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Instead of only allowing fully digested nutrients to pass through, the compromised barrier allows endotoxins (such as lipopolysaccharides, or LPS, from the cell walls of gram-negative bacteria), undigested food proteins, and microbial fragments to "leak" directly into the bloodstream