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Super-Powered Immunity Starts in the Gut
Published by Healing Arts Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
A research-backed guide to healing your gut and boosting immunity.
Did you know that 70 percent of the immune system resides in the gut? As Dr. Michelle Schoffro Cook explains, a healthy, microbially balanced gastrointestinal tract is one of the biggest keys to warding off and fighting infectious diseases.
In this practical guide, Dr. Cook shares tools and hands-on methods to transform your gut health for greater immunity and well-being. Distilling the most recent research, she explains the connection between GALT (gut-associated lymphoid tissue) and a strong gut-immune relationship. She offers methods to assess your gut health and select which healing approach would be best. She explores some of the main illnesses, conditions, and disorders that afflict the gut and lead to poor immune system performance, including excessive yeast growth, dysbiosis (an imbalanced microbiome where harmful microbes far outnumber the beneficial ones), and excessive gut permeability (which allows dangerous germs, microbes, and toxins to invade the blood stream).
Showing how to treat these conditions holistically without damaging and compromising your gut and immune system, Dr. Cook shares powerful yet natural remedies like herbs, essential oils, and nutritional supplements. She looks at the role of probiotics and fermented foods in immunity, providing an extensive examination of how and why they work. She examines new research about particular probiotic strains that are effective against even the most drug-resistant health conditions like MRSA and C. difficile. She explains the often-invisible, immune-depleting damage caused by antibiotic use and what to do immediately if you’re taking antibiotics or have suffered damage from having done so. She also offers a detailed four-week plan for healing the gut and obtaining—and sustaining—optimum immune system function.
Explaining all of the necessary research-backed tools and techniques, this guide empowers you to take charge of your gut health, transform your immune system, and achieve vibrant health.
Did you know that 70 percent of the immune system resides in the gut? As Dr. Michelle Schoffro Cook explains, a healthy, microbially balanced gastrointestinal tract is one of the biggest keys to warding off and fighting infectious diseases.
In this practical guide, Dr. Cook shares tools and hands-on methods to transform your gut health for greater immunity and well-being. Distilling the most recent research, she explains the connection between GALT (gut-associated lymphoid tissue) and a strong gut-immune relationship. She offers methods to assess your gut health and select which healing approach would be best. She explores some of the main illnesses, conditions, and disorders that afflict the gut and lead to poor immune system performance, including excessive yeast growth, dysbiosis (an imbalanced microbiome where harmful microbes far outnumber the beneficial ones), and excessive gut permeability (which allows dangerous germs, microbes, and toxins to invade the blood stream).
Showing how to treat these conditions holistically without damaging and compromising your gut and immune system, Dr. Cook shares powerful yet natural remedies like herbs, essential oils, and nutritional supplements. She looks at the role of probiotics and fermented foods in immunity, providing an extensive examination of how and why they work. She examines new research about particular probiotic strains that are effective against even the most drug-resistant health conditions like MRSA and C. difficile. She explains the often-invisible, immune-depleting damage caused by antibiotic use and what to do immediately if you’re taking antibiotics or have suffered damage from having done so. She also offers a detailed four-week plan for healing the gut and obtaining—and sustaining—optimum immune system function.
Explaining all of the necessary research-backed tools and techniques, this guide empowers you to take charge of your gut health, transform your immune system, and achieve vibrant health.
Product Details
- Publisher: Healing Arts Press (February 29, 2024)
- Length: 160 pages
- ISBN13: 9781644117408
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Raves and Reviews
“A well-researched and thorough look at healing our gut and the importance of healing the gut first. Dr. Cook details how when our microbial world is off in our gut, it can affect our entire immune system. She helps us find the right probiotics and prebiotics for our specific health issue. She also details the best diets, foods, and practices for getting the gut back in order. This book is a valuable contribution to the burgeoning field of understanding the relationship of the immune system and the gut.”
– Vir McCoy, author of Liberating Yourself from Lyme and Healing Therapies for Long Covid
“Reminding us of our body’s amazing capacity to heal and self-regulate, Dr. Cook applies her years of experience and research to clearly yet simply explain how our immune system, in synergistic collaboration with the microbiotic inhabitants within our body, arms our defense and ability to absorb vital life-sustaining nutrients. Discover practical magic-bullet foods as well as prebiotic and probiotic remedies that will restore and maintain healthy microbial balance to create and optimize resilience and increase wellness and vitality. A highly recommended addition to your well-being toolbox.”
– Heather Dawn Godfrey, PGCE, BSc, author of Healing with Essential Oils and Essential Oils for the Wh
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