Diarrhoea (diarrhea), chronic
From The Nutritional Health Bible by Linda Lazarides (1997). This free database is provided for interest only. Linda's later writings refer to more up-to-date research.
Some causative factors- Dysbiosis
- Food allergy or intolerance
- Infections,
- Parasites.
In 111 Bangladeshi children with acute or chronic diarrhoea and increased gut permeability compared with normals, supplementation with 5 mg per kg of body weight per day significantly reduced gut permeability. Roy SK et al: Impact of zinc supplementation on intestinal permeability in Bangladeshi children with acute diarrhoea and persistent diarrhoea syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 15(3):289-96, 1992.
In a double-blind, randomized trial on children aged 6-35 months in India, zinc supplementation was found to significantly reduce the incidence of chronic diarrhoea and dysentery in those children with initially low zinc levels. Sazawal S et al: Zinc supplementation reduces the incidence of persistent diarrhea and dysentery among low socioeconomic children in India. J Nutr 126(2):443-50, 1996.