Recommendations please for my 4 yr old with leaky gut who appears toxic?

Q. I have a 4 year old with leaky gut, constipation, and who is toxic (pale skin, dark circles under eyes). Would you recommend GI revive or just HLC Mindlinx?

A. Mindlinx is highly effective at restoring good bacteria to help with leaky gut. However you may need a couple of additional nutrients to fully reverse her leaky gut. Please consider:

• GI Revive—this tastes like sweetened peach tea (easy to drink) and contains lots of healing nutrients and herbs including additional l-glutamine, the main amino acid for gut repair, glucosamine and MSM for tissue building, aloe and slippery elm for membrane healing, and much more. Give her 1/2 teaspoon daily, mixed in a few ounces of water.
• Finest Pure Fish Oils or Berry Frutol—these are good tasting sources of omega-3 fatty acids, needed to reduce inflammation in her gut. Since inflammation (caused by food allergens and lack of anti-inflammatory hormones) is the root cause of a leaky gut, it needs to be reversed in order to ever fully heal. Omega-3s are always deficient in these patients. You can use FInest Pure Fish Oils which is a liquid oil, flavored pleasantly with orange essential oil for a better taste, or Berry Frutol which is a puree of berries emulsified with fish oil. Berry Frutol hardly tastes at all fishy, and my 4 year old niece always requests it at my home. Both are great! She would need to take twice as much Berry Frutol as FInest Pure Fish oil since it is more dilute due to the berries. 2 tsp berry frtuol daily versus 1 tsp of Finest Pure Fish Oils.

Also, if you can, eliminate completely dairy and gluten (wheat, oats, rye, barley) and possibly corn from her diet since dark circles are indicative of severe food allergies. In order to heal her gut, you must remove the allergenic/inflammatory foods. Also include more protein and fruits and vegetables. For gentle detoxification and fortification of fruits and veggies, consider a smoothie including PaleoGreens (powdered fruits and vegetables) and PaleoMeal (protein powder) along with frozen fruit and fish oils.

Also, perhaps some allergen free protein bars would be helpful for your situation. My favorite are UltraLean Glucosupport bars by Biogensis, crispy rice flavor. My niece also loves these! They are gluten, corn and dairy free.