Food Sensitivity Testing and Autoimmune Disease

  Autoimmune diseases (AID) are diseases of the immune system. As around 80% of your immune cells are located in the gastrointestinal tract, gut health is closely linked to immune function. Intestinal Permeability and Autoimmunity Intestinal permeability (i.e. “Leaky Gut Syndrome”) is a condition where the integrity of the intestinal cell barrier is compromised/broken down. Normally, our intestinal cell network forms a very important barrier between our digestive tract (outside environment) and our blood stream (inside environment). With intestinal permeability, the barrier is broken down and intestinal contents can enter the blood steam. Intestinal permeability can be associated with a variety of symptoms and clinical manifestations including digestive, systemic, or autoimmune responses. Research shows that the digestive condition known as leaky gut (or intestinal permeability), is a common factor in the biological mechanism that leads to the onset of autoimmune disease.   While it i