Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Part I Bowel Blues
1 Gut-Wrenching 3
2 A Microbiome Only a Mother Could Love 13
3 Ghosts of Microbes Past 21
4 The Fecalization of America 35
5 Mind Your Mucus 47
Part II Frankenbelly and Friends
6 Sibo: Frankenbelly 61
7 Sifo: Fungal Jungle 93
8 Conquering Your Frankenbelly: Managing Sibo and Sifo 109
Part III Gut Reaction
9 Take a Walk on the Wild Side 135
10 Bowel Power 159
Part IV Build Your Own Super Gut: A Four-Week Program
Week 1 Prepare the Soil 175
Week 2 Reseed Your Garden 195
Week 3 Add Water and Fertilizer 205
Week 4 Grow Your Super Gut Microbe Garden 215
Super Gut Recipes 227
Super Gut Sample Three-Day Menu Plan and Shopping Lists 275
Afterword: Sweat the Small Stuff 281
Acknowledgments 287
Appendix A Resources 291
Appendix B Eradicating Your Frankenbelly: Super Gut Sibo and Sifo Protocols 307
Appendix C Eradicating H. Pylori 313
References 317
Index 339