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The Sensitive Gut

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This book gives a great overview of the various digestive maladies (and how there is no cure for most of them). But I cannot imagine anyone who has a reason to buy this book not knowing (1) they should avoid coffee & greasy/spicy food, (2) try to relax and (3) get plenty of excercise.

As W.C. Fields opined, "There's only one cure for insomnia; get plenty of sleep!"

I agree with the previous post,it's hard to imagine anyone who still does not know that to feel better one must practice good health habits. However, I disagree with the idea that book's message is too redundant, as he states. How many people actually change knowing what we know?

The book gives points how to feel better. The most effective solution for many of these disorders (luckily or unfortunately) is consuming less caffeine, spicy foods, alcohol, practicing relaxation, and exercise.

It is true there is no cure for some conditions, but many can be helped definitively by habits change. Having suffered from IBS for many years, I can vouch that changing diet was a single most important thing I did for my condition.

Please don't be discouraged by its small size, it is packed with helpful information, and for the most people will re-confirm what some already know: a combination of habit change and medicine is the only way to go.

Good starting point even though you can get very similar information on MayoClinic's webiste if you are willing to do the search.

This book covers most typical digestive disorders. It provides plenty of information about the underlying physiological basis for these ailments as well as details on diagnostic procedures and treatment. The author uses a sensible approach and does not try to solve the problems with miracle cures. Rather he talks about the benefits of and concerns with the various treatments. I think there is valuable information in this book for anyone with digestive maladies. I have read half a dozen books on this topic and this was the best on reflux (followed very closely by Cheskin and Lacy's Healing Heartburn).

Well written so that even a lay person can understand the issues and learn more than the average physician who left medical school long time ago. Compared the physicians I have known through the years, this book is more practical than the advice I ever received.