Restoring Your Intestinal Flora: The Key to Digestive Wellness

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Easy techniques for rebuilding good gut health, strengthening the immune system, and reducing inflammation * Examines the many functions of your intestinal flora and their role in a healthy immune system, including their anti-inflammatory effects * Explores the major causes of weakened flora, especially the overuse of antibiotics and the overconsumption of refined, low-fiber foods in the modern diet * Details how to restore your flora after taking antibiotics and how to strengthen your flora with prebiotics, probiotics, and simple changes in eating and drinking habits Our intestinal flora perform a large number of duties--far more than just aiding digestion. Recent research has revealed that our intestinal flora help fight off infections by killing microbes and viruses, increase our resistance to allergens and inflammation, cleanse our internal systems by neutralizing toxins, and even support our moods and energy levels by interacting with hormones and neurotransmitters. In this easy-to-follow guide, Christopher Vasey explains how to restore balance to your microbiome. He examines the many functions of intestinal flora and their role in a healthy immune system, including their anti-inflammatory effects and role in the creation of lymphocytes. He explores the major causes of weakened flora, especially the overuse of antibiotics and the overconsumption of refined, low-fiber foods, and he outlines the ailments and diseases that can result, such as bloating, food intolerance, mood swings, fungal infections, and greater susceptibility to colds and flu. Offering step-by-step methods, Vasey explains how to restore the flora after taking medications such as antibiotics, how to support your flora with the ingestion of prebiotics: high-fiber foods that provide essential nutrients for good gut health, and how to strengthen your flora with probiotics: foods or supplements that facilitate the regeneration of healthy intestinal flora. The author explores simple changes you can make in your eating and drinking habits to support your microbiome as well as practices to keep the flora of the colon out of the intestinal environment where they can wreak havoc. He also details the steps of the healing process, including the cleansing reactions you may experience as your intestinal flora rebalances. Providing everything you need to know for optimum digestive wellness, Vasey shows that repairing the balance of your intestinal flora is simple and accessible to anyone.

Christopher Vasey, N.D., is a naturopath specializing in detoxifi cation and rejuvention. He is the author of several books, including The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health, Natural Remedies for Inflammation, Liver Detox, Natural Antibiotics and Antivirals, and Good Sugar, Bad Sugar. He lives near Montreux, Switzerland.

"The ancient healing traditions stated that all diseases could be traced back to improper digestion. And the gut is where one needs to begin. Simply put: proper gut flora brings radiant health; depleted flora causes disease. Why? Because the gut stabilizes the immune system, preventing food allergies and autoimmune diseases; the gut is considered the 'seat of digestion,' where all nutrients are absorbed from the foods you eat; and the gut is also known as the 'brain of the brain,' since the vast majority of the neurotransmitters for the brain are made in the gut. Heal your gut and watch your health return, slowly but surely. Read this book to find out how." * Marianne Teitelbaum, author of Healing the Thyroid with Ayurveda * "Much more attention is being paid to the intestinal microbiome as being the culprit behind so many health conditions, from depression to ADHD to poor immunity. In Christopher Vasey's new book Restoring Your Intestinal Flora, he sets out an easy-to-follow plan to not only restore this vital organ but also detoxify the wrong kinds of bacteria. This is a must-read book for someone who understands that the gut is the real foundation of health." * Elisa Lottor, Ph.D., HMD., author of The Miracle of Regenerative Medicine * "In a society increasingly plagued by inflammatory conditions and digestive disorders, Dr. Vasey's pearls of wisdom on restoring intestinal flora make for a wonderful and interesting read, as well as essential. Referred to as our second brain, the gut is responsible for producing 90 percent of the body's serotonin, a critical neurochemical responsible for inducing positive mental health. This book is a must-read for both mental and physical well-being." * Emma Mardlin, Ph.D., author of Out of Your Comfort Zone and Mind Body Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 * "Restoring Your Intestinal Flora by Christopher Vasey, N.D, is well written, easily understood, and thoroughly researched on the role of intestinal flora on the digestive system. This book makes several important suggestions to improve your gut health that could have positive impacts on your overall health." * Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D., author of Fight Diabetes with Vitamins and Antioxidants and Fight Alzheimer& * "An ideal and unreservedly recommended informational resource for the non-specialist general reader, as well as of instructional value for medical students and health care practitioners, Restoring Your Intestinal Flora: The Key to Digestive Wellness of a complete course of instruction in the value, purpose, and care of intestinal flora for good health. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, Restoring Your Intestinal Flora: The Key to Digestive Wellness is a core and essential addition to community, college and university library Health/Medicine collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that Restoring Your Intestinal Flora: The Key to Digestive Wellness is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99)." * Midwest Book Review *