Digestive Wellness: Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion, Fifth Edition

by Elizabeth Lipski

Overview

Optimize your overall health through digestive wellness!

Fewer antacids and less bloating aren’t the only benefits of good digestion. When your digestive system is healthy and balanced, you sleep better, have more energy, think more clearly, experience less pain, and combat disease more effectively.

Digestive Health shows how everything from migraines to skin disease to arthritis are connected to your digestive system. And now, this go-to guide has been updated with critical new research and developments, including late-breaking information on:

• Probiotics and Prebiotics
• Celiac Disease
• The Gut-Brain Connection
• Carbohydrates
• Leaky Gut Syndrome
• Auto-Immune Conditions
• Kidney and Bone Health
• Cancer Prevention
• Alzheimer’s Disease

You’ll find practical solutions to numerous conditions and disorders, along with expert guidance on the newest advances in testing and diagnosis, nutrition, and natural therapies.

A perfect balance of science and practical advice, Digestive Health explains how your digestive system works and what to do when it doesn’t function properly.

It provides everything you need to take control of your overall health through close, careful attention to your digestive system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260019391
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/04/2019
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	560
Sales rank:	347,032
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Lipski, PhD, CNS, FACN, IFMP, BCHN, LDN, is Professor and the Director of the Academic Development for the Nutrition programs in Clinical Nutrition at Maryland University of Integrative Health. After 30 years of clinical practice she devotes her time to teaching, writing and building the field of personalized nutrition.

Dr. Lipski holds a PhD in Clinical Nutrition, is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN) and holds two board certifications in clinical nutrition (CNS, and BCHN) and one in functional medicine (IFMCP). She is on faculty for The Institute for Functional Medicine, and the Metabolic Medicine Institute fellowship program. She is the board secretary for the Accreditation Council for Professional Nutrition Education (ACNPE), on the board for the American Nutrition Association, and on advisory boards for the Certified International Health Coaches, and the Autism Hope Alliance. She is a consultant for Conversion Labs.

Dr. Lipski has been a co-author in peer-reviewed papers and is the author of several books: Digestive Wellness, Digestion Connection, Digestive Wellness for Children,and Leaky Gut Syndrome, and a video course The Art of Digestive Wellness.

She is the founder of InnovativeHealing.com and the Innovative Healing Academy

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mark Hyman, MD

Acknowledgments

Preface

PART 1: Fundamentals

CHAPTER 1 Changing the Way You Feel: When in Doubt, Begin in the Gut

CHAPTER 2 A Voyage Through the Digestive System

PART 2: The DIGIN Model and the 5Rs

CHAPTER 3 Digestion/Absorption:Replace and Repair

CHAPTER 4 Intestinal Permeability/Leaky Membranes

CHAPTER 5 The GI Microbiome: Our Symbiotic Relationship

CHAPTER 6 The GI Microbiome: Prebiotics & Probiotics Naturally from Food and Supplements

CHAPTER 7 The GI Microbiome: Dysbiosis, a Good Neighborhood Gone Bad

CHAPTER 8 Fire in the Gut: Immune and Inflammation

CHAPTER 9 Food Reactions: Food Sensitivities, Intolerances, and Allergies

CHAPTER 10 The Enteric Nervous System: The Second Brain

Chapter 11 Functional Medicine Testing & Questionnaires

PART 3: Coming Back into Balance

CHAPTER 12 Wellness as a Lifestyle

CHAPTER 13 Food Is Your Best Medicine

CHAPTER 14 Therapeutic Diets for Gut Healing

CHAPTER 15 Restorative Foods for Healing

CHAPTER 16 Balancing Stress on all Levels

CHAPTER 17 Cleansing and Detoxification

PART 5: Natural Therapies for Common Digestive Problems

CHAPTER 18 The Mouth: Bad Breath/Halitosis, Cheilosis, Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease, Nutrients and Teeth, Mouth Ulcers/Canker Sores, Thrush, Tongue Problems & Burning Tongue

CHAPTER 19 The Esophagus and Stomach:Barrett’s, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, & Gastroparesis

CHAPTER 20 The Liver: Fatty Liver Disease,Hepatitis, Cirrhosis

CHAPTER 21 The Pancreas: Pancreatic Insufficiency, Pancreatitis, and Diabetes

CHAPTER 22 The Gallbladder: Gallstones and Cholecystectomy

CHAPTER 23 The Small Intestine:Flatulence/Gas, Celiac Disease, & Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

CHAPTER 24 The Colon or Large Intestine:Constipation, Diarrhea, Diverticular Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, & Hemorrhoids

PART V

PART 6: Natural Therapies for the Diverse Consequences of Faulty Digestion

CHAPTER 25 Arthritis and other Connective Tissue Disorders:Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Ankylosingspondylitis, Scleroderma, and Sjögren's Syndrome

CHAPTER 26 Autoimmune Diseases Overview

CHAPTER 27 Behcet’s Disease

CHAPTER 28 Cardiometabolic Health: Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and the GI Connection

CHAPTER 29 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

CHAPTER 30 Fibromyalgia

CHAPTER 31 Migraine Headaches

CHAPTER 32 Mental Health: Schizophrenia, Depression, & Anxiety

CHAPTER 33 Osteoporosis: The GI Connection

CHAPTER 34 Skin Health: Eczema, Psoriasis, Rosacea

Afterword

References

Index

About the Author