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One Cause, Many Ailments: Leaky Gut Syndrome: What It Is and How It May Be Affecting Your Health

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There are many good books on natural healing, but there are only a few that will forever change the way we think about health and illness. One Cause, Many Ailments is such a book. The latest work to flow from the pen of chiropractic physician John Pagano, best-selling author of Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative, it brilliantly illuminates our understanding of a condition that is just beginning to draw attention in mainstream medical circles: the Leaky Gut Syndrome (LGS).

Most of us have had experiences with leaky pipes, roofs, and faucets, but leaky gut--what on earth is that? No, leaky gut does not refer to diarrhea, although, to be sure, that may be one of its concurrent conditions. Rather, leaky gut refers to an abnormal permeability of the intestinal walls, affecting the ability of the gut to assimilate nutrients and prevent leakage and reabsorption of toxic substances into the bloodstream. This ultimately leads to a vicious circle in which the body is overwhelmed by poisons it cannot get rid of, while lacking the nutrients that are the basic building blocks required for cellular regeneration.

Before long, certain organ systems become affected and their function is impaired. Illness results, and we wonder where it came from. As this revolutionary book explains, numerous conditions may be attributable to LGS, including arthritis, abdominal pain and distension, chronic fatigue, migraine headaches, celiac disease, diabetes, lupus, poor exercise tolerance, psoriasis, eczema, and many others. But when we go to the doctor with our complaints, most of the time our symptoms get treated, while the underlying cause goes unrecognized.

Dr. Pagano appropriately looks upon LGS as an "elusive disease," because "you can't see it; it is hidden from view; pain may or may not be present, and unless special tests, such as gastroscope testing, or even biopsy of the gut wall, are medically performed, it may remain unrecognized and continue to evade the diagnostician." And while LGS is still not fully understood in the medical world, the Cayce readings, always ahead of their time, outlined the condition and its consequences, for instance in reading 3373-1, given for a woman suffering from psoriasis. This reading describes an abnormal thinning of the walls of the duodenum that caused toxins which should have been flushed out through the alimentary canal, to be eliminated through the perspiratory system and the skin instead.

For those who are not familiar with Dr. Pagano's work, he is the physician who, over an illustrious career spanning nearly half a century, has helped numerous individuals achieve near-miraculous recoveries from psoriasis, a condition that medicine considers to be incurable to this day. To obtain such amazing results, Pagano prescribed the Cayce diet first and foremost, but also applied adjunctive therapies such as castor oil packs, spinal adjustments, steam baths, and herbal teas.

How are these therapies effective in treating LGS, which can cause psoriasis and a host of other dreadful diseases? In One Cause, Many Ailments, the author explains his two-step approach: 1) stop the irritants that contribute to the thinning of the gut walls; and 2) provide remedies that soothe and heal them.

"It has been my experience that in many cases, it is what the patient stays away from that brings about the healing," states Pagano. He goes on to provide an in-depth explanation of how a build-up of yeast deep in the folds of the intestines results in an uncontrolled growth of mold and fungus that eventually penetrate the intestinal walls, thus forming the holes that cause the gut to become "leaky." To eradicate this yeast overgrowth and flush it out of the system, certain foods and substances that feed the yeast must be eliminated. Because yeast thrives on sugar, all sweets and refined starches, as well as alcohol and processed foods, must be strictly avoided. The book provides a detailed list of "Yes" and "No" foods, underlining the Cayce concept of the alkaline-forming diet. "The best results," writes Dr. Pagano, "were obtained with a change in diet, from highly acidic to highly alkaline, as recommended in the Cayce readings."

Alkalizing foods, along with certain food supplements, especially probiotics, which help to recolonize the "friendly" bacteria that are naturally present in the intestinal tract, are emphasized in the regimen, which also includes chiropractic or osteopathic adjustments. In this context, it is interesting to note, as mentioned in the book, that Edgar Cayce attributed the cause of one person's psoriasis to a single subluxation in the thoracic spine!

A chapter on the immune system provides an in-depth explanation of its function, reminding us that the gastrointestinal tract is the most active immune-reacting surface of the body and that 60 percent of human antibodies are produced in the intestines. It becomes clear, therefore, that LGS, with its destructive impact on intestinal health, severely compromises the body's immunity.

The book offers practical information on the medical tests available in the diagnosis of LGS, along with the remedies and therapies that can help to regenerate the gut and support the integrity of its walls, so that health can once again be restored to a body. But Dr. Pagano doesn't stop there. He goes a step further and delivers proof of the effectiveness of the therapies he recommends by providing before-and-after photos of some of his patients. There is little left to say but "amazing grace" when one looks at the impressive color images portraying trunks, arms, and legs once covered in flaming-red rashes now restored to smooth, blemish-free skin.

One Cause, Many Ailments is an eye-opener and a wonderful resource for a world that's suffering unnecessarily from the belief that ailments could only originate in the part of the body that feels them. Dr. Pagano effectively shows us that this is not so, and that, as he states so well in the book, "We must change our concept to conform to the laws of healing!" His groundbreaking book will help us do just that.

I suffer from gluten intolerance and have become very interested in body detoxing and colonics, as well as a career in homeopathics, so I've been doing a lot of reading on these subjects. While doing a subject search on my local library's online card catalog, this book popped up. I can tell you it has been an excellent read and it's been very hard to put this book down.

The fact that so many body ailments can be tied back to a Leaky Gut astounds me. I could see myself all throughout this book. When I was in high school, I started developing food and environmental intolerances. Chocolate and perfume/cologne were a couple of the first things that I remember reacting to. Oh, and eggs. A few years later, I suddenly could no longer have milk. Shellfish, peanuts, and wheat/gluten products came next. My back constantly aches, I struggle to lose weight (whereas I used to be rail-thin) no matter what I do, and I just generally suffer one ailment or another. I've recently started receiving colonics, which have helped, and am preparing to do my first 5-day liver detox. I also plan to do a gallbladder detox and kidney detoxes in the next 6-12 months. But after reading this book and one other, I am almost 100% certain I suffer from yeast overgrowth/candida albicans. As such, I plan on implementing the dietary changes outlined in this book, which are very similar to those outlined in the "Body Ecology Diet," which I've attempted to follow in the past. I'm more motivated now than ever before, though, and this book gave me a couple of tools to help stick to the diet.

If you are fortunate enough to find a Body Ecology practitioner in your area, or a homeopath trained in the use of a body analysis tool called the Avatar, invest your time with them. This will help you even more in your quest for total health.

I have psoriasis and bought this book along with Pagano's other book Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative and it makes total sense. I now understand how I got this disease and how to get rid of it. I have seen improvement after following the diet and regimen prescribed in the book. Its only been around 2 months that Ive followed the diet and only now im beginning to get results. Yes it requires patience and faith and sacrifice of foods that you love but its all worth it. I am by no means clear of this disease but i know that i am on the way to healing. Your skin does get worse before it gets better and ive experienced the "die off" period 2 times already so dont be discouraged, just cntinue the program. Seeing the photo results in the book provides me with hope that I too can be clear just like these people who faithfully followed the regimen.
Buy this book, it is a God send and you will never fear this disease again, but will have confidence in combating it!
You can be healed, this book has the answer so stop looking elsewhere. The longer you stay on the regimen and diet the longed you will stay "cured".

Very satisfied with this book!!

It is a very informative book. I learned a lot about Leaky Gut Syndrome and how it actually effects me. I would suggest it for anyone that has been diagnosed with LGS. If I had read this book a year ago when I was first diagnosed I would probably be farther along with my healing process. It answers questions that you didn't know you had.

I have, for about 12 years now, been aware of the underlying causes behind many skin ailments as given by Edgar Cayce in his numerous readings on such things as acne, psoriasis, eczema, and so on. One of those underlying causes is what he called a "thinning" of the intestinal walls. But this was always kind of a vague description in my mind; I didn't know exactly how that might result in acne or psoriasis or any of the other maladies attributed to said cause. But then I discovered Dr. Pagano's book and was immediately drawn to understand more about this problem virtually ignored by modern medicine.

In reading this book, I found that my understanding was expanding ever so gently and radically at the same time. Dr. Pagano brings with him decades of experience treating numerous diseases, and he writes with such a simple and organized style that I think anyone could understand it. In the relatively short book, he manages to give one heck of a lesson on biology and anatomy in such a way that even this biology-flunkey (me) could comprehend. And most importantly, he does so in such a practical way that one comes out knowing the exact steps needed to put one on the road to healing a leaky gut and the confidence that one CAN do it.

Now, Dr. Pagano explicitly states that he is not under the illusion that LGS is the cause of EVERY case of the associated ailments (psoriasis, eczema, arthritis, food allergies, fibromyalgia, and more), and in fact there is a test for LGS which he describes in the book and provides information for a physician to obtain this test. But even without the test, one can find out if his advice works by following it. That's the great thing, it is not medicine you need a prescription for (although there are a couple prescriptions he describes which can be used to help heal a leaky gut). So the best thing would be to try it for oneself and see what works. Give it time, persistence, and patience, as other successful cases have reported, and you will likely see improvements! Some cases have reported complete improvement in days, some in weeks, and even some in months, but one thing they all say is that with persistence and patience, the successful results are beyond what they imagined possible.

I must state here that I do not personally suffer from any skin abnormalities other than the occasional pimple, nor do I suffer from any other types of diseases that I know of right now. But after reading this book, I was inspired to not want to get to that point either! Following his advice is not only limited to those who wish to cure a problem but also for those who wish to prevent one. After following the advice on diet, I have noticed a drastic change in my overall well-being both physically AND psychologically. I also had this persistent scabby sore in my nose for literally months which would occasionally come off while blowing my nose, and when it would come off the wound would bleed. After about a week on the new and improved diet, this sore came off again, but when it did, it didn't hurt nor did it bleed, and it was gone for good. It is still gone.

I highly recommend this book to anyone. Understanding these diseases is very important in these times when it is so common to come in contact with people suffering from them. Many of us, even if we ourselves do not have a major illness, probably know someone or even love someone who does. Therefore, as a responsibility to our fellow beings on this planet, I recommend obtaining this knowledge. The betterment of mankind starts with such small understandings, when shared. A healthier body and mind makes for a better vehicle with which to do good in the world. One can only do so much if he is bedridden or loses his life 30 years sooner than he had to due to his own carelessness concerning the physical organism. So I do highly recommend this book. The impression I get is that many people suffer because of this underlying cause of a leaky gut, and it is sad that they will likely go their whole life from one doctor to the next, on all kinds of drugs, to never actually cure their disease, because the underlying cause is still there. It is very sad to know this, and sad that it is a cycle, because those who don't understand are educating those who don't understand, and no one is truly being healed. It will take a revolution within individuals to break out of that cycle, and that revolution begins with educating ourselves so that we are not blind and at the mercy of the blind, so that we can claim our bodies as our own and live with them peacefully instead of being slaves to all these various and often unnecessary illnesses. And to think, such a revolutionary education is right here at our fingertips... for only ten dollars... such knowledge is found in the most overlooked and undervalued places.

Doctor diagnosed me with "leaky gut" years ago--but never understood what it was. This book offers easy-to-understand explanations and very helpful(and reasonable) advice that traditional medicine manages to miss. Easier to improve health through diet, than prescription meds that cost a lot and make you sicker!

This is not only the best book on this topic but I also recommended this book in my course work for an online college, International Academy of Astrology. I purchased this book (I already have my own) on the request of a physiotherapist in Berlin Germany who wants to incorportate Pagano's techniques in her work. Pagano is well known at the Edgar Cayce Center (ARE) in Virginia Beach as he developed his techniques from the Cayce materials.