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Clean Gut: The Breakthrough Plan For Eliminating The Root Cause Of Disease And Revolutionizing Your Health (2013)

by Alejandro Junger(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062075861 (ISBN13: 9780062075864)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: I have a problem with my body dumping oxalates when I eat foods that are really good for me, like spinach and chard. When this happens I feel absolutely terrible for days - short-of-breath, irritible, panicky. Most people can process oxalates out of their gut, but others absorb oxalates through their intestines, causing inflammation. I read that it might be possible to "fix" a leaky gut by eating certain foods, so I am giving it a try to see if I might be able to process oxalates in the future. This book has some great information about how to go about it, but I am not overly excited by some of the recipes included (the coconut smoothie was terrible!) It seems like the corresponding website has updated information and a bigger variety of recipes, and some of the ones I tri... moreed were pretty good.
review 2: I hate diet books. Not because they're all useless or necessarily unhelpful, but because most of them are an over-hyped, prententious and scientifically shaky sales pitch. Someone is always selling you something and making money in the process from their breakthrough never-before-discovered secret that promises instant fatloss and blissful health.Then why do I keep reading them? Because I firmly believe that a sensible diet is at the core of sustainable health and each year I try to fish at least one book from the overwhealming sea of diet literature that will add something sensible to my quest.I was therefore pleasently surprised by Junger's book on the Clean Gut diet, in more ways than one. The program and principles presented in the book make good sense and are backed up by scientific resources. I also found Junger's own account of his personal quest for improved health engaging and interesting. Being a M.D. of cardiology, shcooled in is home country of Uruguay and in the United States, Junger explaines openly how his view of health broadened to a more holistic approach. Based on what I have taken in so far and found useful (e.g. Pollan's book on Food Rules and Mosley's books on the 5:2 fasting diet), Junger's approach, program and principles made good sense to me.I can thus recommend the book, but have yet to put it's principles into full practice. less

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