The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health

by Gerard E. Mullin, Kathie Madonna Swift (Foreword by), Andrew Weil

Overview

More than 60 million Americans suffer from digestive disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome. In The Inside Tract by Gerard E. Mullin, MD, a comprehensive plan for overcoming these common digestive ailments, you'll learn how a simple regimen of dietary changes, supplements, and a 7-step lifestyle modification program can help heal intestinal problems and get you on track to vibrant health!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605292649
Publisher:	Harmony/Rodale
Publication date:	07/05/2011
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	680,738
Product dimensions:	5.86(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.01(d)

About the Author

Gerard E. Mullin, MD, is an associate professor of medicine and director of Integrative GI Nutrition Services at Johns Hopkins. He is internationally renowned for his work in integrative gastroenterology and nutrition.

Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RD, LDN, is an integrative and functional medicine dietitian and culinary nutrition leader for the Food As Medicine training program. She practices in the Berkshires, MA.

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Table of Contents

Foreword Andrew Weil x

Introduction 1

Part I The Gastrointestinal Superhighway

1 The Gut: Your "Inside Tract" to Health and Wellness 19

2 Taking a Ride on the Tube: A Guided Tour of Your Gut 30

3 When You Get "Off Tract": Digestive Disease and You 49

Part II The Inside Tract Prescription to Wellness

4 The "Inside Tract" to Good Nutrition 67

5 The "Inside Tract" to a Better Life 101

6 Supplements to Heal Your Inside Tract 130

Part III Food as Medicine for Digestive Health

7 Getting on the Inside Track to Optimal Digestive Health 157

8 Track 1: The Foundational Food Plan 165

9 Track 2: The Exclusion Food Plan 180

10 Track 3: The Specific Food Plan 212

11 Putting It All Together: Case Histories 223

Appendix

Recipes 237

Shopping Lists 296

Resources 307

Acknowledgments 311

Endnotes 315

Index 331

Editorial Reviews

The Inside Tract, by the world's leading digestive health experts, Gerry Mullin and Kathie Swift, takes the latest science of why your gut goes bad and how to fix it and provides a practical, step-by-step guide to ending suffering from reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and many other chronic health problems. This revolutionary book may be your ticket to health.” —Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The UltraMind Solution and UltraMetabolism

“The sooner you acquaint yourself with the information in this splendid book, the more likely you are to live a healthy, fulfilling life. The Inside Tract is a brilliant achievement. It takes away the mystery of GI function and provides sensible, scientific information that anyone can follow. In the highest sense, this is a book about healing.” —Larry Dossey, MD, author of Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words

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