Somewhere at home you have the folder: an IBS diagnosis from one specialist, eczema from another, joint aches nobody can explain, and a list of foods you can no longer eat that somehow keeps getting longer. Every specialist treated their own lane, and nobody asked whether it is all connected. This episode is about why that question deserves a real answer.

In this episode, Rachel explains intestinal permeability, better known as leaky gut. The lining of your small intestine is a single layer of cells, sealed by tight junctions, working like a screen door: it lets nutrients through and keeps bacteria, toxins, and partially digested food out. When those junctions loosen, particles reach your bloodstream that were never supposed to, your immune system reacts, and you feel that reaction far beyond your gut: skin, joints, brain, mood, and energy. ...