So you’ve heard of leaky gut right? You know, the whole idea that contents inside our gut lumen such as food proteins, virus, bacteria, toxins, metals (and god knows what else) can escape digestion prematurely by seeping through the tight junctions between the cells of our gut straight into the bloodstream and cause inflammatory havoc in various parts of the body?
Turns out, there is also a semi-permeable barrier protecting the delicate contents of the brain and all its weird and wonderful componentry. This protective layer is called the blood-brain-barrier (“BBB”). And it's the same deal folks! If the space between the cells of this delicate barrier start to separate and become porous (in response to the host of insults we’ll discuss further) neurological issues start to show their head. No pun intended.
This concept is now being referred to as “leaky brain” in integrative medical circles and in mainstream medical research. A leaky brain is essentially a brain on fire with inflammation and one that has lost the ability to selectively control and regulate the passage of contents past this barrier. Think of the big night-club security guard turning a blind eye to the entry of unruly and disorderly teenagers who only show up to cause chaos.
You're starting to imagine what this looks like in the human body... We're talking:
🔥brain fog
🔥migraines/headaches
🔥depression
🔥anxiety
🔥insomnia
What we usually see preceding this however is the sustained leaky gut wall allowing for the passage of fragmented environmental and dietary components into the blood travelling up and permeating through the BBB and gradually worsening its integrity over time. And yes, sadly they often occur together. 💩Leaky gut = leaky brain🧠
We’ve got a full article about it via the link in our bio. It goes into the reasons we get this like heavy metals, viral load etc.
And goes into what you can do about it, but as you might have imagined via the image above lions mane is one of our absolute favourite ways to curb this leaky brain inflammation. Reishi and Neural Nectar are also magic to assist with this.
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