Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ

by Giulia Enders

intolerant. I never thought about why I was suddenly able to drink milk again at the age of five. At some point I got fat, then thin again. Then, for a long time, I was fine—until I got “the sore.” When I was seventeen, I developed a small sore on my right leg, for no apparent reason. It stubbornly refused to heal, and after a month I went to see my doctor. She didn’t really know what it was and prescribed me some cream. Three weeks later, my entire