Book Review — SUPER GUT: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health and Lose Weight by William Davis, MD

Wheat Belly was a breakthrough, informing readers that the wheat and grains we consume today are not the same wheat and grains of our ancestors and were making us overweight and sick. In Super Gut, Dr. Davis takes his research and findings a step further and shows that because of our highly processed diet, pesticides, and overuse of antibiotics, our guts are is now missing so many of the good bacteria required to be healthy. As a result, many of us have lost control over health, weight, mood, even behavior.

The ancient bacteria that keep our gut in alignment and our digestion easy have been dying off, replaced by harmful microbes that don’t serve to keep us physically healthy and mentally fit. With cutting-edge research, Dr. Davis has connected the dots between gut health and modern ailments and complaints. There are entire species of microbes that have disappeared, creating health issues that were uncommon one hundred, or even fifty, years ago. A major consequence is SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), a silent and profound epidemic, which affects one out of three people and is responsible for an astounding range of human health conditions.

Super Gut shows readers how to eliminate bad bacteria and bring back the missing “good” bacteria with a four-week plan to reprogram your microbiome based on research and techniques that not only get to the root of many diseases but improve levels of oxytocin (the bonding/happy hormone), brain health, and promote anti-aging, weight loss, mental clarity, and more restful sleep. Super Gut explains the science clearly and includes more than forty recipes, a diet plan, and resources so you can pinpoint your gut issues, correct them, and maintain your long-term health and well-being.

Published: February 1, 2022

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My Thoughts

Rather than provide a generic review, I’m going to make this personal.

I have (a whole lot of) autoimmune and neurological issues, mostly due to untreated Lyme disease. I’ve had digestive problems my entire adult life, but things got especially bad over the past five years, to the point where I’d go days without eating because the pain was so bad when I did eat. In that time, I saw three different primary doctors and had every test imaginable done by a gastroenterologist. Every doctor dismissed me without any answers, much less treatment.

My fourth primary doctor, rather than tune me out, listened and asked one simple question: “Have you tried the autoimmune diet?”

Magic! That was about six months before I read this book. The difference was immediate and life-changing. The AIP (autoimmune protocol) diet is almost exactly what the author of this book recommends as one of the first and most important lifestyle changes, and I can tell you unequivocally, it works.

I didn’t understand why the diet changes worked until I read this book. This isn’t just for people with digestive issues, either. Your entire body is affected by what goes on in your gut. The information here is presented in easy-to-understand language that might just change your life.

If you have any sort of chronic condition, whether it be relatively mild digestive issues like occasional reflux or full-blown autoimmune disease like diabetes, you should read this book.

*I received an ARC from Hachette Go.*

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