Introduction In all the discussions about the community of microorganisms living in the human gut (the microbiome) and its “good” and “bad” bacteria; in all the science about how to manipulate bacterial populations to increase gut health; and in all the media urging greater awareness of the microbiome’s influence on us all, there has been a missing link. The science of the microbiome has, until recently, largely neglected an active and potentially virulent community within: It is fungus, and it is among us. The fungi in your microbiome may not outnumber the bacteria, but it can compromise your health, contributing to weight gain, digestive problems, inflammatory bowel disorders, and even mood disorders and mental illness. As a research scientist specializing in fungus, I have dedicated my life to the study of the fungi that live in our guts, as well as in and on other parts of our bodies. I’ve witnessed firsthand what kind of trouble fungi can cause. Infections and systemic inflammation are a couple of obvious ways fungi can cause trouble, but they are devious in other ways—fungi can work in an insidious partnership with “bad” bacteria to foil even the most aggressive medications and render useless our most vigorous efforts at dietary control. Intestinal fungi in particular can work with disease-causing gut bacteria, forming sticky biofilms that are a lot like the plaque on your teeth. These biofilms coat the lining of your digestive tract, protecting harmful fungal and bacterial microbes from the body’s immune system, and even from antibiotic and antifungal treatment. But we can outsmart them. Total Gut Balance is the first general-audience health book to explain how fungi work in the human gut, in ways that are beneficial, neutral, and detrimental to human health. If you have recently gained a lot of weight, or are having trouble losing weight; if you have digestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), stomach pain, bloating after eating, flatulence, belching, nausea, vomiting, acid reflux or heartburn, chronic constipation or diarrhea (or both); if you have a diagnosed chronic disease such as Crohn’s disease (CD), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), or colitis; or even if you just have a general feeling of poor health and low energy, then you need to know how to manage your total gut balance. It could be a root cause of your health and weight issues. The good news is that gut fungi change rapidly. Gut bacteria, by contrast, is largely established at birth and while it can shift gradually with dietary changes, it can never completely be remade. Not so with fungus. The community of fungi inside and on the surface of a human host (that’s you) is called the mycobiome—a term I coined in 2010 that is now in widespread use in both the scientific community and in popular culture. The mycobiome is dynamic, shifting significantly with every meal. We know that what you eat and do directly influence your gut fungi, and that your gut fungi, in turn, can directly influence what you weigh, how you feel, how well your immune system works, how much inflammation you have, and more. Within 24 hours, you can remake your mycobiome for better or for worse based on what you decide to eat and other factors within your control. When you make gut-friendly choices, you can set yourself on the fast track to total gut balance, which translates to weight loss, better digestion, improved health, and more energy. If you want results and you want them now, fungi are your inroad to a short-term as well as a long-term gut makeover. In this book, you will learn a new way of eating for gut health that specifically targets fungi and takes advantage of its changeable nature. You’ll also learn how to target the beneficial bacteria whose job it is to keep fungi under control. This can help you get the specific and dramatic results you’ve been hoping for, in record time. The Mycobiome Diet is my potent and fast-acting solution to achieve total gut balance through direct intervention with gut fungi. This diet takes the best elements from many current popular research-based diets, but combines them for maximum total gut balance effect as follows:

Named one of Vogue's 'Best New Healthy Cookbooks'! Named 'Best Book for Improving Gut Health' in Healthista.com's 13 best healthy cookbooks of the year! 'Each page oozes wisdom and insight, mirrored with realistic tips and advice on nurturing your digestive health' Get the Gloss 'The most relevant and provocative nutritionist I've ever met' Nick Barnard, founder of Rude Health 'In a world of food fads, Eve's approach is grounded, sensible and do-able' Suzy Greaves, Editor, Psychologies 'Eve is smart and practical; her advice is spot on and her recipes are distinctive and easy to make' Ian Marber, nutritional therapist and author 'Each chapter leaves you feeling enlightened and fired up to make real change' Healthista.com In Be Good to Your Gut, nutritional therapist Eve Kalinik shows you the path to better digestion and reveals the far-reaching effects of good gut health - from a stronger immune system and balanced hormones to a greater resilience to stress and reduced inflammation. The real work on getting your gut to be as healthy and happy as it can be starts with what you feed it. Eve's advice is complemented with over eighty enticing, nourishing recipes you'll want to eat over and over again, including Miso Cod with Wasabi Broccoli, Chocolate Chia Fudgy Pancakes, Matcha Banana Bread, Turmeric Chicken with Laksa Zoodles, Amandino Ice Cream and Happy Cow Burgers. If you simply want to improve your gut health and overall wellbeing but don't know where to start, or you are looking for further insight into digestive conditions such as IBS, the advice in Be Good to Your Gut will help you feel fantastic, and proves that being good to your gut is great for your taste buds, too.

A groundbreaking guide to your gut Most people understand the importance of a healthy gut microbiome for digestive health and overall wellbeing. But what about the mycobiome—the fungi that live inside our bodies? Here, Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum introduces this important component of the microbiome and explains how diet affects this population and how its balance or imbalance can cause you to feel—a poor balance of fungi can lead to weight gain, pain and bloating, and low energy, and can worsen symptoms for those with IBS or Crohn’s. Good news: Gut fungi respond quickly and dramatically to dietary and lifestyle changes. Within 24 hours, you can remake your mycobiome, supporting a path to weight loss, better digestion, and more energy. Alongside this accessible gut science, Ghannoum outlines fast changes for fostering healthy fungi as well as 7- and 20-day diet plans, with more than 50 dietician-tested recipes, to cultivate a thriving mycobiome and methods for tweaking your lifestyle for long-term gut health.

Many common ailments can be linked to an unhealthy gut: in addition to IBS and heartburn, it's responsible for weight gain, skin conditions, and depression. Learn simple steps you can take to heal intestinal problems and lead a happier, healthier life!

This follow-up to Lee Holmes' bestselling Heal Your Gut provides an in-depth survey of our most influential body part, based around a two-day-a-week gut maintenance plan and over 100 gut-loving recipes. Eat your way to better gut health, increased energy and happier moods. The research is in and the facts are undeniable: the gut has an immense influence over our health - directly impacting immunity, weight, sleep, mood and overall wellbeing. Yet many of us race through life ignoring this incredible ecosystem, until something wakes us up. The good news is that healing and maintaining a healthy gut is not difficult or time consuming. This simple two-day maintenance plan is supported by deliciously nourishing recipes, handy tips and information to enable you to enjoy the countless benefits of a happy, healthy gut, for life.

Today, we are witnessing an increase in the number autoimmune inflammatory diseases, and as your immune system is the body's main line of defence against foreign invaders, it is necessary to keep it primed and functioning optimally The Immune System: Boost the Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Cleanse Your Body Naturally is for readers who are struggling with issues related to their immune system. These struggles can range from getting sick often to inflammatory disorders such as fibromyalgia and arthritis-to a deterioration of the intestinal lining, also known as a leaky gut. Whatever your condition may be, this book will increase your understanding of how to have a healthier immune system and improve gut health. It is easy to follow and will put you on the right track toward repairing your gut so that you can start reaping the many benefits of a strong immune system. After reading this book, you will understand how your health and well-being are greatly affected by your gut microbiota. When you heal your gut, you are at the same time boosting your immune system. This book will: Explain in detail the immune and digestive systems-as well as how they affect each other; Describe the benefits of a healthy immune system and gut; Describe the reasons why people have immune system problems; Allow you to determine if you have gut issues; Provide you with health tips to begin restoring your gut and boost your immune system; Inform you of what foods will naturally boost your immune system and which foods can be detrimental to gut health; Provide you with healthy meal plan ideas; Give you tips on recovering from a metabolic disorder; and Teach you strategies on how to track your success on the road to recovery. If you want to feel relief from digestive issues, boost your immune system, and experience better overall health and well-being, purchasing this book is your first step. This informative guide to healing your gut and cleansing your body naturally will benefit you now and in the future. You will notice that once learned, the strategies for attaining a healthier gut and boosting your immune system are simple-and after you put them into place, you definitely won't regret it. Don't suffer any longer-start the healing process today! ------ immune system immune system boost immune system recovery plan immune system parham immune boosting books immune therapy immune restoration handbook improve immune system how the immune system works boost immune system immune system booster for kids immune system support best immune system booste organic immune system booster immune system booster for women system well immune the immune system cure build immune system strengthen immune system

A program to balance digestive health in seven days using traditional quick-and-easy bone broth remedies from the author of The-Yoga Body Cleanse. The key to a healthy, happy stomach starts with bone broth. Used by our ancestors for centuries, broth restores and promotes the healthy bacteria crucial for pain-free digestion. Heal Your Gut with Bone Broth unleashes these ancient, healing powers to conquer discomfort with a seven-day program, including: Essential mineral information Easy-to-follow daily meal plans Simple, organic recipes Trigger foods to avoid Tips for long-term health Designed to quickly relieve tummy troubles, this book also details the added benefits of broth, including stronger bones, younger skin, healthy hair and weight loss. “Westen’s helpful book highlights two elements as essential to maintaining vitality of body and soundness of mind: gut health and bone broth . . .This is a needed and helpful antidote to the stresses of modern times that assault mental and physical health.” —Publishers Weekly

A practical nutritional and lifestyle guide to improving your health and healing your body. The human body is an amazing and resilient system, and the food we eat, the way we move, and the way we chose to live our lives can all help to keep it in balance and improve our health. Leading nutrition and lifestyle coach Hannah Richards takes us step-by-step through how to listen to our bodies and take our health into our own hands, by getting back to the basics and building a relationship with every part of our bodies. Each chapter covers an organ of the body and features: What it does How to keep it healthy What it may look or feel like when the organ is out of balance Healing foods including recipes and herbal supplements and remedies It is also full of useful tips for improving our mental wellbeing, and provides a truly holistic approach to living - and feeling - well.

The Ultimate Holistic Guide to Curing the Common Cold and Flu, A Step-by-Step Guide to Stimulating Your Immune System to Speed the Healing of Any Cold or Flu provides the most comprehensive, researched-based information ever written on holistic treatments of colds and flu. Written with practical, step-by-step instructions, it will help you find effective, natural treatments for colds and flus. You will find these straight-forward measures will speed the course of your cold or flu. This guide also provides a special chapter on how to quickly recover from the Coronavirus COVID-19.

Your symptoms are real, and there is health solution. This guide covers everything you need to know to understand your gut health and heal your budy. Leaky Gut Syndrome is often poorly understood, but it IS a real syndrome. It may be the cause of several diseases you or a loved one suffers from, such as depression, asthma, IBS, Crohn’s, and chronic fatigue. Thankfully, that's not the end of the story. Leaky gut diets, such as the GAPS Diet and the Specific Carbohydrate diet, have real success in healing your gut and curing your symptoms. Allow your body to heal and reverse or prevent certain diseases by following a healthy gut nutritional diet. The right diet helps the gut lining to slowly heal itself by removing the foods and harmful bacterial that trigger inflammation. Idiot’s Guide®: Healthy Gut Diet covers: - How to start healing the gut through removing certain foods, eating the right foods, and strategically using supplements. - Meal plans and recipes to get your started. - How gut microflora are linked to mental health issues and disease (eating disorders, anxiety, autism, ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, etc.) and physical health (IBS, IRD, asthma, acne, etc.). - How your gut works, what happens when the gut’s microflora become unstable, and how instability wreaks havoc on your body and autoimmune system. - Causes and contributors that do damage to intestinal lining. - The diet’s fundamentals, including a comparison to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, the GAPS Diet, and the Paleo Diet, and the diet’s stages of healing. - How to revitalize your lifestyle with food, cooking, fermenting, and detoxifying practices. - The pitfalls you might experience and how to fix them, in addition to dealing with food intolerances and allergies, along with what to do when the diet isn’t working.