Happy Gut: The Cleansing Program to Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Eliminate Pain
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Following the success of the bestselling Clean Gut and Wheat Belly comes this essential guide to improving digestive health from an expert in functional medicine—who reveals why everything that ails us, from fatigue to weight gain to bloating and bad skin, can be traced back to the gut, and shares his cleansing plan to help us reclaim our health.
Dr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from IBS for years before becoming an expert in functional medicine and learning how to heal his body from the inside. Dr. Pedre used his own experience to develop The Gut C.A.R.E. Program—an approach that draws from both Western and Eastern methodologies, combining integrative and functional medicine—that has a proven success record in his private practice in New York. Now, for the first time, Dr. Pedre makes his revolutionary plan for health and wellness available to everyone.
Happy Gut takes readers step-by-step through Gut C.A.R.E.—Cleanse, Activate, Restore, and Enhance—which eliminates food triggers, clears the gut of unfriendly pathogens, and replaces them with healthy probiotics and nutrients that repair and heal the gut. Rather than masking symptoms with medication, he shows us how to address the problem at its core to restore the gastrointestinal system to its proper functioning state. By fixing problems in the gut, followers of Dr. Pedre’s program have found that their other health woes are also cured and have lost weight, gained energy, and improved seemingly unrelated issues, such as seasonal allergies, in addition to eliminating their chronic muscle and abdominal pain.
Complete with recipes and meal plans including gluten-free, low-fat, and vegetarian options, a two-week full gut cleanse, yoga postures to help digestion, and testimonials from many of his patients, Happy Gut will help you feel better and eliminate gut issues for life.Read more
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Following the success of the bestselling Clean Gut and Wheat Belly comes this essential guide to improving digestive health from an expert in functional medicine—who reveals why everything that ails us, from fatigue to weight gain to bloating and bad skin, can be traced back to the gut, and shares his cleansing plan to help us reclaim our health.
Dr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from IBS for years before becoming an expert in functional medicine and learning how to heal his body from the inside. Dr. Pedre used his own experience to develop The Gut C.A.R.E. Program—an approach that draws from both Western and Eastern methodologies, combining integrative and functional medicine—that has a proven success record in his private practice in New York. Now, for the first time, Dr. Pedre makes his revolutionary plan for health and wellness available to everyone.
Happy Gut takes readers step-by-step through Gut C.A.R.E.—Cleanse, Activate, Restore, and Enhance—which eliminates food triggers, clears the gut of unfriendly pathogens, and replaces them with healthy probiotics and nutrients that repair and heal the gut. Rather than masking symptoms with medication, he shows us how to address the problem at its core to restore the gastrointestinal system to its proper functioning state. By fixing problems in the gut, followers of Dr. Pedre’s program have found that their other health woes are also cured and have lost weight, gained energy, and improved seemingly unrelated issues, such as seasonal allergies, in addition to eliminating their chronic muscle and abdominal pain.
Complete with recipes and meal plans including gluten-free, low-fat, and vegetarian options, a 28-day gut cleanse, yoga postures to help digestion, and testimonials from many of his patients, Happy Gut will help you feel better and eliminate gut issues for life.
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For years we've been told "you are what you eat . . ."
. . . and now a groundbreaking book by a top Functional Medicine specialist reveals that everything you put into your gut can either create serious digestive issues or fix them. Dr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from irritable bowel syndrome for years before becoming an expert in Functional Medicine and learning how to heal his body through food. Dr. Pedre drew from his own experience to develop the Gut C.A.R.E. Program, an approach that draws from both Western and Eastern methodologies, combining integrative and Functional Medicine, and has a proven track record in his private practice in New York. Now, for the first time, Dr. Pedre makes his revolutionary plan for health and wellness available to everyone.
Happy Gut takes readers step-by-step through Gut C.A.R.E.--Cleanse, Activate, Restore, and Enhance--which eliminates food triggers, clears the gut of unfriendly pathogens, and replaces them with healthy probiotics and nutrients that repair and heal the gut. Rather than masking symptoms with medication, he shows us how to address problems at their core to restore the gastrointestinal system to its proper functioning state. By fixing problems in the gut, followers of Dr. Pedre's program have also cured other health woes, and they have dropped excess pounds, gained extra energy, experienced the disappearance of their seasonal allergies, felt their aches and pains vanish, and improved their overall health.
Complete with recipes and meal plans including gluten-free, low-fat, and vegetarian options, a twenty-eight-day full gut cleanse, yoga postures to help digestion, and inspiring examples from many of Dr. Pedre's patients, Happy Gut will transform your gut and your life for good.
---- Dr. Amy Myers, NYT Bestseller, The Autoimmune Solution --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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Dr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from irritable bowel syndrome for years before becoming an expert in Functional Medicine and learning how to heal his body through food. Drawing from his own experience, he developed the Gut C.A.R.E.(R) Program, an approach influenced by both Western and Eastern methodologies, combining integrative and Functional Medicine. The program has a proven track record in his private practice in New York and now, for the first time, Dr. Pedre makes his revolutionary plan for health and wellness available to everyone.
Happy Gut takes readers step-by-step through Gut C.A.R.E.(R)--Cleanse, Activate, Restore, and Enhance--which eliminates food triggers, clears the gut of unfriendly pathogens, and replaces them with healthy probiotics and nutrients that repair and heal the gut. By fixing problems in the gut, followers of Dr. Pedre's program have also cured other health woes, and they have dropped excess pounds, gained extra energy, experienced the disappearance of their seasonal allergies, felt their aches and pains vanish, and improved their overall health.
Complete with recipes and meal plans including gluten-free, low-fat, and vegetarian options; a twenty-eight-day full gut cleanse; yoga postures to help digestion; and inspiring examples from many of Dr. Pedre's patients, Happy Gut will transform your gut and your life for good.
--This text refers to the paperback edition.
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Dr. Vincent Pedre is the Medical Director of Pedre Integrative Health, Founder of Dr. Pedre Wellness, CEO/Founder of Happy Gut Life, and a Functional Medicine-Certified Practitioner with a concierge practice in New York City since 2004. He has worked as a nutraceutical consultant and spokesperson for NatureMD, as well as a clinical gut expert and speaker for Orthomolecular Products. He believes the gut is the gateway to excellent wellness. As the bestselling author of “HAPPY GUT®—The Cleansing Program To Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy and Eliminate Pain,” featuring his proprietary ‘blueprint’ for healing the gut, the Gut C.A.R.E.® Program—he has helped thousands around the world resolve their gut-related health issues. His newest book, "The GutSMART Protocol," is the culmination of years of research and clinical experience as a functional gut health expert, and the first book ever to offer a personalized 14-day food-focused gut-healing plan, based on his proprietary GutSMART Quiz. With it, he hopes to transform the health of the 1 billion people worldwide suffering from gut-related issues.
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Leninha
5.0 out of 5 stars Intestino bem cuidado é vida
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edsetiadi
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything we need to know about our gut
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This book is like the summary for everything we need to know about our gut, and it is written with such brevity that it feels like a cheat sheet where only the most important information are presented.
The book begins with describing the ideal state: how a healthy gut looks like. Then it takes us step by step through the whole digestive process, starting from the top (our mouth), to the middle (our gut), down to the bottom (our colon). Along the way he explains the many functions of our organs, which makes it easier to understand within the context of the digestive process.
Moreover, while the first few chapters are absolute masterpieces on describing our gut and digestive system, the proceeding chapters dive straight into the practicalities: What certain types of food are made of, what to avoid and what to consume (and why), all the problems and challenges for our gut, and culminating with so many recipes for a good gut flora that takes about 1/3 of the length of the book.
And all of these gems are discussed within the frame of C.A.R.E: Cleanse (remove gut irritants, infections, food sensitivities, and toxins in food) Activate (reactivate healthy digestion by replacing essential nutrients and enzymes) Restore (reintroduce beneficial bacteria for a healthy guy flora) Enhance (repair, regenerate, and heal the intestinal lining).
Now, while there are so many great knowledge that I’ve learned from this book, there are some that stand out more than the others. These are the selected few:
"Between the antibiotics, eating the wrong foods that feed the bad organisms, the toxins you are exposed to in your environment, and the resulting dysbiosis, over a period of days to months you develop a leaky gut. This leakiness or “hyperpermeability” exposes your body to partially digested protein molecules from food. The immune system does not recognize these so it attacks, which results in food sensitivities. You might not even be aware of these sensitivities, which can manifest as hives, allergies, chronic sinus inflammation, and migraines and become the triggers for irritable bowel syndrome and autoimmune disease."
"“Leaky gut” is not a diagnosis but a process, a description of the underlying pathology of numerous diseases that we treat yet have failed to find a cure for. It is a condition in which connections between the cells that line the inside of the intestines (known as tight junctions) become looser, allowing larger molecules (such as partially digested food particles) to pass through the gut wall. Usually, properly digested food is absorbed directly through the cell wall, but in a leaky gut, the pathway between the cells is opened up, exposing the gut-associated immune system to a wide variety of substances our immune cells would otherwise not come into contact with."
"Your immune system is constantly patrolling the gut border for anything it does not recognize in order to prevent an all-out invasion. As the immune system encounters these escaped particles, it attacks. And in individuals with a genetic predisposition to autoimmune diseases, this increased load on the immune system leads to the type of dysregulation that becomes an autoimmune disease. As you are exposed to large protein molecules in a leaky gut from the incompletely digested foods you eat on a daily basis, you develop immune reactions to those foods."
"Often a diet rich in the foods that you are sensitive to, in combination with a leaky or hyperpermeable gut, leads to fluid retention and inflammation and, as a result, weight gain. People who are very food sensitive often lose five to six pounds in the first week after removing these foods from their diet."
"Even when you restrict yourself stringently by following one of the popular diets, including limiting calories or carbs, or monitoring carb-fat-protein ratios, your food sensitivities will make it very difficult to lose weight. When you remove the foods that are “toxic” to your body because they activate your immune response, weight loss happens naturally."
Because if there is one thing that nearly all modern diseases have in common, it is inflammation. And it underlines the importance of this book, since many metabolic diseases, including inflammation, begin in the gut.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
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zakleerite
4.0 out of 5 stars Great info. Working for me.
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I did not identify with some parts of the book, as I have no overt ailments - gastro or otherwise. But I figured, if it helps those that do, it should be good for me. I ask, "If it makes someone with ailments healthier, how healthy would it make me?" I like to experiment. How will I feel after 30 days on this plan?
I'm 20 days in, and have lost the only 10+ pounds I had to lose (most of that in the first 6 days). I've heard that the last 10 is the hardest to lose, and that's all I had, and it came off quick.
OK, I'm just gonna say it - my poops are amazing. Nice clean sinkers, usually one safety wipe, and done. This is the most drastic difference I see, not having any overt ailments , allergies, or food sensitivities at all. At 50+ years old, it does seem that I recover a bit quicker from my jogs, and am slowly adding weekly mileage - it seems a bit easier than last year - not sure if this is due to the 10+ lb. loss, or perhaps less post-run joint swelling. Both?
Oh, the other dramatic difference is how I approach eating, and food, and hunger. I have been a junk food junkie all my life - potato chips are (were) like crack. Pie/cake/cookies? YES. But having quit the subtly addictive foods listed in the book, I no longer crave them. and I just don't NEED to eat as much. I don't feel like I've had to use a whole lot of "will power" to do this. Just decide, then do.
To ramp up and start, you probably need 2 weeks (if quick study, highly motivated), perhaps 4 weeks if you work full time, have other responsibilities - to read the book, start sourcing the stuff - I use local health food stores (Whole Foods, etc) and iHerb.com to buy everything. I have routine down now to premix most of the smoothie stuff on Sunday, for the next 2 weeks, and so it only takes around 10 minutes each morning to make.
If you're fairly healthy but just want to improve, this is great. If you have ailments, I can only imagine how much better you'd feel on this diet. The approach used to then determine exactly what your particular body needs after the first 30 days is spot on, very methodical and scientific.
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michele
5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing-The Future of Mainstream Medicine
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I was never overweight (in fact I’ve always been very lean), athletic training, no junk food – but had severe digestive issues for 6 years and developed an autoimmune condition for the last 2 of those years. I live in New York City, had access to great doctors, but all the “traditional” doctors, as well meaning as they were, determined that it was stress. A friend of mine who is in the nutrition field suggested that it might be the food I was eating - but I protested because I ate “healthy” - whole wheat pasta and bread, salads for takeout with low fat everything – Ha! I saw Dr. Pedre on Good Morning America and was curious so I purchased the book which advocates a Paleo type diet – no wheat, grains, lots of healthy fats, grass fed beef, organic as much as possible and absolutely no processed foods. In 4 weeks my digestive issues disappeared by about 90% and my autoimmune condition improved by about 40%. As a result of reading the book, I decided to see Dr. Pedre and do further testing. The results were clear – Candida overgrowth. I have now been on an antifungal, probiotic and enzyme prescribed by Dr. Pedre – all very inexpensive – and yes, you can get the supplements anywhere, not just from his website. (FYI - The reason that I do use his website is because the products are guaranteed fresh. Too many times I have purchased through various online sites and have had issues with freshness for supplements.) My autoimmune condition is about 80% better and digestive issues are just about completely gone. We are aiming for full autoimmune remission. All this started from reading the book – believe me – it’s real.
Yes – it is more expensive to buy organic food and grass fed beef, but it was more expensive for me to take the medications I was given along with all the doctors visits and tests that I had gone through for 6 years – and it didn’t make me feel any better. Our processed food chain is poisoning people. And no – it’s not hard to follow the diet in the book. First of all it’s not a diet because I eat a lot – rather it’s getting back to nutrient dense, healthy food. I am a partner in a business and work many hours but you make time to cook properly and pick the quicker meals – how long does it take to broil an organic chicken breast (with the skin) and defrost organic vegetables and make a sweet potato. Nuts and fruit for snacks – not a big deal in terms of time.
I would strongly suggest that you read the book – it can change your life. Functional medicine is where the future is. It isn’t voodoo, but good science from a medical doctor associated with one of the best hospitals in New York City who understands that we are what we eat.
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