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I just watched this talk:
http://www.autism.com/danwebcast/pro_videomp4.asp?mp4=dallas_2009_21_fasano&h=480&w=640&VID=24
THe speaker says that zonulin results in leaky gut. He says the biggest stimulus is bacterial overgrowth. And the second largest stimulus is gluten.
I thought maybe this was perhaps the caes if gluten was not broken down. But he then goes on to report on a study in rats showing that gluten resulted in elevated zonulin and an immune response to the gluten. Since the rats were healthy I assumed there was no issue in breaking down gluten. Unless they gave so much gluten the rats could not possibly break it down and the remainder stimulated the zonulin.
He said this increased i mmune response occcurs in all of us, healthy or not.
This is a little disturbing since gluten is so prevalent in our society.
Anyways, I'd be interested in others thoughts.
http://www.autism.com/danwebcast/pro_videomp4.asp?mp4=dallas_2009_21_fasano&h=480&w=640&VID=24
THe speaker says that zonulin results in leaky gut. He says the biggest stimulus is bacterial overgrowth. And the second largest stimulus is gluten.
I thought maybe this was perhaps the caes if gluten was not broken down. But he then goes on to report on a study in rats showing that gluten resulted in elevated zonulin and an immune response to the gluten. Since the rats were healthy I assumed there was no issue in breaking down gluten. Unless they gave so much gluten the rats could not possibly break it down and the remainder stimulated the zonulin.
He said this increased i mmune response occcurs in all of us, healthy or not.
This is a little disturbing since gluten is so prevalent in our society.
Anyways, I'd be interested in others thoughts.