The Gut Flush Plan: The Breakthrough Cleansing Program to Rid Your Body of the Toxins That Make You Sick, Tired, and Bloated

by Ann Louise Gittleman PH.D., CNS

Overview

A groundbreaking plan to cleanse your system and revitalize your health.

Award-winning author and detox expert Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., CNS, America's "First Lady of Nutrition," has an unbeatable track record in helping people to identify the "hidden invaders" that may be sabotaging their health. In her groundbreaking The Gut Flush Plan, she focuses on the next frontier in health care-the new germ warfare- designed to outsmart the hidden invaders and superbugs that are spreading into the community and threatening our health-making us sick, tired, and bloated.

In The Gut Flush Plan, Gittleman helps readers pinpoint the source of their "gut grief" and then offers a revolutionary threestep program to rebuild the digestive system from the cellular level up. You will learn to:

* fortify your own compromised digestive system against pathogens and parasites;
* flush out any lingering invaders or toxins;
* feed yourself nourishing foods that encourage and rebuild GI health;
* and, with Gittleman's 21-Day Gut Flush Plan, replete with menu plans, irresistible recipes, and shopping lists, you'll discover tantalizing new foods and delicious herbs and spices that enhance immunity and reduce intestinal distress.

With The Gut Flush Plan you'll feel better, lighter, cleaner, healthier, and more vital than you have in years!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583333433
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/30/2009
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.96(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.79(d)
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

Ann Louise Gittleman is the award-winning author of more than 30 twenty-five books on health and healing, including the New York Times bestsellers Before the Change and The Fat Flush Plan. Acknowledged as a health visionary, she has been seen on Dr. Phil, The View, Extra, Good Morning America, PBS, and CNN. Gittleman holds a Ph.D. in holistic nutrition and a master’s degree in nutrition education, and is a certified nutrition specialist.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Food Fright     xi
Why You Need the Gut Flush Plan
You Can Fight Gut Grief     3
The GI's Good Guys: HCl, Probiotics, and Digestive Enzymes     15
Colon Corruptor #1: Yeast     29
Colon Corruptor #2: Parasites     42
Colon Corruptor #3: Superbugs     60
Colon Corruptor #4: Food Sensitivities     74
How the Gut Flush Plan Works
Step 1: Fortify     89
Step 2: Flush     105
Step 3: Feed     119
The 21-Day Gut Flush Plan
Getting Ready for Gut Flush     131
Week One: Focus on Fortifying     146
Week Two: Focus on Flushing     159
Week Three: Focus on Feeding     172
The Gut Flush Plan for Life
Gut Flush at Home     187
Gut Flush on the Road     201
Ensuring a Healthy Gut for Life     216
The Gut Flush Recipes     227
Source Notes     243
Resources     257
Index     279

Editorial Reviews

Ann Louise Gittleman, the author of The Fat Flush Plan and The Fast Track Detox Diet, adds another purgative punch with her no-nonsense book The Gut Flush Plan. The crusade against body toxins seems to have started as a much-mocked California fad but has become a nationwide and indeed a worldwide trend.