07/10/2025
A 34-year-old woman walks into our consultation room. She’s not overweight. Labs are “normal.” Yet she’s chronically inflamed — joint pain, fatigue, skin flares, poor focus, PMS. She's tried everything from food eliminations to detoxes. Nothing sticks.
Problem:
👉 The issue wasn’t what she was eating.
It was what her gut was absorbing.
Her functional labs showed elevated LPS (lipopolysaccharides) — a sign of endotoxemia:
→ When gut bacteria die, they release these endotoxins.
→ A leaky gut lets them slip into the bloodstream.
→ The immune system sees them as invaders.
→ Chronic low-grade inflammation begins.
This silent mechanism fuels:
Insulin resistance
PCOS and estrogen dominance
Autoimmune flares
Brain fog and mood disorders
Cardiovascular risk
Solution:
Instead of chasing symptoms, we rebuilt her barrier:
✅ Strengthened gut lining (zinc carnosine, colostrum, butyrate)
✅ Reintroduced ancestral fats for bile flow
✅ Used binders to mop up endotoxins
✅ Focused on nasal breathing and circadian light for vagus tone
✅ Removed hidden triggers: casein, gums, and emulsifiers
Result:
🔁 Within 6 weeks, inflammation markers dropped.
🔥 Her periods normalized.
🧠 Brain fog cleared.
⚡️ Energy returned.
She finally understood — it wasn’t “her body attacking itself”… it was her body defending against a breach in the wall.
💡 Endotoxemia isn’t rare.
In the functional world, it’s often the missing link behind mystery symptoms.
If you’ve been treating the symptoms but never the gut-liver-immune triangle, it might be time to scan deeper.
