“With the exposure to thousands of toxins that people face daily, their cumulative effect is taking a toll. As these toxins build up and are stored in the body, health gradually declines.

"Pathogenic gut bacteria produce bacterial endotoxins, and the gut inflammation that ensues creates a condition known as intestinal permeability, or leaky gut, which allows the endotoxins, as well as other dietary and environmental toxins, to pass through the gut wall and into the bloodstream triggering further inflammation that can travel anywhere in the body.

​"Gastrointestinal dysbiosis with intestinal permeability, or leaky gut syndrome, is the most common undiagnosed cause of anxiety disorders in Americans.

"Patients with leaky gut syndrome typically develop multiple and often severe food allergies (or intolerances).
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"When the gut is in a state of dysbiosis, meaning that there is an imbalance in the ratio of good to bad bacteria, inflammation results. This inflammation destroys the cells lining the intestinal tract, leading to increased intestinal permeability or leaky gut.  A leaky gut will allow undigested food particles and toxins (both microbial toxins and environmental toxins) to enter the bloodstream. 
The immune system then responds to these particles and toxins as foreign invaders, which is the normal response of the immune system. This response triggers further immune dysregulation and inflammation, which can travel throughout the body manifesting in many different areas, including the brain.

"People who suffer Candida overgrowth in their gut have an imbalanced gut microflora that produces both fungal and bacterial toxins (mycotoxins and endotoxins), which enter the bloodstream and affect other systems of the body.

"Candida mycotoxins can suppress pituitary production of hormones, causing hormone imbalances and premature hormone deficiency.

"Patients who develop leaky gut syndrome also develop excessive histamine levels in their brain. Histamine is an inflammatory chemical that is released every time your body attacks proteins that leaks from the gut into the bloodstream.

"Patients with excessive histamine production present anxiety and have over-electrified brains.

"Fixing a toxic gut will correct serotonin deficiency, taurine deficiency, magnesium deficiency, potassium deficiency, histamine excess and sometimes the more rare GABA deficiency coupled with glutamate excess.”
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— Dr. Marvin "Rick" Sponaugle