"A varied diet of digestive writings, from scientific explanations of the digestive system, gut-friendly diet guides, recipes, and many, many poo stories"
Readers with potty humour will appreciate Mikhail lightening the academic tone throughout with scatalogical puns and conversational translations of academic language (e.g. chapters on ‘bumfluenza’ and ‘bum-dumplings’).
Mikhail does make multiple comments throughout about the difficulty of ascribing general advice when gut issues are individual and context-dependent, but my sense is that it’s likely that this book would be more helpful for someone who already has a sense of a specific gut-issue that they’re experiencing. As a more general, curious reader, I did find myself finding the advice sometimes seeming contradictory, like which foods are recommended to increase or avoid – if the same symptoms are from different gut-issues, the guidance completely changes. I think it could help readers to have more help navigating these seeming contradictions, for example, Mikhail using her expertise to make a flow-chart of symptoms to look out for to diagnose your more likely issues, and therefore follow-through on which of the different dietary plans to try.
I enjoyed some of the unexpected interesting facts scattered across the book, like tips on how to know if kombucha is good quality (look for strands floating in it, to know it’s not artificial, and it must be refrigerated, as the low temperature is what keeps the yeast and bacteria alive).
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Dietitian Sandra Mikhail's frank and at times humorous tried-and-tested guide to bowel health based on her professional and personal experience
Dietitian Sandra Mikhail's frank and at times humorous tried-and-tested guide to bowel health based on her professional and personal experience A no-nonsense, at times humorous, guide to gut health and disease, backed by the most recent science and drawing on lived examples from the author's professional practice and personal health history and including gut health basics, the building blocks of food, the gut microbiome and the seven commonest gut conditions, finishing with a roadmap to a blissful gut. With this book, you will get to appreciate the complex nature of the human gut but also learn to nourish your internal ecosystem and cope with the most common gut conditions: Reflux disease, Bloating, Constipation, Diarrhea, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Food Intolerance and Hemorrhoids.
The Gut Chronicles features in the following genres: Cookery, Food and Drink, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Gastroenterology, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Diets and dieting, nutrition, Health and wholefood cookery, Microbiology (non-medical), Medicine and Nursing, Clinical and internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Mathematics and Science, Biology, life sciences, Microbiology (non-medical), Family and health, Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Fitness and diet, Diets and dieting, nutrition, Health and wholefood cookery
Paperback. £17.99, down from the £19.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Gut Chronicles was written by Sandra Mikhail and published by Hammersmith Health Books an imprint of Hammersmith Books Limited
The Gut Chronicles has 224 pages
£17.99, reduced from £19.99. In Stock.
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