<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Sue,Sorry to have to put this through the list but my email was bounced because of administration rejection and I think this is one of the best articles to describe leaky gut syndrome. I do hope the listowners put this through as many of the newbies might not have seen this and because living in Africa, maybe you have not gotten access to all the info you can. http://www.healthy.net/library/articles/galland/Leakygut.htm Rosalie New Jersey USA