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Healthy Digestion the Natural Way: Preventing and Healing Heartburn, Constipation, Gas, Diarrhea, Inflammatory Bowel and Gallbladder Diseases, Ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Food Allergies, & More - Softcover
Synopsis
Good digestion is fundamental to good health, and even such common problems as chronic heartburn and gas can have harmful effects on virtually every cell in your body. Quick fixes such as over-the-counter and prescription medications don't address the real causes of the problems: they only mask symptoms. Nature, on the other hand, offers a variety of gentle, readily available remedies that not only treat underlying digestive problems but also help to promote overall well-being. Learn about natural solutions and how to put them to work for you in this completely revised edition of the bestselling guide Healthy Digestion the Natural Way.
Incorporating the latest research for this updated edition, Dr. D. Lindsey Berkson clearly and simply explains the normal digestive processes and what can happen to interfere with them. Then, drawing upon her decades of research and clinical experience successfully treating thousands of sufferers of digestive problems--many of whom had exhausted all the standard medical solutions--she provides:
* Easy-to-follow programs for correcting digestive problems without drugs, including a 4-week “Gut Reboot Camp” detox and a 6-week leaky-gut healing program
* Specific treatments for leaky gut, gluten-related disorders, gas, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, inflammatory bowel disease, food allergies, and more
* Natural remedies, including diet, exercise, mind-body and breathing techniques, and reflexology
* Guidelines on how to design a naturally healthy diet tailored to your unique physical makeup, problems, and tastes
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About the Author
Dr. D. LINDSEY BERKSON is a renowned health advocate, author, researcher, and doctor of chiropractic medicine with a master's degree in nutrition. The founder of the prestigious Berkson Clinic in California, Dr. Berkson regularly lectures nationwide on health, clinical nutrition, and natural healing techniques. She also hosts the “Wiseman Family Practice Talk Radio Show,” and is a frequent co-host on “All Things Medical with Jerome Block MD.” She lives near Austin, Texas.
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Everyone cares about our gut now, not just gastroenterologists and health-food nuts.
The intestinal tract is one of the most complex organs of the human body. It has multiple job descriptions, with the biggest job being to absorb nutrition out of our food. But we now know for a fact that the gut has conversations, cross-talk, with the brain and the immune system and is, in fact, a major pillar of overall health.
Most of us don’t think about our digestive tracts unless we have problems with it, let alone consider the link of our gut to issues such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (autoimmune thyroid disease), stroke, eczema, depression, neurologic disease, dementia, and more. Many folks who have other health problems silently have issues with their guts, but they or their doctors are not aware of the significant bridge between the two.
As we learn more about how our guts reign over the kingdom of our health, the American gut is under attack. The following statistics come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
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60-80 million Americans suffer with gastrointestinal disease
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48 million visits to doctors for gut woes per year
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21 million hospitalizations per year
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250,000 deaths yearly from severe gastrointestinal disease
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12% of all inpatient procedures are related to gut issues (5.4 million per year)
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$141 billion dollars was spent in 2004 on gut illness
Emergent scientific research is looking at gut health as being intimately linked to all of our health: heart, hormonal, mood, skin, energy, immunity, and more.
This makes sense. The gut is the outside of the world in the center of our bodies, two worlds in the same orbit. How we deal with these foreign molecules has a huge impact on digestive and systemic health. The Human Microbiome Project, initiated by The National Institutes of Health in 2007 and projected to continue through 2015, is demonstrating that we have an unappreciated organ of 4-6 pounds of diverse bacteria inside our gut that acts as an influential translator between these two universes.The intestinal tract is one of the most complex organs of the human body. It has multiple job descriptions, with the biggest job being to absorb nutrition out of our food. But we now know for a fact that the gut has conversations, cross-talk, with the brain and the immune system and is, in fact, a major pillar of overall health.
Most of us don’t think about our digestive tracts unless we have problems with it, let alone consider the link of our gut to issues such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (autoimmune thyroid disease), stroke, eczema, depression, neurologic disease, dementia, and more. Many folks who have other health problems silently have issues with their guts, but they or their doctors are not aware of the significant bridge between the two.
As we learn more about how our guts reign over the kingdom of our health, the American gut is under attack. The following statistics come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
*
60-80 million Americans suffer with gastrointestinal disease
*
48 million visits to doctors for gut woes per year
*
21 million hospitalizations per year
*
250,000 deaths yearly from severe gastrointestinal disease
*
12% of all inpatient procedures are related to gut issues (5.4 million per year)
*
$141 billion dollars was spent in 2004 on gut illness
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