"All disease begins in the gut." --Hippocrates
A humorous, easy-to-digest guide to the gut and next generation hope to combat heart disease, obesity, autism, Alzheimer's, and more. Let's Talk Sh!t examines the human microbiome--the dynamic world of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that comprises more than 50 percent of our mortal selves--and its role in health and well-being. This informative catch-all compendium is packed with knowledge about gastrointestinal disorders and their current treatments, offering readers next-generation hope to combat heart disease, obesity, autism, Alzheimer's, and more.
From constipation to cancer, research indicates that our unique microbiomes may be the basis for future advances in health and wellness. Dr. Sabine Hazan and Dr. Thomas Borody, leaders in microbiome research, explore the reason therapies may not be working for many and why fecal transplants may be part of the solution.
Additionally, the authors share nutritional tips, recipes, what foods to cut from your diet, as well as lifestyle changes you can make to avoid illness, improve your digestion, and support your microbiome.
Dr. Sabine Hazan is an acclaimed physician at the forefront of medicine and the founder of ProgenaBiome, LLC, Ventura Clinical Trials, LLC, and Malibu Specialty Center.Dr. Hazan was the first woman accepted into the University of Florida as a Clinical Gastroenterology Fellow, and has continued to be a pioneer in medicine. She has recently turned her focus to Fecal Microbiota Transplant, also known as FMT. Due to the results she observed with FMT, she opened ProgenaBiome to better understand the gut flora and disease. Spearheading advancement in medicine, this treatment is being explored by Dr. Hazan following the leadership of Dr. Thomas Borody and the late Dr. Sydney Finegold to treat Crohn's disease, Autism, Celiac, Alzheimer's, Alopecia Areata, Obesity, Psoriasis, Metastatic Cancer, and recurrent infection with Clostridium difficile.
Sheli Ellsworth is an award-winning short story writer and columnist, and holds a master's degree in psychology used mainly to annoy family and friends. Her first book
The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life: Sometimes I Pee When I Laugh is a hysterical and heartwarming observation of life. Her writing has been published in the
Pacific Daily News, the
Ventura County Star, and the
Ventura Breeze. Her fiction appears the anthologies
Quintessence,
Windows, and Serendipity. Auto Week,
BackHome, and
Zone4 magazines have also published her humorous stories. Additionally, she is a book critic for the
Sacramento Book Review,
San Francisco Book Review, and the
Portland Book Review. Her advice column,
Dear Miss Betty: Advice for Those Who Need to be Slapped has run in
Spotlight on Recovery magazine and the
Ventura Breeze.
Thomas Borody, MD, is pioneering gastroenterologist who contributed to the development of a treatment for
H. Pylori. He studied at The University of New South Wales and Sydney University. He completed his postgraduate studies at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Mayo Clinic. In 1984, he founded the Centre for Digestive Diseases in New South Wales.
