gut

Gluten-Free Diets Are Beneficial for Many — Not Just Those With Celiac Disease September 21, 2016   |   391,859   views |   Disponible en Español Spread the Word to Friends And Family By Sharing this Article. 143 in Share 627 101  Email Print By Dr. Mercola In recent years, the benefits of a gluten-free diet have become widely recognized and, according to recent research, people are embracing gluten-free in ever-growing numbers, even though the number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease has not increased since 2009. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 In 2009, an estimated 0.5 percent of Americans were on a gluten-free diet. By 2014, that number had more than tripled, to 1.69 percent. Meanwhile, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease remained fairly steady, declining only slightly, from 0.7 percent to 0.58 percent. Gluten-free diets  are particularly popular among Caucasian women and younger adults between the ages