leaky gut

Providing realistic and customized care to regulate your digestive system and finally get your leaky gut back on track

How We Can Help

Feeling bloated after every meal or when stressed out? Frustrated when eating out, shopping for groceries, or cooking? Have unexplained skin problems, stool changes, fatigue, worsening allergies, or new food sensitivities? Have you had limited results with previous treatment, frequent relapses, or difficulties getting an accurate diagnosis? If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place.

Our team is here to help you take the guesswork out of taking control of your leaky gut, and provide you with a customized and realistic treatment plan.

What is Leaky Gut?

Leaky gut, also known as increased intestinal permeability, is a condition in which bacteria, food products, and toxins are able to leak through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream. Leaky gut is often a symptom of a larger problem. It is also one of the most common causes of gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and altered stool quality. Many cases of leaky gut stem from an autoimmune reaction to previous intestinal infections like food poisoning. This reaction can decrease movement (motility) of our intestines, causing excessive fermentation of foods (lots of unexplained gas!), immune system overactivity, and food sensitivities. In addition, you may have chronic constipation, loose stools, or a mix of both.

Common Symptoms of leaky gut include:

• Gas

• Constipation and/or Diarrhea (these can even be alternating)

• Abdominal bloating

• Abdominal cramping (often relieved by a bowel movement)

• Urgency to have a bowel movement

• Headaches

• Skin complaints such as rashes, eczema, or acne

• Autoimmune conditions

• Joint pain

• Hormone imbalance

What To Expect

Wherever you are with your digestive health, our team will take the time to hear you, meet you where you are at, and teach you how to feel confident and comfortable in your body again. Our ultimate goal is always to dig deeper and find the unique underlying causes of your leaky gut, so that so that symptoms are corrected – not masked, you feel in control of your health again, and you begin to see your body as an ally and not the enemy anymore!

Gut Revitalize: Our 6-Week Protocol for Reducing Chronic Gas, Bloating, and Abdominal pain

Completing a full gut reset and staying symptom-free can be challenging because stress-eating tends to restart the gas-producing process. Becoming symptom-free takes time, but once the gut healing process is underway, it is possible to enjoy cooking and eating out once again! The ultimate goals of our 6-week program are to help you eat your favorite foods, and then teach you how to prevent and tackle leaky gut relapses.

our 6 week protocol

1. Observe the Gut - Whether stemming from infections, food sensitivities, autoimmune disease, or pharmaceuticals, gut symptom origins can be difficult to pinpoint. Using targeted lab testing, home symptom monitoring, and focused history taking in the first week, we will collaborate to clarify your diagnosis and tailor treatment to your needs, lifestyle, and capabilities.

2. Tame the Gut- In this crucial second week, we will silence the intestines and initiate its natural healing processes. Here you will learn how to use dietary modifications in a strategic way to avoid the vicious cycle of fermentation, inflammation, and immune activation in the gut.

3. Support the Gut - For two weeks we will use a combination of herbal medicines or supplementation to bolster your intestines' healing capacity to bring about longer-lasting relief.

4. Challenge and Observe - The final two weeks involve a reintroduction your favorite foods in small amounts to test how your body tolerates the “old triggers”. In this stage, we will provide support and knowledge in a controlled environment to help you gradually return to a normal diet. If there are foods that you may need to avoid long-term, we will find them in this step!

5. Sustain and Maintain - With chronic gas and bloating, relapses occur when stress increases and the cravings return. In this final stage, we will aim to make you an expert in your condition by providing protocols for long-term prevention and relapse management. Ideally, you may only need to see us bi-annually.

By the end of this protocol, we want you to walk away feeling empowered, and in control of your gut health. With a revitalized healthy gut, you may also experience the indirect results of lifted brain fog, increased energy, improved sleep quality, decreased anxiety, and weight loss.

You do not have to tolerate feeling bloated and in pain after every meal, or during stress. If you have been struggling with your digestion, and want to learn more, we offer complimentary 15 minute consults with our chief Naturopathic Doctor focusing on digestion, Dr. Almir Alicelebic.

Dr. Alicelebic offers the Gut Revitalize Program both virtually and in-person. To learn more about virtual appointments, click here.