# Can a supplement say “heals leaky gut”?

Source: https://claimsverified.org/claims/heals-leaky-gut/

No. It names a condition and claims healing, which is a drug claim twice over. The version the standard allows is “supports a healthy intestinal barrier”.

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Why it fails

## The rule this runs into.

Names a condition and claims healing. Very common in the gut category.

We file this under named condition and rate it critical. It is enforced by FDA, FTC, Amazon, Meta, which matters because a single phrase can fail in more than one place at once: a listing suppression, an ad-account review and a warning letter are three different consequences of the same sentence.

What to say instead

## The wording that passes.

This is the rewrite an audit ships for this phrase: the strongest wording the standard allows, in the words we would hand you.

The rewrite the standard allows

'Supports a healthy intestinal barrier' / 'supports digestive health'

Other claims you can use instead

Digestive

Supports a healthy intestinal barrier

The compliant version of the leaky-gut pitch.

Digestive

Supports digestive health

Broad and safe.

Every structure/function claim on this page still needs the FDA disclaimer wherever it appears. That requirement has [its own ruling](https://claimsverified.org/claims/fda-disclaimer/).

## Is this phrase on your listing right now?

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Nearby rulings

## Other phrases in the same family.

[ CriticalNamed condition Can a supplement say it is for anxiety? ](https://claimsverified.org/claims/for-anxiety/)  [ CriticalNamed condition Can a supplement say “lowers blood pressure”? ](https://claimsverified.org/claims/lowers-blood-pressure/)  [ CriticalNamed condition Can a supplement say “lowers cholesterol”? ](https://claimsverified.org/claims/lowers-cholesterol/)
[All 37 published rulings →](https://claimsverified.org/claims/)

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Say the most the rules allow. Then keep selling it, everywhere, at any spend.

Clean copy can run on every channel at once, with the lines we flagged gone, so you can push budget knowing what a reviewer can find. And it is the brand a careful shopper can believe.