Table 8 Factors proposed to support the gut barrier
From: Intestinal permeability – a new target for disease prevention and therapy
Dietetic approach | Avoidance of high amounts of sugar and fat |
Avoidance of energy-dense Western-style diet | |
FODMAP diet | |
Prebiotics/fibers | |
Glutamine | |
Other immune-modulating formula | |
Probiotic approach | Selected probiotics |
Probiotic cocktails (multispecies concept) | |
Synbiotics (combination of probiotics and prebiotics) | |
Drugs/others | Short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) |
Metformin | |
Quercetin and other flavonoids |