Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
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Average rating4.1
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Ratings22
Average rating4.1
With quirky charm, rising science star Giulia Enders explains the gut's magic, answering questions like: Why does acid reflux happen? What's really up with gluten and lactose intolerance? How does the gut affect obesity and mood? Enders's beguiling manifesto will make you finally listen to those butterflies in your stomach: they're trying to tell you something important.
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For somebody like me who knew very little about the world within our own, that book was an extremely pleasant and informative read.
My partner who is a medical professional recommended it to me so I do not doubt the pertinence of the information that Dr Giulia Enders shared with us here. To be totally transparent, I enjoyed that book so much that after two chapters, I bought two copies for members of my family that are interested in improving their health and well-being.
It's incredible how little we know about our digestive system. I think Enders is right when she says it's become associated with dirt, refuse, and unpalatable things we prefer to avoid looking at, but it's time for that to change. The young author does a great job of presenting information in a lighthearted way that is nevertheless intellectually respectable (for the nitpicky, footnotes would help). Since the book came out there has been more research and more books on the subject, but this is still a good introduction to the topic. I hope we'll be hearing a lot more about it and that it will become, as it should be, the ground of our healthy, happy existence in an interdependent world.
