Eating right, moving your body, staying hydrated all help with elimination.
I used to read Dr. Gundry’s posts but I always questioned foods he said not to eat. I quit reading anything from him when he said we should not eat avocados and he started pushing what he sells. Avocados are very healthy - good fats, fiber, lots of nutrients. Google it and see the list. Avocado oil is also good to cook with.

Mayo has info on lectins. You can find this info by googling what are lectins written by Katherine Zeratsky. From what I learned about what lectins are, I think it’s a scare tactic on Dr. Gundry’s part.

Leaky gut is real. And can cause health issues. Again, research it to learn what it is and what it may mean in terms of health issues.

@tabithatwitch @bazzell It has been since before your surgery we talked. On April 13 I have a posterior rectocele done which lead to surgery on May 19 for a Robotic Ventral Mesh Rectopexy. I have been dealing with the same issues and hope my issues are returning to normal. The two surgeries have set me back a year's worth of progress since I came home with afib and CHF. My body is in complete fatigue and have not been able to do much. Except lose all the weight I gained over the last year(down to < 0). I have been working with an RD on my diet. I have to try for 60gm a day. But I am not very hungry. We go out for two meals a day (breakfast and dinner). Now after surgery, I was on Mirlax twice a day to make sure, all things were clear and moving. I was up so many times a day and at night. As long as stuff moved I could cut back on Mirlax. Everything was moving on the night of surgery. If things get slow I drink a cup of green tea with 1 Tbsp of Mirlax which seems to work in a day or two. Even drinking my liquids and plenty of protein shakes, my stools are not soft enough. Now I will have to start Citrucel for more bulk. When my rectum was pulled up my bladder was pulled up higher also. This left it to flow at will. My control is not as good as before. But with all the fluids, I always seem to have to go. On a good note, at least my rectal prolapse is not out all the time and I can walk around without the pain and pressure. That was like a new lease on life. Hopefully, the rest will follow back to normal.
I hope you two are getting better every day. Please let me know how you are getting along now since April. If there is anything, I can help answer please send me a reply. I am thinking of all those who have gone through this procedure. It takes time and a lot of patience. Take care and stay in touch. KLH

Leaky gut is not a scam, but I don't favor Dr. Gundry's approach--$$$$$ and manipulation. A good resource is the IFM, Institute of Functional Medicine website. You can read a lot of material and research for yourself. The IFM trains medical docs in FM. I trained as a coach.

The actual term for leaky gut is intestinal permeability, which can occur with some diseases. It's not a cause of the myriad symptoms snake oil salespeople and functional medicine doctors claim it is.

Dr Susan Payrovi is a functional medicine doc at Stanford. This is her bio. She has classes in which some insurances will cover, if you're interested. Bio
Dr. Payrovi is a physician practicing Integrative and Functional Medicine at Stanford’s Center for Integrative Medicine. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA and completed her medical education at UC San Diego in 2003. She completed a residency in Anesthesiology at USC in 2007. Dr. Payrovi is board certified in Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as well as Integrative Medicine. She has additional training in Functional Medicine and acupuncture. Her classes may be found on the Stanford website under integrative health.

Re-read the first sentence up there.

Functional medicine relies on useless labs for made-up illnesses which they treat with supplements. They throw supplements at symptoms as well. The "specialty" is not based in rigorous science.

Intestinal permeability is real.

@ess77
Hi Lizzy,
“cause I'm so old!”
Senior, not “old”
Jake

Yes it is. No science backs any of his claims, and in the countries where people have the highest longevity, the diets highly consist of the foods that are banned by Dr. Gundry.