Immediately stop all gluten, grains, dairy, eggs, legumes, nightshade vegetables, caffeine, and sweets including food containing yeast or sugar. These are the most common culprits causing leaky gut syndrome.

Gluten includes all wheat, barley, rye, and oats.

Grains (or foods similar to grains) include wheat, barley, rye, oats, rice, corn, quinoa, and millet.

Dairy includes milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.

Legumes include lentils, chickpeas, peas, green beans, and other types of beans (red, white, black, kidney).

Nightshade vegetables include eggplants, peppers (bell peppers and others), white potatoes and tomatoes.

You might not be allergic to some of these foods, but don’t take any chances at first. Later if you want to spend the money for testing you may be able to cut this list down.

Diet and Gluten Books

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, M.D.

The Autoimmune Fix: How to Stop the Hidden Autoimmune Damage That Keeps You Sick, Fat, and Tired Before It Turns Into Disease by Dr. Tom O’Bryan

No Grain, No Pain: A 30-Day Diet for Eliminating the Root Cause of Chronic Pain by Peter Osborne

The Grain Brain Cookbook: More Than 150 Life-Changing Gluten-Free Recipes toTransform Your Health by David Perlmutter,M.D.

Wheat Belly by William Davis, M.D.

Diet and Gluten Videos Overview of Wheat Belly by William Davis, M.D.

Everything You Need to Know about Gluten by Dr. Edward F. Group

The Science of Wheat by William Davis, M.D.

Understanding Gluten Sensitivity by David Perlmutter, M.D.

Gluten: A Most Addicting Drug by David Perlmutter, M.D.

Changed Diet, Changed Behavior by David Perlmutter, M.D.

Are There Any Good Grains by David Perlmutter, M.D.

On Consuming Non-Gluten Grains by David Perlmutter, M.D.

What is Leaky Brain by David Perlmutter, M.D.

So What’s For Breakfast by David Perlmutter, M.D.

What is the Ideal Breakfast by David Perlmutter, M.D.

Mucosal Immunology, Workshop and Cases by Michael Ash, D.O., N.D.

Gluten-Free Cookbooks

The Grain Brain Cookbook: More Than 150 Life-Changing Gluten-Free Recipes to Transform Your Health by David Perlmutter, M.D.

Wheat Belly Cookbook: 150 Recipes to Help You Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis, M.D.

Other Considerations

Good food.

Unhealthy cosmetics (possibly toxin-containing).

Unhealthy food (possibly gluten-containing).

Unhealthy items (possibly gluten-containing).