Natural Ways to Digestive Health: Interfaces Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine - Softcover

Stephen Holt, M.D.

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9780871319678: Natural Ways to Digestive Health: Interfaces Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine

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ISBN 10: 0871319675 ISBN 13: 9780871319678

Publisher: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 2002

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Takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the digestive system with stopping points along the way from the esophagus to the lower intestine. We learn about acid reflux and the various methods for its control, irritable bowel syndrome, key natural remedies and alternative treaments, friEND: ly bacteria and toxins and a myriad other topics.

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Stephen Holt MD

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Board-certified gastroenterologist Holt (The Natural Way to a Healthy Heart) sets the bar high in his foreword, stating that the "value of the book is to enlighten both the layperson and practicing physicians about emerging concepts in alternative medicine as applied to gastrointestinal disease." He presents his own holistic philosophy, "pluralistic medicine," or using what works from conventional and alternative medicine for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Holt focuses on digestive disorders attributed predominantly to an unbalanced lifestyle, with detailed, complicated explanations (without illustrations) of digestive disorders having their origin from the mouth to the anus. The format includes a description of the system, the disorder, and the conventional medical treatment, followed by alternative therapies. Holt often presents the alternative therapy superficially, along with an evaluation of its effectiveness. His book suffers from its attempt to reach both the general reader, for whom it is too technical, and the physician, who will find it too repetitive. Holt also tries too hard to be the broker between alternative and conventional medicine. His book concludes with a short list of recommended readings and resources. Consumer health collections would do better with Optimal Digestion: New Strategies for Achieving Digestive Health (Wholecare, 1999), edited by Trent W. Nichols, M.D., and Nancy Faass. Not an essential purchase. Lisa McCormick, Jewish Hosp. Lib., Cincinnati
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