
About this episode
Many people today are wary of discussions about leaky gut because there are so many questionable cures being sold without scientific evidence to support them. Let's talk about exactly what leaky gut is and how it's affected by what we eat.
Here are the resources that Ben references during the episode:
Source #1 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18000291/
Source #2 - https://aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hep.30652
Source #3 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6412740/
Source #4 - https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6553/eabe6729
Source #5 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27171436/
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