The finding of leaky gut in particular has been somewhat inconsistent partly because the testing for intestinal permeability is really quite poor. And doctors who do this work haven’t been able to show a well- done standard of what accounts for increased intestinal permeability
--- Does it just mean they weren't able to show what in reality causes an increased intestinal permeability?
Newguest Does it just mean they weren't able to show what in reality causes an increased intestinal permeability? Approximately, yes. I would paraphrase it like this: They weren't able to show consistently/accurately what causes increased intestinal permeability.
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Newguest Does it just mean they weren't able to show what in reality causes an increased intestinal permeability?
Approximately, yes. I would paraphrase it like this:
They weren't able to show consistently/accurately what causes increased intestinal permeability.