The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long Term Health
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (695 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00V3UZA2Y |
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| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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A well written book - interesting, informative and useful AnAmazonCustomer As middle aged, active adults, we try to exercise, eat right and take good care of our health but unfortunately, we both have long-term chronic conditions from childhood - one that landed the spouse in the hospital with a very serious illness including pneumonia. After being put on 7 (yes seven!) IV antibiotics going 24/7 via a drip, the doctors said to expect some serious gasto symptoms. As soon as he. Very informative and well-written. sb-lynn I have had some significant health issues the last few years and I have been reading everything I can about the various theories on health, diet and exercise and how those things can effect us. There are so many different points of view - go gluten free? Paleo? Grains are bad for our brains? What to do?This book starts out with a foreword by Andrew Weil and he talks about this very issue. He mentions t. "Transformative" according to andy. The material discussed in this book has been transformative to my life. By making small changes in my diet by adding fiber and fermented foods here and there, my tastes and health have completely improved. I can't recommend this book enough.
These gut bacteria are facing a mass extinction, and the health consequences are dire. Unlike our DNA, we can influence the gut bacteria, or microbiota, to optimize all aspects of our health. But that is not the whole story. Our intestinal microbiota play an important role in the prevalence of predominantly Western afflictions, such as cancer, diabetes, allergies, asthma, autism, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Drs. In The Good Gut, noted Stanford researchers Justin and Erica Sonnenburg, who are doing cutting-edge research on the microbiota, investigate how the trillions of microbes that reside in our gastrointestinal tract help define us, affecting everything from our immune response to our weight, allergic reactions, aging and emotions; how they are under threat from the Western diet, our antibiotics, and our sterilized environment; and how we can nurture our individual microbiota. We have a second genome, our gut bacteria, that sets the dial on our bodies. A groundbreaking guide to the surprising source of good health Genetics and lifestyle are thought to be the two most important determinants of good h