jcwin,
in my opinion, intestinal permeability is of great importance. it should not be confused with traditional sepsis as you mentioned in your earlier post (maybe thought of as a mild form of sepsis, but not the full blown thing). i should also mention that it is not just some "fad" view dreamt up by naturopaths, but is something that has been verified in allopathic research and can be measured. also, the terms leaky gut and intestinal permeability are synonymous.
as far as what else "helps" this condition, there are many articles on the web that discuss this. one that comes to mind is an article by leo galland. do a search. another site is to go the homepage for great smokies lab and read thru the application notes on the intestinal permeability test.
from what i gather, there are several strategies to nutritionally support healing of the guts. L-glutamine, NAG and quercetin come to mind. however, i have read the nutrional strategies are meant just as support. i think the galland article mentions the main things are avoidance of entero toxic drugs (nsaids), alcohol, non-allergenic diets and elimination of damaging organisms (yeasts) etc. i dont think there is any way to have good intestinal health if you are popping nsaids left and right. i have not taken nsaids for about 7 months and i believe (hope?) this is going to help me in the long run. it was tough at first but at my current condition, i dont need them.
-ken
