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If you have an autoimmune disease, it's almost certain that you also have leaky gut or intestinal permeability. Intestinal permeability is a precondition of developing autoimmunity. Up to one in six people now have an autoimmune condition. It can start very early, even potentially in utero, or certainly in early childhood. Colostrum and immune supporting compounds that are present in mother's milk. That's the way that the microbiome is seeded. It's actually even seeded before that in the birth canal. Things like C section or being formula fed increase the risk of. Of disrupted gut microbiome. And then, of course, with diet, highly processed and refined foods like flour and sugar and industrial seed oil, which now comprise 60% of the calories that most people consume. And then you add in things like food dyes, environmental toxins like heavy metals, glyphosate, pesticides. Those all cause intestinal permeability.