Hi,

I am pretty sure I have leaky gut and candida. I am slowly fazing out candida culprits until I am ONLY eating wild game and veggies, which is pretty much the only foods one seems to be able to consume on the highly restrictive dietary regimen. Anyway, right now I am taking a slew of vitamins, supplements, etc. in order to combat my condition. I drink aloe vera juice, use colloidal silver, grapefruit seed extract, spirulina, calcium, magnesium, zinc, vitamin C, B-complex, digestive enzyme, orobiotics, milk-thistle and Fo-ti. If my gut is not properly absorbing things, am I really getting any benefit from these things? So frustrating trying to figure this all out.

I wish I could just have a doctor cut open my stomach, do some quick surgery and have everything fixed quickly and easily. I have had a pregnant looking belly ever since I was about 10. It is hard to think that I will ever have a normal, healthy and beautiful body. Sorry to be so pessimistic.

I feel your pain mine seemed to be at a bearable level lately until this morning woke up in bits severe stomach pain awful acid indigestion and diarrhea
Every doctor I go to is clueless o leaky gut I have a serious stomach problem and all they do is prescribe those antacid medications so I took it upon myself to look into this bought lots of books on digestion written by digestion experts when I told my doctor he laughed and said Mumba jumbo

All I want is a proper diagnosis and proper treatment :-(

Here is one of the best sources for H. Pylori. It includes symptoms and diet. Pay attention especially to the recommendation for the probiotic family of lactobacilli. The worse thing you can do is to take antacids. H. pylori produce ammonia, or a form of it, in order to protect themselves from stomach acid. You are only helping the bacteria by alkalizing your stomach.

https://www.ion.ac.uk/information/ona...obacter-pylori

I don't know if this is your problem, but it is a common one and can lead to intestinal permeability (leaky gut syndrome). Candida is another possibility, but if you follow the guidelines for h.pylori, you will be helping yourself to avoid candida as well.

I agree about diagnosis. I have yet to find a medical doctor or a naturopathic doctor who knows how to diagnose symptoms.

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�Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.� Sir Winston Churchill

Had h.pylori and stomach problems 15 years ago I believe all those medicines caused my now leaky gut/ candida problems. Had a test recently and no hpylori found.