Is Dr. Gundry and "leaky gut" a scam?

Gluten free or not.....celiac or not - the correct combination of healthy gut colonies will insure a powerful gut lining....after all, the gut is the front line of the body's defence system!

Next time contest the bill with your credit card company and block any further charges from DG (or whomever) to your card. And tell him to send you a label with paid postage for the return or you’ll leave his junk outside your front door for him to pick up. He’ll want his junk back once your credit card company cancels the charge.

Some notable medical research online suggests that “leaky gut” is not taught in medical school. It could mean that one needs to see a Gastroenterologist who could make a legitimate diagnosis.

Unfortunately, gastroenterologists are not very good at correctly diagnosing digestive diseases either. I know from my own agonizing experience.

I agree that natural is the way to go if possible. Meds are simply a treament, they won't stop the fungus or inflamation once treatments end. The natural program that helped me the most with my gut and all over inflamation is written by William Crooke, MD- The Yeast Connection Handbook. I would occasionally have vaginal yeast infections over the years. Diflucan, for vaginal yeast infections worked well. However in the last decade inflamation in my body and in my female private parts didn't test postive to yeast, but the burning inside my skin was miserable. This was complicated by Allergic Contact Dermatis, but I was patch and tested and learned what contacts to avoid, so no more eczema, but the burning inside my skin and female privates continiued.
Crooke was a pioneer in the "leaky gut" theory and scorned. This book written decades ago discusses "leaky gut" believing that the yeast colonies living in our intestines, fed by sugars, discharge their waste though the thinned intestinal membranes and into our blood stream raising our histamine armies which attack this waste trying to destroy it, but the result is elevated inflamation. We all have yeast colonies.
I found The Yeast Connection Handbook, a used copy for 25 cents. It was touted as treatment for vaious diseases on the book cover. This book is still available on line. Simple hand drawn diagrams will help you understand the process of the living yeast sending messages to the brain demanding food, sugar. His programs details a detox diet, yes, you will go through withdrawal. It was beginning to provide relief after 6 weeks, 2 months were required, but I added another month just to be certain. Don't take this on if you are not determined, yet avoidance of pain is a big motivator for me. I quit all alcohol 2 years before hoping to improve my health. I only missed alcohol for 3 weeks and it's taken years not to miss/crave processed sugar foods. After the months of detox, foods will be reintroduced but processed sugar in any form is not allowed for the rest of your life and sugars in other foods like fruit is limited (at least compared to how much fruit I used to eat). It takes years to no longer care about a processed sugar foods. I'm free of those cravings now because my yeast colonys are greatly diminished, starved out not getting their favorite food- sugar. They are not controlling my brain. I have resumed all my previous foods now 5 years later, however I never eat processed sugar. The difference is dramatic, naturally achieved and cost me no more than the 25 cents spent at a library book sale.

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I've had many spine surgeries and on alot of opiates that constipated me…bad I learned over the years that Metamucil is the most affordable. I do a heaping tablespoon or so before bed with about 20 Oz of water…fast. then in the morning I take a pill my doc prescribed years ago.called symproic 0.2mg
Between my insurance and a coupon it's no charge ..for me. It causes your colon muscles to contract which makes it work with-in an hour…but I drink coffee to help it In The morning.
The more fresh veggies like celery and basic salad and less gluten the better.
I hope this helps in time… and remember drink lots (about a gallon)of water until normalized..you don't want to dig it out manually. 😱🤢💩

Yes, I think so.
I ordered a 6 month supply of microbiome pills on July 1, 2023.
I have been taking 2 twice a day since then.
I haven't noticed any difference in my health or my elimination patterns.
Furthermore, I think they were somewhat expensive.
And having read some of the copious junk mails that I was receiving, I started thinking not even half of this can be true. It's more like he's trying to start a hysteria about food choices than using any common sense.

So then I tried to opt out of all the Gundry emails. More than once. I still have one pesky notification coming through on a regular basis from this email address: < newsletter> I finally had to create a filter for disposing of emails received from this email address.

Even if the pills were doing anything for me, I still find the relentles marketing very annoying.
I started a personal swimming program back in early May, and in my opinion that has done a lot more for me than any pills. I'm steadily firming up and losing weight and my appetite is steady and reasonable. My breathing is very good. I'm less winded going up staircases.

I think that could have saved myself the $300 that I spent on the pills. Wasted money. I still have 3 months left (because though I ordered them in July, I didn't start taking them until August, and I plan to continue taking them, but after 3 months with no visible changes, I'm not holding my breath.

Hope this helps anyone else who is thinking of joining a Gundry Program.

Hi, @tokyok. What I have found most disconcerting about this and a half dozen other "expert professional" advertisers (most notably Dr. Gundry and Sanjay Gupta) is that they undermine information about a number of medications so that their ads ultimately address "the only solution that works." Of the solutions they blackballed are a number approved by the FDA and the American Medical Association and foundations established by groups of medical specialists to expand the use of reliable medical diagnoses and processes across the nation, including the victims of the rifle-shot ads that are paid to mislead, even lie to, those of us in need of considering the full range of help from organized medicine.

I agree with you, and that doesn't always go for Gastro doctors! Lots of doctors misdiagnose and that's a sad case, plus Pathology reports you NEED to be careful in always trusting them. I got a second opinion for my hubby and the 2nd opinion was correct, and the first report wasn't BUT you can't do much about it since most cover each other's butts in that situation, and I say that because of what the 2nd opinion said to us. The opening statement was "we don't necessarily agree" with this report, and will redo the scan! They were right which was great news for my hubby at that time! Also, my opinion only, right now I think we are in Socialized Medicine even though they don't say so. Compare it to Canada's socialized medicine and we are almost just like them now! I don't like it, but that is ONLY MY OPION, so we don't need to debate this. Wish the medical field was like it was before at least showing an interest. Not saying all doctors are like that but there are quite a lot like that now. Sad, Sad, world!