No More Digestive Problems: A Leading Gastroenterologist Provides the Answers Every Woman Needs--Real Solutions to Stop the Pain and Achieve Lasting Digestive Health (Paperback)

by Cynthia Yoshida M.D. (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Yoshida, a gastroenterologist, points out that "a decade ago women weren't included in clinical trials." It was assumed that diseases in women were the same as in men and that their reactions to medications would be the same. Once in private practice, Yoshida recognized the fallacies of those assumptions and established a Women's GI Clinic. The first portion of this extensive book explains women's GI problems and the role of sex hormones in digestive health, discusses current medical remedies and offers a slew of treatments readers can implement for problems associated with PMS, pregnancy and menopause. Linking America's obesity epidemic to the GI tract, Yoshida lays out sensible diets that will improve digestion and assist in weight loss. The book's second part matter-of-factly presents strategies to combat the various ills that can afflict women daily, from heartburn and constipation to irritable bowel syndrome and gas. And all readers, regardless of gender, will learn something from the information provided in the book's third section, on dealing with doctors. Yoshida offers detailed planning suggestions so that readers may obtain maximum benefit from a doctor visit, including questions to ask and information to provide. A "Know your belly pain" chart and diagram provides instructions on how to explain symptoms to health care providers. For Yoshida, "celebrating yourself as a woman is a vital part of staying healthy," and in this astonishingly comprehensive and well-written work, she offers many ways to do that.
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"Yoshida offers detailed planning suggestions so that readers may obtain maximum benefit from a doctor visit, including questions to ask and information to provide.... For Yoshida, “celebrating yourself as a woman is a vital part of staying healthy,” and in this astonishingly comprehensive and well-written work, she offers many ways to do that."
--Publishers Weekly


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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; 1 edition (March 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553381822
• ISBN-13: 978-0553381825
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,112,421 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I was a bit disappointed..., June 28, 2004

By A Customer

I purchased this book because it stated it was written by a leading GI Doctor especially for women. It promises to answer all questions and give real solutions to stop pain and achieve lasting digestive health. Well, I have read the entire book and found it to be mostly repetitive, somewhat condescending, lacks some current medical prescriptions, and does not include natural holistic medicines and techniques. Her solution to everything seems to be weight-loss. This book is okey. But, I had expected better. Instead of this book, I would recommend the following books: Balanced Healing By Dr Larry Altshuler, & The Chronic Pain Solution By Dr James Dillard. These two books are very informative and helpful.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a girl should know.., April 15, 2004

By	"idesigntv2" (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews

This book is what every woman should know about their insides. A "must-have" to refer to at every stage of a woman's life. Yoshida explained complicated biological processes into easy to understand terms and helped me to get to know my body in a whole new level.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of money, June 22, 2004

By	rachel Gaspers (port townsend, wa United States) - See all my reviews

If you are a middle age woman who has been seeking answers and looking at various solutions for awhile, you may find this book a waste of time as well as money. Along with the author's condescending style (she only has a little tummy pooch so she's learned how accept a bit of imperfection---why can't everyone else??) based on her own lack of problems (especially, but not exclusively, weight issues), the best information she can offer is how to go about looking for the right doctor who will help you. Not much self-help advice which is what I was seeking. Do you need to buy a book to tell you to go see a good doctor? I broke with tradition and thought there might be help from someone who's research was not based on their own experience---I'm disappointed here.