<p>Dr. Chutkan synthesizes the latest findings and explains that the Western diet and our super-sterile lifestyle are starving our microbes.</p> <h2><span style="font-size:small;">The Microbiome Solution - Robynne Chutkan</span></h2> <p>The microbiome – the collective name for the ‘uncountable’ bacteria that inhabit our digestive tract – is the latest medical news item. But what does this groundbreaking research actually mean for our everyday health?</p> <p>Synthesizing the latest findings, Dr. Robynne Chutkan explains that the standard Western diet and our super-sterile lifestyle are starving our microbes. This depletes the “good bacteria” that are crucial to our health and encourages the proliferation of exactly the wrong types of bacteria. The resulting imbalance leaves us susceptible to a host of autoimmune and chronic diseases. There are effective lifestyle and dietary changes we can make to reverse this damage.</p> <p>Dr. Chutkan has helped thousands of patients suffering from microbiome imbalances with her comprehensive Live Dirty, Eat Clean plan, designed to eliminate harmful medications and foods and restore them to health. In this book, she offers her powerful program to help readers everywhere recover and heal. With practical advice.</p> <p>In this book you will find:<br />* An overview of the 'modern microbial disruptors' that are stripping our bodies of their natural defense systems.<br />* Delicious, nutritious recipes that encourage the growth of good bacteria.<br />* A list of important questions to ask your doctor if you are prescribed antibiotics and advice on how to protect your gut during a course of treatment.<br />* A guide to choosing the right probiotics and supplements.<br />* Essential information on how to prevent and recover from conditions like eczema, chronic fatigue syndrome, Crohn's disease, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and more.<br />* An introduction to fecal transplantation, the latest in restoring a severely disrupted microbiome.</p> <p>Who is Doctor Chutkan?<br />Robynne Chutkan, MD, FASGE (Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy), founder of the Digestive Center for Women and a faculty member at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC since 1997, is one of the world’s leading gastroenterologists. Educated at Yale and Columbia, she is an avid snowboarder, marathoner, and vinyasa yoga practitioner who is relentless in helping her patients live longer, better lives.</p>