What about grapeseed oil?

Grapeseed oil is not considered to be healthy. Here is a great article about this: https://www.healthline.com/...

It is so confusing. One site says no nightshade veggies, another says, peppers are good for you because of vitamin C and it fights inflammation in the body. So which is it. It seem that information has changed since a few months to a year ago.

Not all peppers are the same. Notice the article says "bell peppers" are nightshades and should be avoided but not necessarily all peppers. Furthermore, if you have allergy problems and food sensitivities already then spicy peppery foods may agitate the condition and raise histamine levels. For most people, however, peppers assist digestion and detoxing of the body. Another example... Potatoes should be avoided for the most part, but not sweet potatoes necessarily because they are known to have anti-cancer properties. There is always an exception to which foods should be consumed and by whom due to differences in cofactors, vitamin and mineral content within certain food items as well as how the food is prepared and the person's body type. For example, white potatoes contain harmful substances, but it's mostly in the skins and cooking the potato properly can neutralize most of the remaining harmful substances. On the other hand, potatoes are rather high glycemic foods which means they will likely affect blood sugar levels and encourage insulin resistance which can lead to problems like diabetes and weight gain. In summary, most foods aren't as simple as a yes or no answer as to whether or not they are good for you. Most foods are toxic unless properly prepared. This is nature's way of defending itself from predators. The answers we seek can usually be found in our ancestral traditions in food culture. They knew what they were doing. We've just lost our way due to overly busy lifestyles and modern conveniences. There are no shortcuts to maintaining good health. It may take a little digging for sound information about how we used to do things the right way, but it's completely worth it to make the effort and go the extra mile.

From my understanding, Nightshades are best avoided for a short period if you suspect an intolerance, because the Solanaceae group contains small amounts of certain irritating alkaloids. If your system is compromised, this trace amount could inhibit healing, or even trigger arthritis-like reactions. Plenty of good sources of vitamins outside the nightshades, so no harm in a short detox to test this - and you can add them back eventually, unless a permanent intolerance or allergy is present.
This abstract lists a few groups within the Nightshades and their chemicals: https://www.researchgate.ne...

Yeah! They cant make up their minds

What about goat milk yogurt or kefir?

The coconut oil study link (4) points to a study done in Thailand...
A poor country full of interests in oil export businesses.
Safe to assume it's probably very cheap to "order" a study of that sort there.

If the origin of the study was from a developed country without apparent interest that cannot easily be affected by money I would take it more seriously

Interesting! I'm also using probiotics with the thought that it helps me from dieting and maintaining my gut health healthy.

Soy products are bad for leaky gut as well as legumes?
On what scientific basis do you make these claims or is this pure paleo-esque conjecture?

Soy IMO is bad period. Its inflammatory, messes with hormone levels which in turn messes with thyroid...and unless organic is full of chemicals. Soy is cheap so it has inundated horse feeds and i have rehabbed a lot of horses off soy based diets. I used to consume limited amounts of soy until i saw what it did to horse after horse...

how about rice and quinoa???

I am doing a leaky gut protocol that follows very similar ideas to this, but the list of foods is very general. I’m looking for other resources to tell me what I can eat without getting bored. I see you have almond yogurt listed which sounds good, but I’ve never tried it. I’m not sure about store-bought which I could probably find at a premium price if I wanted to. It sounds like getting it to thicken is a challenge, so in the recipe I found using homemade almond milk, it uses arrowroot and gelatine. Would the 2 tbsp of starch for 1 quart of yogurt be counterproductive to the diet? I have other probiotic options as well, but I’m just looking for variety.

Good thing, you also do consider Probiotics, Probiotics boosts immune system. It has been demonstrated to activate natural killer cells of the intestinal immune system to release immune mediators.

Hi There - My doc told me I had leaky gut, but I've never had any GI symptoms. How do I know that I have it, as I don't want to be slurping down all this bone broth if I don't even have it. Can someone answer this for me? My doc thinks he knows everything, so I can't get anywhere with him. Thanks.

I've hear up to 80% of the population has it from all the crap we eat and the pollution we absorb.

What about eggs and other nuts besides soy and peanuts?

what about juicing fruits and/or vegetables? this takes out all the fiber, but it can leave a good bit of natural sugars (esp with carrots, beets, pineapple etc.) good for the gut because they are so easily assimilated or no, due to sugars?

What about corn?

Corn is non-gluten, so I think its ok.

It is a grain. Avoid it. ;)

That sucks. Corn is so delicious😭

Hi no mention of fruits? Being a vegan they are a part of my daily intake but I have had exposure to sometime of bacteria which lead to leaky gut

Blueberries are good for leaky gut as are bananas

How do I make healthy bone broth?

Basically you either by soup bones or use the bones from your chicken or turkey carcass. Put them either in a pot or use a crock pot. Add water and about 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. This helps to draw out the minerals and other good nutrients from the bones into your bone stock. If your pot is very large, you can add a little bit more vinegar.

You can also add onions, vegetables peelings or the vegetables themselves, like carrots, celery, parsley, garlic... This helps to flavor the stock and you may prefer this. These will all be discarded when you discard the bones and are left with clear broth. There is no nutrient left in the vegetables. It is all in the stock.

You will notice the liquid levels go down. Not to worry, you can top up your water as you keep simmering the bones.

Usually, the poultry bones need to be simmered for 24 hours and beef bones, basically the harder bones, up to 48 hours. This is why you may prefer to use a crock pot. It takes that long to get all the minerals out of the bones. One way of knowing when your broth is ready is if you can break the bone apart. If the bone crumbles easily, the bone broth is done.

As you can see, it is easy but time-consuming. I find my broth gets used up quickly so I always have a pot growing.

By the way, there are excellent YouTube videos on making bone broth. Just type bone broth in the search.

Good luck.

Conventional beef and poultry bones have tested positive for lead, arsenic and mercury. Only use organic grass fed beef and poultry bones.

An Instant Pot will really save time on making bone broth. They are so worth it.

There are a lot of recipes on the internet.

Boiling a bone