We believe you are a smart, capable, and powerful human being— and that you can think for yourself. The reality is that no doctor cares about your health more than you do. With that in mind, I'd encourage you to do a Google search for "intestinal permeability and heart disease",  "intestinal permeability and diabetes", "intestinal permeability and weight gain", or "intestinal permeability and cancer". Read the studies. There are over 10,000. Take your favorite one to your doctor to read. MDs are fantastic and we need them, but they are not educated in this way. It is a completely different school of thought and having only 20 minutes with you is simply not enough time to ever get to the root of what's truly ailing you. You are the CEO of your own health, not us, and not your doctor. You get to make the decisions, and we encourage you to be as informed as possible and to believe that anything is possible.