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> As some of you may know, we have been looking at the urinary peptide
> profiles of people with autism for some time now but, as in all
> experiments, we sometimes get "false positives" from amongst the normal
> population. It seems that in some women there is an increase in material
> at certain times of the month and we suspect that peptide material is
> leaking through the gut wall in greater than normal quantities at this time.
>
> Basically, our model would support that proposed by your GI specialist
> except that we would add that the hormones, as well as affecting gut
> motility could also affect gut permeability. These peptides might, in
> their turn, cause other effects in the body.
 
Aha!  Another connection forms in my foggy brain:  I suffer from
frequent migraines, even with prophylactic drugs.  They are mostly
reactions to what I eat, including a wide variety of things not on
any list of usual migraine triggers.  I am always most susceptible to
migraines just before and during the start of my period (very typical).
Could it be that hormone-induced leaky gut is at least part of the
mechanism of pre-menstrual migraines?
 
Fascinating, fascinating...
 
My doctor gave me an Rx for Gastrochrom, which I have never taken
because of difficulty getting the damn caps open (you're supposed to
dissolve them in water then drink, as opposed to swallowing them whole).
Has anyone had any experience, positive or negative, or seen any studies
on  using Gastrochrom in celiacs?
 
Expiring minds want to know!
 
 
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