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Advanced Nutrition Strategies to Turn Off Chronic Inflammation

Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition

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The Gut and the Immune System

The gut is only one cell wall, right? And so it's one cell wall connected, particularly in the small intestine. And they're connected by these tight junctions. The tight junction is almost like little knitting or like cheese cloth in a sense. That's kind of holding it together. And then it's got villi. And that's where the nutrients, which, you know, should be broken down to a very, very small particles. Then they pass through the villi into the blood stream. Now the body can deliver those nutrients to the cells of the body.

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