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Intestinal Permeability references the integrity of the mucosal layer of the digestive tract that prevent bacteria, antigens, and undigested food proteins from seeping through the GI barrier and into the systemic circulation.
Increased intestinal permeability of the mucosal barrier, also known as leaky gut syndrome, appears to correlate with a number of disorders, while decreased permeability appears as a fundamental cause of malnutrition, malabsorption and failure to thrive.
A simple Litmus paper test will allow you to assess and adjust the acid/alkaline balance of your body. Hyperacidity is associated with the conditions mentioned above.
Increases in permeability have consistently been reported with small bowel inflammation. In 1972, Shorter proposed that a breach of the intestinal barrier is fundamental to the development of intestinal inflammation. Now, most hypotheses about the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease posit the prime importance of mucosal integrity in maintaining a healthy state, and suggest that increased mucosal permeability underlies the inflammatory process.
Permeability studies show Crohn's disease to be more extensive than sometimes apparent using macroscopic approaches. Pearson showed a sixfold increase in permeability in people with Crohn's disease. When patients with Crohn's disease were placed on an elemental diet, their permeability improved significantly, coinciding with marked clinical improvement."