You're welcome. I knew about this view, or the general theory, but hadn't looked into all the research on it. I've now read through about 2 dozen articles since last night and I find it all extremely fascinating.
Diets often taken longer to correct damage and will need longer trials, I find, and this is suggested anecdotally and by studies. On the other hand, if you see no improvement at all in 1 month, then I don't know, since there should have been some improvement, even if very modest. But it also depends on the quality of what you were eating of course. I also started supplementing at the same time and within a month I saw good improvement, but it took a few months for me to see radical improvement, and vitamin D made a huge difference too, same with NAC.
Well, studies and anecdotal reports show that it can take years to heal severely damaged intestinal walls, but that it can be done. It needs to be done properly though. Certainly in some cases it may not be reversible, but modest gains can still make a big difference for those suffering.
My gut is as bad as it gets and I've had good gains in the last few months. I let it go for years and years, and ignored all the signs unfortunately. Then the neuropathy hit - though I ignored those symptoms for months, maybe years too. I hope for more progress in the months to come. So far so good.
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Thanks for sharing these links. I agree this probably is a factor with some neuropathies. My gut was the first thing that went wrong, now I have 2 problems that happened at the same time I think are autoimmune, one is the neuropathy type thing.
I did try the paleo diet for a month with no results. I think the problem is once this process has happened it is v hard to reverse. The thing to do is nip it in the bud when you first start getting gut problems. That is hard to do seeing as doctors don't understand these things and what to do to prevent these problems occurring if you go to them.
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