Healthy Gut Workbook

Victor Sierpina

Description

Your Guide to Complete Digestive Health

A healthy digestive system is essential for total wellness, and digestive issues that cause discomfort and pain can seriously hamper our enjoyment of life. While there''s no quick fix for curing the gut, effective holistic remedies can naturally, gradually alleviate almost every kind of gastrointestinal problem.

In The Healthy Gut Workbook, you''ll find a complete plan for restoring your body''s delicate balance through gut-friendly meals, simple lifestyle changes, nutritional supplements, and, if needed, medications and medical procedures. You''ll learn which foods to add and remove from your diet to dramatically reduce your symptoms right away, and also discover a variety of strategies for maintaining gut health. No matter what digestive problems you suffer with, the healing solutions in this workbook will help you find relief.

This book includes integrative treatment plans for:

•Heartburn and reflux
•Gastritis and ulcers
•Diarrhea
•Constipation
•Excessive gas
•Gallstones
•Pancreatitis
•Liver disease
•Irritable bowel syndrome
•Crohn''s disease
•Ulcerative colitis
•Diverticulosis
•Hemorrhoids

Informations

• Publié par: New Harbinger Publications
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781572248458
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

Extrait

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“From one o Amerîca’s master teacers and an autorîty on întegratîve eat, Vîctor Sîerpîna, He eaty Gut Workbookîs one o te most accurate and concîse guîdebooks on gastroîntestîna eat to appear în years. Fîed wît good scîence and good sense, tîs book takes te mystery out o unctîona întegratîve medîcîne, one o te most împortant approaces to eat o te past decade. Let Dr. Sîerpîna be your guîde to superb gastroîntestîna eat!” —Larry Dossey, MD, autor oHe Power of Premonîtîons

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Pubîser’s Note Hîs pubîcatîon îs desîgned to provîde accurate and autorîtatîve înformatîon în regard to te subject matter covered. It îs sod wît te understandîng tat te pubîser îs not engaged în renderîng psycoogîca, inancîa, ega, or oter professîona servîces. If expert assîstance or counseîng îs needed, te servîces of a competent profes- sîona soud be sougt.

Dîstrîbuted în Canada by Raîncoast Books

Copyrîgt © 2010 by Vîctor S. Sîerpîna New Harbînger Pubîcatîons, ïnc. 5674 Sattuck Avenue Oakand, CA 94609 www.newarbînger.com

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Acquîred by Jess O’Brîen; Cover desîgn by Sara Crîstîan; Edîted by Brady Kan

PDF ïSBN: 9781572248458 Lîbrary o Congress as cataoged te prînt edîtîon as: Sîerpîna, Vîctor S., 1949  he eaty gut workbook : woebody eaîng or eartburn, ucers, constîpatîon, ïBS, dîvertîcuosîs, and more / Vîctor S. Sîerpîna.  p. cm.  ïncudes bîbîograpîca reerences and îndex.  ïSBN 9781572248441  1. Gastroîntestîna systemDîseasesAternatîve treatmentPopuar works. 2. NaturopatyPopuar works. ï. Tîte.  RC806.S55 2010  616.3’06dc22  2010025531

Contents

For ewor d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Pr eface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ix

Ack nowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

P a r t 1 The Healthy Gut

C h a p t e r 1 Your Gut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 An Owner’s Manua

C h a p t e r 2 Food, Glor ious Food! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Te Joys o Eatîng Heatuy

C h a p t e r 3 Eating Bugs and Other Gastrointestinal Delights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Te Beneîts o Probîotîcs

he HeaLty Gut Workbook

C h a p t e r 4 The Super Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Te Best Researced Foods or Gut Heat and Overa Weness

C h a p t e r 5 Immunit y and the Gut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 How You Can Keep Your Gut în Good Heat

C h a p t e r 6 What You Ar e Eating M ay Be Eating You . . . . . . 57 Food Aergîes and Sensîtîvîtîes

C h a p t e r 7 The A ntiInfl a mm atory Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heaîng Your Gut, Joînts, Bood Vesses, Braîn, Heart, and More

67

C h a p t e r 8 Gut Feelings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 How Your Gut Aects and ïs Aected by Your Emotîons

P a r t 2 Some Things You Can Do for Your Gut

iv

C h a p t e r 9 Common Conditions That M ak e You and Your Gut Suffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Some ïntegratîve, Functîona, and Hoîstîc Soutîons

C h a p t e r 1 0 Don’t Tak e Once a Day For ever . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Probems wît Commony Used Medîcatîons

C h a p t e r 1 1 A Compr ehensive Elimination Diet and Other Delights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 HîgFîber and Detoxîîcatîon Pans

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

R esources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

R efer ences . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . 159

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

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For ewor d

He eaty Gut Workbookwî prove to be an împortant pubîcatîon tat adds to te expandîng body o îterature about unctîona întegratîve medîcîne. Functîona medîcîne îs a systemsmedîcîne approac tat addresses te prîmary caenge o te twentîet century: împrovîng preventîon and treatment or compex, cronîc îness. hese textbooks togeter set te boundarîes, evîdence, and metodoogîes or provîdîng a new, compre ensîve, cînîcay reevant medîca paradîgm sît or acîevîng tîs urgent goa. Wat îs te rea împortance, you may ask, o unctîona medîcîne and, în partîcuar, o tîs atest pubîcatîon,He eaty Gut Workbook, based on te appîcatîon o unctîona medîcîne? We currenty ave în pace în te îndustrîaîzed word a metod o eat care deveoped and based on te twentîetcentury acutecare medîca mode. Suc a mode îs caracterîzed by rapîd dîferen tîa dîagnosîs—wît an organsystems ocus—aîmed at prescrîbîng a drug (or procedure) tat wî ameîorate te patîent’s presentîng symptoms and avert te îmmedîate treat. ït îs a mode tat evoved în response to te prîmary causes o morbîdîty and mortaîty în te ast century, namey