Gut Crisis

Gut Crisis is the ultimate guide to gut health. Poor food quality, the overuse of antibiotics, and other factors are creating an imbalanced state in your gut bacteria and damaging your gut lining. This eventually leads to inflammation that underlies chronic health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, autoimmune disease, heart disease, and degenerative brain disorders.

This book reveals a hidden health crisis taking place around the world and talks about the most recent and effective treatment programs. It gives practical advice based on what the ancients have known for centuries: by healing your gut through diet, lifestyle, and simple procedures, you can heal your body and mind.

Gut Crisis includes practical issues that affect everyone:

• What disorders are caused by an imbalanced state of gut bacteria?
• How do gut bacteria affect your cravings and emotions?
• What are the effects of probiotics?
• What is your personal Gut/Brain Nature?
• What can you do to heal your gut?

Authors’ Note    ix
Introduction    xi

PART 1: Our Hidden Organ
Table Talk    1
Gut Feelings    9
Right From the Beginning     15
Antibiotics     21
Diet and Lifestyle     29
The Cloud Around You    37
The Business of Gut Bacteria    45
The Good, the Bad, and the Vile:
Part 1    51
The Good, the Bad, and the Vile:
Part 2    57

PART 2: Diseases
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS    69
Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD    77
Brain Wiring    83
Heart Matters    93
Gut Imbalance Equals Dis-ease    99

PART 3: How Does Our Gut Work?
The Gut Barrier     107
The Gut-Brain Axis    113
Leaky Gut Syndrome    119
Appetite    127
Epigenetics    135
Prebiotics    143

PART 4: Doc Gut’s Favorite Books
The Brain Maker    151
The Microbiome Solution    159
The Plant Paradox     165
Gut and Psychology Syndrome     173
The Prime    183
Gut    191
I Contain Multitudes    199
Eat Dirt    209
Fat for Fuel    217

PART 5: Past and Future
Traditional Medicine    227
The Future of Medicine    237

PART 6: What You Can Do
Dr. Maggie    247
The Ayurvedic Approach    255
Know Your Gut     265
DHARMA Protocol – Your Roadmap to Health     273
Index