rash while doing clean gut - read me please!

[Fred]

after extensive research i believe leaky gut is the cause

I have heard of it being a cause, I think Pagano  was one of the first to suggest it in his book though I could be wrong. Hanna started a thread a while back about it problem with pagano

As for research into psoriasis being caused by Leaky Gut Syndrome, I don't remember seeing much in the way of medical research. Though it does seem to be supported by nutritionists and practitioners of alternative medicine, but they don't tend to do regulated medical studies.

This NHS article may help.

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'Leaky gut syndrome' is a proposed condition some health practitioners claim is the cause of a wide range of long-term conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis (MS).

Proponents of 'leaky gut syndrome' claim that many symptoms and diseases are caused by the immune system reacting to germs, toxins or other large molecules that have been absorbed into the bloodstream via a porous ("leaky") bowel.

There is little evidence to support this theory, and no evidence that so-called "treatments" for "leaky gut syndrome", such as nutritional supplements and a gluten-free diet, have any beneficial effect for most of the conditions they are claimed to help.

While it is true that certain factors can make the bowel more permeable, this probably does not lead to anything more than temporary mild inflammation of an area of the bowel.

Exponents of "leaky gut syndrome" – largely nutritionists and practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine – believe the bowel lining can become irritated and 'leaky' as the result of a much wider range of factors, including an overgrowth of yeast or bacteria in the bowel, a poor diet and the overuse of antibiotics.

They believe that undigested food particles, bacterial toxins and germs can pass through the "leaky" gut wall and into the bloodstream, triggering the immune system and causing persistent inflammation throughout the body.

Some scientists and sceptics believe that people who promote "leaky gut syndrome" are either misguided and read too much into the theory, or are deliberately misleading the public to make money from the "treatments" they sell.

The sorts of products sold online include diet books, nutritional supplements (containing probiotics, for example), gluten-free foods and other special diets, such as low sugar or antifungal diets. These have not been proven to be beneficial for many of the conditions they are claimed to help.

Some websites even promote various nutritional "treatments" for autism, despite conflicting evidence. A 2006 review explored the potential effect of manipulating the diet of people with autism, concluding that the dietary treatments were "cumbersome" and not proven to be effective.

Generally, eliminating foods from the diet is not a good idea unless it's strictly necessary (for example, if you have coeliac disease), as it can lead to nutritional deficiencies.