For the first time ever, a patient-driven book has been written about sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. The Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction Survival Guide is a groundbreaking resource every sphincter of Oddi dysfunction patient, friend or family member of a sphincter of Oddi dysfunction patient, GI doctor, primary care physician, naturopath, and functional medicine practitioner should read. Regardless if your sphincter of Oddi dysfunction is mild or severe, you will find this guide helpful....

It is estimated over 600,000 gallbladders are removed in the United States yearly through cholecystectomy surgery. Most patients do well after their gallbladders are removed and have few complications or issues. However, 10-15% of the population develop problems after cholecystectomy; which is known as postcholecystectomy syndrome. This book was written by a patient with postcholecystectomy syndrome and offers resources and solutions most doctors do not offer their patients. She also share...

Approximately 1.5 million people in the United States alone are afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a category of illnesses that includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and that number is steadily growing. Although there is not yet a cure for Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis, patients can help reduce their symptoms and improve their overall wellbeing by following a comprehensive wellness plan such as those outlined in Living with Crohn’s & Colitis.Li...

An authoritative, easy-to-follow guide to healing not only your liver, but your whole body.The liver is the seat of our overall health and wellness, and the health of nearly every organ is intimately connected to it. A healthy liver is essential to a fully functioning body, but our modern sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating habits can truly damage the liver—and damage our health overall.A silent health crisis is impacting one-third of the American popu...

The complete guide for overcoming IBS by discovering your triggers and building a personalized, doable, and fulfilling diet around nutritious, delicious foods that let you finally feel your best.Patsy Catsos, MS, RDN, LD, pioneered the use of the low-FODMAP diet to find your unique FODMAP fingerprint when she self-published IBS—Free at Last!, ushering in a new era of treating IBS through diet instead of medication. Written for at-home use, her book quickly...

**"The Good Gut is a must read for anyone who struggles with health issues, from obesity to depression, and anyone looking to truly optimize their health and well-being."-- Adam Perlman, MD, executive director, Duke Integrative Medicine at Duke UniversityThe groundbreaking science behind the surprising source of good health**Stanford University’s Justin and Erica Sonnenburg are pioneers in the most exciting and potentially transformative field of human health and w...

Inflammatory bowel disease, namely Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, can devastate your life. At one end, it leaves you with embarrassingly frequent trips to the bathroom, leaving long trips, the commute to work and just about any social situation awkward. When severe, prolonged hospital stays, long courses of steroids, dangerous and expensive immune suppressing drugs and surgery to remove portions of your gut can and do occur.It doesn't have to be this way. There are answers...

In the modern industrial world, a large proportion of the adult population suffers from diverticulitis.  By the age of 60, more than 50% of us will suffer from the condition.  Comfortable living and a soft diet magnify the problem.  In her easy-to-follow style, Dr Joan McClelland focuses on the foods that affect diverticulitis, explaining how the right diet can have an amazing effect on the condition and allow sufferers to lead a full life.This is the companion volume to Dr McClelland's be...

A NATURAL AND PRACTICAL WAY TO SAY GOODBYE TO ABDOMINAL PAIN!People who can digest anything don't realize how lucky they are. The situation is very different for the millions of others who suffer from IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Indeed, about 1 in 7 people suffer from this syndrome.The good news: It has now been established - and the medical community recognizes - that the Low-FODMAP diet is effective in eliminating or significantly reducing symptoms in 75% of p...

The low FODMAP diet is increasingly recognised as the primary management strategy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), as it results in a significant reduction of symptoms in over 70% of people who try it. However, cutting out FODMAPs (a group of short-chain carbohydrates which are frequently malabsorbed in the small intestine) can leave people at a loss as to how to eat well without using staples such as bread, pasta, dairy, onion and garlic. This book changes all of that. With 100 delicio...

An easy-to-follow plan to regain a healthy gastrointestinal system-and relieve problems from gas to bloating to IBS.Close to 100 million Americans suffer from chronic-and sometimes very serious- gastrointestinal conditions. Prominent gastroenterologist Dr. Wesley Jones has found that virtually all digestive problems have one single underlying cause-constipation. Our modern diets and stressful lifestyles can make poor digestion such a common experience that sometime...

Cooking Secrets Healthy Recipes for Diabetics Including Quinoa and Superfoods The Cooking Secrets book covers three diet plans, which are considered more lifestyle diets rather than crash diets for weight loss only. It is the belief that if we eat right then our body will balance to a level spot, more of what our ideal weight should be. The three diets highlighted in this book are the Quinoa Diet, Superfoods Diet, and the Diabetic Diet. In addition, really, these diets are easily interchan...