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Losing weight for good is truly possible with a science-based approach to gut health.

Recent cutting-edge research shows that human intestinal microbiota influence metabolism, appetite, energy, hormones, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Because gut microflora plays a central role in weight management, losing weight is much more than cutting calories, fat, or carbs. When the trillions of live bacteria in our digestive tract—the gut microbiome—are balanced, excess pounds melt away and we feel revitalized.

A leading authority on digestive health and the gut microbiome, Dr. Gerard E. Mullin shares a proven, science-based program to restore and retain weight loss by achieving a balanced gut flora in The Gut Balance Revolution. He reveals how to stifle the fat-forming, disease-promoting gut bacteria, reseed your gut with good fat-burning ones, and fertilize those friendly flora with just the right foods to reboot, rebalance, and renew your health—and lose weight for good. It's all grounded in hard science and his over 20 years of clinical experience with patients in his medical practice. Dr. Gerry Mullin's trailblazing program provides:

• Research: The latest, up-to-date frontline science behind how balancing your gut flora can burn fat and restore health
• Reboot, Rebalance, Renew: Step-by-step meals plans, food charts, plus 50 delicious, easy recipes
• Rev Up: An exercise routine for each phase of the process
• Real Life: Bona fide success stories of people who seamlessly lost up to 40 pounds—and kept it off!

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“Mullin's promise of quick, sustainable weight loss through practices that also combat chronic health problems and discourage disease will have many readers lining up to devour this sensible guide.” —Publisher’s Weekly

“Dr. Mullin has provided the reader with invaluable practical insight into the gut microbiome and its effect on obesity and our overall health. This is a 'must-read' for the public and health professionals.” —Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States

“The Gut Balance Revolution truly is a revolution in thinking about how to get healthy. More important, it is a powerful, groundbreaking plan for you to reset your health for life.” —Mark Hyman, MD, director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet

“The Gut Balance Revolution embraces the revolutionary new paradigm that connects our health to the health of the hundred trillion bacteria that live within each of us. Dr. Mullin deftly leverages this leading-edge science to create a practical, user-friendly program to restore health and enhance disease resistance.” —David Perlmutter, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar- Your Brain's Silent Killers and Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain-for life

“The Gut Balance Revolution, is a game changer- an invaluable guide to healthy living and eating. Dr. Mullin cites cutting-edge science on the role of the gut microbiome in health, obesity, and disease and offers an effective three-step dietary plan that takes a holistic approach to heal the gut, improve well-being, maximize metabolism, and shed unwanted weight.” —Frank Lipman MD, author of the national bestseller The New Health Rules: Simple Changes to Achieve Whole-Body Wellness

“Optimal gut health becomes the foundation for fat loss, abundant energy, and vibrant health. In The Gut Balance Revolution, Dr. Gerard Mullin provides an effective, easy-to-apply protocol to fix your gut, boost your metabolism, and become lean, energetic, and healthy. A don't-miss book!” —JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFS, author the New York Times bestsellers JJ Virgin's Sugar Impact Diet and The Virgin Diet

“A compelling body of evidence indicates that the trillions of bacteria our bodies play host to have profound influences on our health and daily lives. In The Gut Balance Revolution, Dr. Mullin examines the gut microbiome's critical role and offers actionable advice on restoring and maintaining our intestinal flora to promote well-being.” —Andrew Weil, MD, author of Eating Well for Optional Health

“How delightful to realize that most bacteria are NOT the enemy. They are essential allies in creating vibrant health. The Gut Balance Revolution will get you started!” —Christiane Northrup, MD, obstetrics/gynecology physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

“The Gut Revolution program is an evidence-based approach that is practical and effective. New science supports the important role of the gut microbiome in weight control, and no one knows more about healing your gut to trim your waist than Dr. Gerard Mullin, a leading authority in this field.” —Melina B. Jampolis, MD, President, National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists and CNN Diet & Fitness Expert

“I intend to use the principles and great tips provided in Dr. Mullin's The Gut Balance Revolution to enhance the weight loss achieved by patients at the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center.I highly recommend the book to anyone concerned about their health and their weight.” —Dr. Lawrence J. Cheskin, Director, Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, author of Losing Weight for Good: Developing Your Personal Plan of Action, coeditor of Integrative Weight Management

“The Gut Balance Revolution is a unique book. Dr. Mullin combines his in-depth knowledge of nutrition, clinical expertise of gut health and cutting-edge concepts about the gut microbiome to facilitate sustainable weight loss and transform the health of his patients. I highly recommend.” —Martin H. Floch MD. Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Editor, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Coeditor of Probiotics: A Clinical Guide

“Dr. Gerry Mullin's approach to diet and weight loss is light years ahead of most other approaches, and makes them look like five-fingered arithmetic. This book represents the cutting edge of nutritional science. Highly recommended!” —Larry Dossey, MD Author: One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

“The Gut Balance Revolution is a wellness masterpiece.” —Vani Hari, Author of the #1 bestseller The Food Babe Way

“Dr. Mullin's latest book provides a thorough and fascinating look at the critical role the gut microbiome plays in weight control and optimal health. The Gut Balance Revolution teachers readers which foods to eat, which to avoid - and why - in order to boost metabolism, establish a healthy gut, and as a result, achieve and maintain a healthy weight. I appreciate that Dr. Mullin's approach, based on his years of experience as a leading gastroenterologist, involves promoting real, whole, high quality foods, as well as a focus on overall wellness, including the importance of meditation, sleep, physical activity, and social support.” —Cynthia Sass, MPH, MA, RD, CSSD, New York Times bestselling author, Health magazine contributing nutrition editor, and nutrition consult to the New York Yankees and New York Rangers

About the Author

Gerard E. Mullin, MD, is an associate professor in the department of medicine, as well as director of Integrative Gastroenterology Nutrition Services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Nationally and internationally renowned for his work in integrative gastroenterology and nutrition, Dr. Mullin has accumulated more than 20 years of clinical experience in the field of integrative digestive health and earned his master's degree in nutrition while in practice. He is an honorary member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a recipient of the Grace A. Goldsmith award for lifetime achievement in nutrition. Dr. Mullin has authored hundreds of publications and several books.

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CHAPTER 1

The Hidden Secret to Weight Loss

WEED, SEED, AND FEED YOUR INNER GARDEN

Eat less and exercise more.

We've all heard it--from our doctors, on TV, on the Internet, in magazines, from friends and family. At one time or another, most of us have even tried it. But let me ask you: How has this recipe for weight loss worked for you?

It seems like such a simple formula--it matches our understanding of the physical principles of the universe. Energy in, energy out. What we don't spend, we store. It's common sense. It must be right.

There's just one small problem. It doesn't tell the whole story of why people gain weight. And it doesn't tell us how to lose it.

The calories in/calories out theory of weight loss is outdated. Modern science has proven beyond any shadow of doubt that your weight and your health are dependent on much more than how many calories you consume. You'll learn about some of this evolving science in this book. However, common sense and personal experience tell us that if weight and health were all about the amount of calories you consume each day, you could eat 1,800 calories of Oreos and Diet Coke and stay fit and healthy. But, of course, we all know that doesn't work. The food you eat has a far greater influence on your body than solely the amount of energy it provides. It has wide- ranging effects on numerous biochemical and physiological processes. While it's true that most of us could afford to eat a little less, and reducing total caloric intake is necessary to a certain point to incur weight loss, the quality of the calories you consume is far more important in the long run.

That's especially true if you want to burn fat and keep it off for good. Anyone can go on a starvation diet, burn out the treadmill, and drop a few £ds. You might even lose a couple of pants sizes or notice that you look a little better in your bathing suit. But the sad reality is that most of the £ds you drop will be water weight, and some fat-burning muscle to boot. Without altering your lifestyle and eating habits, revisiting your relationship to food, and systematically enhancing the overall quality of the calories you consume, your diet is doomed to fail in the long run.

In fact, research has shown that the vast majority of calorie-restricted diets fail long term. A study conducted at the University of California in Los Angeles showed that people who go on calorie-restricted diets typically lose 5 to 10 percent of their body weight within 6 months--but regain everything they've lost within 4 to 5 years.1

And this yo-yo effect causes downstream biological complications that make it even more difficult to lose weight in the long run. Your body is a complex ecosystem (actually, an ecosystem within an ecosystem, as we'll see shortly), and all complex biological systems have mechanisms in place to maintain homeostasis. The dictionary defines homeostasis as "the maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions (as body temperature or the pH of blood) in higher animals under fluctuating environmental conditions." It's easy to see why this is important. If you didn't have a built-in biological mechanism for maintaining basic physiological processes such as body heat, survival would be far more complicated.

What does this have to do with weight? Well, the rate of your metabolism and the amount of fat you carry are tightly regulated by a complex array of homeostatic internal processes. Some doctors call this internal thermostat your "body weight set point," and it's influenced by a number of factors such as hormones, neurotransmitters, intestinal peptides, your gut microbiome, and more.2, 3

Several studies have shown that your body weight set point remains fairly constant, maintaining your body weight in a stable range despite minor changes in energy intake (calories in) and expenditure (calories out). It's also been shown that your body is very efficient at holding on to weight during periods of caloric deprivation. That's because your body set point has shifted downward and is telling your body that your metabolism needs to be slowed to minimize weight loss during periods of caloric deprivation. This provides a clear survival advantage but demonstrates how low-calorie diets that are based solely upon energy deprivation have short-term efficacy as the new set point limits ones weight loss. Your body weight set point will also try to keep you from gaining weight when you eat too much by burning more calories, but this effect is short lived. Overall, it's harder to lose weight than it is to gain weight--an experience many of us are all too familiar with. Yo-yo dieting is a very common result of weight- loss programs and causes one to ultimately weigh more. Yo-yo dieting has been shown to raise the body's set point, which is your brain telling your body "Hey, we ought to now weigh more to reach this new equilibrium" and sending control signals throughout your body to slow metabolism so you gain body weight and fat mass--the new normal. Thus, you weigh more than before with each failed energy-deficit diet program and it becomes harder and harder to lose weight as the set point is raised each time a weight-loss regimen fails.4

To effectively lose weight and keep it off, you need to strategically alter your body weight set point. Emerging evidence suggests that bariatric surgery, particularly gastric bypass, may work in part by helping the body establish a new set point by altering the physiology governing body weight.5 And that's the real problem with yo-yo dieting--every time your weight rebounds, your set point gets pushed higher, so your body acclimates to the new body weight set point as "the new normal." Hormonal and metabolic adaptations now make it more and more difficult to lose weight.6

Calories in/calories out doesn't work for the masses, because it can't work. It can't work, because simply reducing the amount of food you consume and spending more energy exercising doesn't necessarily influence your body weight set point. Sure, there are some people out there who can lose weight by eating less and jogging 100 miles a week, but they're the exception. We may admire (or even be a little jealous of) them, but they don't point the way for the majority of us to lose weight and stay healthy.

So if eating less and exercising more isn't a realistic, sustainable way to lose weight, what is?

This is where things get interesting. When you talk behind closed doors to doctors or scientists who specialize in metabolism, they'll reveal that we aren't 100 percent certain why there is an obesity epidemic in this country in light of the fact that we are consuming fewer calories as a nation.

Yep, you read that right. We are getting fatter, even though we are taking in fewer calories than we did a decade ago. A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that the average daily caloric consumption of Americans fell by 74 calories between 2003 and 2010. Despite this shift, obesity rates among women have stayed at a whopping 35 percent, and for men they continue to increase.7

This finding confused the authors of the study. "It's hard to reconcile what these data show, and what is happening with the prevalence of obesity," said coauthor Dr. William Dietz, former director of the division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.8 The data simply don't bear out the whole calories in/calories out concept.

But there's no question we're in trouble. The constellation of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes is arguably the greatest single health-care challenge in the industrialized world, and it's rapidly spreading to less-developed nations. Until a few decades ago, obesity was rare. Now the people who are obese or overweight outnumber those suffering from malnutrition. This is an unprecedented state for our species.

And it's spawned an industry of celebrity "experts," each of whom claims to have found "the single most important reason America is overweight." These people will try to convince you their special method can help every person drop many £ds overnight. Many will hype an exotic food-based supplement that no one has heard about except on celebrity talk shows, while others talk about detoxing, juicing, and bizarre rituals that grab our attention based on pure sensationalism. More evidence-based health experts deliver the message that stabilizing insulin resistance and blood sugar is key, while others focus on reducing inflammation. Other authorities tell us about the importance of balancing our hormones. Then there's the "Paleo" prophets and the vegan aficionados, and a million others.

So which of them is right? None of them and all of them.

There are many factors that lead to weight gain and weight loss. There's no question insulin resistance and blood sugar balance play a vital role, and they may indeed be one of the core reasons so many of us are overweight, exhausted, and unwell. They are the key factors in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. We also know that low-grade systemic inflammation and creeping weight gain, especially around the belly, are intimately linked. In fact, the adipose tissue that collects around the belly is inflammatory and leads to a cycle of hormonal imbalance and further weight gain. Do hormones play a role? Absolutely. Insulin, leptin, ghrelin, thyroid, and other hormones are all pieces of the weight-loss puzzle.

Recent research has even linked certain environmental toxins, such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), to weight gain. These chemical substances--often referred to as obesogens--persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. POPs mimic hormones like estrogen that encourage your body to put on weight, and they block cellular docking stations that trigger weight loss.

Genetics plays a role, too, and so does your community--people who have good social support networks tend to weigh less and live healthier, longer lives. Yes, calories play a role and how much you eat does seem to matter, but it's not the whole picture.

And there is one, until now largely unrecognized factor that connects many of these pieces. . . .

New research is showing us that this factor has a far more profound impact on longterm weight-loss results and overall health than anybody expected. Medical scientists are beginning to find that when you balance this area of your health, weight tends to drop off more easily and your results last longer. My extensive experience as a leading digestive health specialist and medical nutritionist at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine bears out what this cutting-edge science is now revealing. Your gut microflora--the vast ecosystem that lives in your intestines--is a crucial factor in weight gain and illness and holds the key to permanent weight loss and vibrant health.

THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOME: THE GARDEN OF LIFE AND KEY TO HEALTH

As human beings, we do not live in isolation. We are part of a complex social network of people who collectively interdepend on one another for just about everything. Whether it's food, mail delivery, energy to run our homes, or whatever else we want or need, we're reliant on tens of thousands of people to optimally live our lives. Modern industrialized society has evolved to a highly sophisticated synchrony of symbiosis.

The human body is not so different. It's not a sterile island but a complex network of trillions of microorganisms. These tiny beings surround us and lie deep within us, and we are utterly dependent on them for our health and well-being.

This may be difficult to fathom, since we're taught that we need to get rid of germs and maximize our hygiene to optimize our health. In fact, at the first sign of any apparent illness in childhood, we're doused with antibiotics, though medical science has little idea and virtually no research regarding the long-term consequences of these treatments.

We didn't evolve in a glass bubble, and we don't live in a germ-free world today. Nor would we want to. As you'll learn in this chapter, these microorganisms are crucial for the development of a healthy immune system and play a role in many other vital functions.

Living deep in your lower intestines is a complex ecosystem of microorganisms--a veritable garden of life. This magnificent orchard is composed of viruses, bacteria, and fungi, all of which collectively constitute what's called the human gut microbiome. When we care for this garden and nourish our flora, our health flourishes. But when we feed these microorganisms poorly and treat them poorly, the biodiversity of this ecosystem plummets and our health is compromised.

The modern movement of "going green" has taught us a lot about the importance of developing practices that support environmental sustainability. Each of us participates in a larger ecosystem, and our actions influence the health of that ecosystem. If we want our world to be healthy, we have to act in ways that help make it healthy.

But what about the ecosystem inside of you? It's something few of us think about. Just as our actions influence the ecosystem around us, they influence our ecosystem within. Balance and biodiversity in this ecosystem create health--imbalance and reduced diversity in the ecosystem create illness. There are many mechanisms by which microbes can protect us from disease or make us sick, help us lose weight or pack on the £ds, and we'll discuss many of them throughout this book. Indeed, the most important lesson is that the solution to your weight problem as well as many of the diseases we face today may never be found if research remains focused on you, the host. We must pay due attention to the host-environment interface-- the complex set of relationships that constitute the human-gut microbiome connection.

The average human being has about 100 trillion of these organisms at any given time. Although most are located in your lower intestines, you're literally bathed and surrounded by microbes. Despite the best hygiene, we carry billions of microbes that hide under fingernails, lounge between teeth, stick to our skin, coat our eyes, hang out in our hair. There are more than 600,000 bacteria living on just 1 square inch of skin. The same holds true at internal passages: your respiratory system, genitourinary system, eustachian (ear) tubes, and much more. Just like in the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix, the naked human eye sees only an altered reality. It's incapable of seeing the trillions of microbes that constantly surround us. How would you feel if you could see every one-celled organism?

The microflora in your gut alone weigh about 3 to 5 pounds. These microbial cells outnumber your own human cells by a factor of 10 to 1, and microbial DNA outnumbers your human DNA by 100 to 1. Take a moment to think about what that means. Inside your body, there are more bacterial cells and DNA than human cells and DNA. Do you think this might have an impact on your health?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1623364019
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rodale Books; 1st edition (June 9, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781623364014
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1623364014
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.74 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.74 x 1.35 x 9.35 inches

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Gerard E. Mullin MD is a board-certified internist, gastroenterologist and nutritionist. He is an associate professor of medicine and serves as the director of Integrative GI Nutrition Services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Mullin has accrued over 20 years of clinical experience in the fields of integrative gastroenterology and nutrition and he earned a master's degree in nutrition while in practice in 1994.

Dr. Mullin is regarded as an authority in integrative gastroenterology and was commissioned by Andrew Weil MD to edit Integrative Gastroenterology for his integrative medicine library for Oxford University Press. Dr. Mullin teaches medical professionals at international conferences on the role of nutrition and lifestyle and the gut microbiome in digestive health and weight control.

He is the author of several books including his newest, The Gut Balance Revolution: Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!

Mullin's academic biography is robust and has been included in Marquis Who's Who in the World and in Marquis Who's Who in America numerous times. His contributions and discoveries have led to multiple awards and his selection as one of America's Top Physicians.

Dr. Mullin was the youngest person to receive an honorary membership from the American Dietetic Association (now The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) in 2009. He also received the Grace A. Goldsmith award presented by the American College of Nutrition in November 2011. This special award acknowledges a scientist who is under the age of 50 years, for significant achievements in the field of nutrition.

He is a founding member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine and serves on a number of nutrition exam committees and boards and was recently selected to serve as vice-chair for the as medical practice section of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Dr. Mullin and also serves on the editorial board of numerous professional journals for gastroenterology, nutrition and integrative medicine.

Dr. Mullin has contributed to hundreds of consumer trade magazine articles who have featured his advice and professional journal papers dealing with digestive health, nutrition and wellness. He has been interviewed on radio and television and has contributed to stories in the Associated Press, ABC News, Good Morning America, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Martha Stewart Living, O, the Oprah Magazine, Rodale Press, Consumers Digest, Reader's Digest, Prevention, Natural Health magazine, More Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Body & Soul, Cooking Light, Women's World, Men's Health, Good Housekeeping, Dr Oz The Good Life Magazine, Glamour and much more.

Visit Dr. Mullin's website www.thefoodmd.com to learn more.

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E. Tomlinson

The book/plan I've been waiting for all of my fat life!

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2015

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I remember going on my first "diet" at age 11. Every time I lost weight, I'd gain it back, and more. I instinctively knew at a very early age that the whole "calories in, calories out" mantra was bunk. No matter how much will power, no matter how badly I wanted it...attaining a healthy weight and lifestyle was impossible for me.

I was sick a lot as a child and was put on antibiotics regularly. It got worse as I got older. In my early 20s I was diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis. In my late 20s, I got diagnosed with Irritable bowel syndrome, GERD/reflux, and depression (but who wouldn't be depressed!). As a faculty member at a university teaching academic research and information literacy skills to college students, I started seriously researching causes/treatment of obesity and related diseases about 15 years ago. With access to the best scientific literature, and the ability to read and evaluate the findings from primary sources, I can say with some authority that Gut Balance Revolution is the first book that pulled together all of the findings that I'd found, without contradictions. Best of all, it's put into an easy to follow plan so there's no guesswork..and the results have been nothing less than miraculous!

For the first couple of months I *very* loosely followed the Phase One eating pyramid before seriously starting Phase One with my husband close to two weeks ago. He's never been overweight but put on some extra pounds after he broke his leg playing soccer. In less than two weeks, he has lost 13 lbs and feels great. Best of all, his sleep apnea (which was driving me NUTS with all night snoring) has dramatically improved. My GERD has also improved (I'm down to taking half the medication I used to need) and my chronic IBS has completely disappeared...and we both have incredibly increased energy levels and improved moods. Did I mention that I've lost over 36 pounds in 3 months? Going from 207 pounds to 171 pounds! But the improvements in my chronic pain has been the biggest reward by far. The best thing about Dr. Mullin's research is that it is designed to provide LASTING results. This is the first time I've found something that shows scientific proof that that is possible. I don't know how many times I've said "This time will be different" only to gain it all back. But this time *is* different.

I've already purchased copies for my sisters who also have autoimmune diseases in addition to obesity, as well as friends and co-workers. I talk to anyone who'll listen to me about it! It is truly revolutionary. If you have tried and failed. If you are close to giving up, please don't! This is going to add many healthy, pain-free years to my life, and it can do the same for you too. Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I am a convert/true believer. Thank you Dr. Mullin for saving my life.

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and don't eat anything I don't know - pretty much - all about

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Don't make the mistake of thinking this is just another low carb weight loss plan; the concepts are BIG and yet, simple. By all means - get to Phase 2, where you will have completed the intense ketogenic low carb phase and can really begin to tend your gut garden. It's a wild journey and I will never see food the same way again! I read every food label now, for instance, and don't eat anything I don't know - pretty much - all about. There is a glorious abundance of wonderful REAL food which is delicious, satisfying and - duh - will flawlessly fuel your body while you maintain (or continue to lose) weight. You couldn't pay me to eat a Twinkie. My personal challenge was to see if this systemic approach could improve my skin (I'm 63 and prone to itching which can lead to infections). I am thrilled to say I see an improvement. Oh yeah, I am feeling fit, and wearing my skinny clothes. The best part thing about the book is the explanation of the science - which was not completely new to me - but never articulated so well.

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A bit hard to navigate, but full of brilliant information

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016

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There's such important information in this book that I'm giving it four stars despite the three-star-ish organization of the text.

Others have commented about how "too much science" makes getting at the "guts" (ha ha) of the actual diet in this book a little frustrating and slow. It's true. I made my way through it laboriously, but I use this Kindle version mostly for the search function, to check on whether certain foods are Favor, Few, or Forget when I'm at the grocery store or reading recipes.

I have taken its three phases, its superfoods lists, and its theories to heart and have been living in phase 2 for a while now. I'm also tracking my actual calories because a) I don't mind doing it and b) I don't trust myself with food any other way. So when I say that I haven't yet begun to lose any of the substantial amounts of weight the book describes, I can also say that besides following the Phase 2 guidelines, I'm also consuming a number of calories that I would expect to result in quite a slow weight loss.

I've been 100% sugar-free and grain-free for several months, and now that I'm adding in more probiotics and prebiotics according to this plan, I'm experiencing some wonderful changes: easy digestion, even-keel energy and moods, utter lack of old unhealthy cravings, an unprecedented ability to put my fork down before my plate is empty. I'm de-bloating, my cheekbones are returning, age spots on my hands are fading, and my mind is clearer.

What's more, I'm enjoying a variety of foods that I never used to think about (kimchi, miso, cayenne...). This plan makes it easy to dine out without looking weird (though probably not at chain and fast-food places). Honestly, even if this plan doesn't result in much weight loss for me, I will never go back to the Standard American Diet. I'm convinced that my health and wellbeing depend on restoring and maintaining good gut health, and that nothing could be worse for me than to return to sugar, starch, and not enough yummy ferments and vegetables. I'm a changed person.

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Anu Kukk

Une mine d'or d'information pour améliorer son alimentation (et perdre du poids)

Reviewed in France on June 10, 2019

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Dr Mullin écrit avec une aisance et bienveillance, tout ce qu'il dit est soutenu par des références sérieuses. Un régal!

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Normand Hamel

Our Inner Garden

Reviewed in Canada on November 7, 2015

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When I ordered this book I thought it was all about this new discovery that the microbes inside our gut are much more important for our health than previously thought. But when I started reading it I soon realized that it was essentially a book about weight loss. Even though it was not the initial reason why I had purchased the book I continued reading it because I was a little overweight anyway and had nothing to loose except a few pounds. Anyhow, I was already hooked and wanted to learn more about this revolutionary approach. But be advised that this is not an easy book to read. To be more specific it is an essay about a new medical paradigm and it contains a bit of science. But Mullin is a very down to earth author and his explanations are always clear and simple. So his book remains accessible for the educated public. There may be a few unnecessary repetitions here and there, but overall it is a well written book with a nice, if somewhat subtle, sense of humour. The book is divided in two distinct parts. The first half is about the foods that we should avoid because they make the bad microbes proliferate inside us, along with those we should seek because they nourish the good ones among the great variety of microbes that inhabit our intestinal flora. The other half of the book offers delicious recipes to help us achieve our goal to restore the microbial balance inside our gut.

Until recently it was a secret well hidden inside our bowels that some of the microbes that reside there can be good for our health while others are really bad and might actually be responsible for the current obesity epidemic, and can possibly account for many of the illnesses that are prevailing in our modern society. It is up to us to decide which microbes we want to see proliferate and which ones we want to eliminate. It is in fact all tied to the types of food we eat. This is based on the key discovery that the microbes that compose our microbiome communicate with our brain and send us signals of hunger or satiety. For example the microbes that enjoy sugar constantly send signals to our brain to create a craving for foods that contain sugar. But if we deliberately stop eating sugar the craving will eventually go away as the microbes that need sugar will die one by one and will have a much harder time to reproduce themselves. Ideally the microbes that we want to see multiply inside our gut are the ones we should nourish with the appropriate foods while at the same time trying to selectively starve the bad microbes by avoiding to feed them with the foods they would normally thrive on. It's that simple.

In short what you will find in this book is a number of guidelines as to what kinds of food you should eat in order to stay healthy while concomitantly loosing weight. In the process you will learn how to become a better gardener of your gut flora. And if your inner garden is well tended you will automatically look and feel better.

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... stones in Six Weeks and I feel so much better. I have more energy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2016

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I have lost 1 1/2 stones in Six Weeks and I feel so much better. I have more energy, I am sleeping better and I am really happy with the diet.

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Ajay Mehrotra

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on April 20, 2016

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I love it. Am following it and have lost 15 lbs so far.

mary

Usual info but some new

Reviewed in Germany on March 9, 2016

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I was recommended this book by my doctor in the US; which I was surprised about after reading it because it simply explains all the information anyone who has been up on things like paleo, healthy gut flora, candida diet... already knows and has been doing! The same recommendations and information, just new format. He could also have said everything in at least 1/10th of the volume. But maybe I'm not the average person and this book can help many people!

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