Liz Earle

So anyone experiencing these kind of symptoms, including obvious things like bloating, digestive discomforts,

even things like fatigue and skin issues, unexplained inflammation, it could be an indication that there is a bit of gut barrier dysfunction going on.

And that's part of the picture.

So yeah, I think a very interesting test for you to have done.

I'm not sure what other functional medicine practitioners do it.

It is a simple blood test.

So I think it's

have a look online.

I mean, obviously human do it, but I'm sure there are other practitioners out there as well who will be offering this.

And hopefully it's something that will end up, you know, being offered by GPs in their surgery because it's a very simple fix.

If you have got high zonulin levels, then it's really straightforward to bring them down with certain supplements, for example, that things like L-glutamine, for example, which can be very useful, zinc carnosine, our omega-3s, et cetera, polyphenols from plant foods,

So yeah, even if you do have high levels of zonulin, it's fairly easy to get them brought down.

Butyrate, for example, is another short chain fatty acid that can be really helpful here with zonulin.

So yeah, super interesting question.

And I love that.

I love that you've listened to a past episode and it's triggered a thought process.

And then you're asking the question here, which means that I can dig into the detail a little bit.

So

Yeah, let me know if you go for it.

I'd be really super interested to hear.