Restoring Your Digestive Health: How The Guts And Glory Program Can Transform Your Life

by Rubin, Jordan; Brasco, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780758202826
• ISBN10: 0758202822
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Kensington

Summary

Not long ago, Crohn's disease nearly ended Jordan Rubin's life. A once healthy teenager, Jordan began experiencing the debilitating effects of the painful and potentially fatal wasting intestinal illness, with his ravaged body eventually falling prey to some eighteen other serious ailments. In desperation, he consulted more than seventy medical experts in seven countries, and tried hundreds of nutritional supplements, with no results. Finally, without hope or recourse, Jordan took his health into his own hands, researching and refining a revolutionary wellness program based on a more historically and biologically correct diet, including the use of fermented foods and homeostatic soil organisms (HSOs), an often-overlooked but critical component of our ancestors' primitive diet. Within months of beginning the program, Jordan Rubin's health improved to a remarkable degree, and today he is in peak physical condition, completely free of disease or medications of any kind. He calls his regimen the Guts and Glory Program, but if you suffer from Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), acid reflux, chronic candida, food allergies, or any of a host of other digestive or systemic disorders, you'll call it amazing. Simple, natural, and true to our bodies' unique biology, the immensely healthful Guts and Glory dietary program can make a tremendous difference in your life. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jordan Rubin is a doctor of naturopathic medicine, a certified nutritional consultant, and the founder of Garden of Life, a company devoted to developing neutriceutical formulations. He has appeared on more than 300 television and radio programs and has written numerous articles for top nutritional and medical journals. Jordan and his wife, Nicki, live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Joseph Brasco graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin and is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Dr. Brasco is married with four children and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he is on staff at a gastroenterology practice

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Part One GUTS AND GLORY: THE PREMISE
A Patient and a Doctor	3	(30)
The Patient: Jordan Rubin	3	(21)
The Patient Meets the Doctor	24	(1)
The Doctor: Dr. Joseph Brasco	25	(8)
Getting Back to Your Roots	33	(28)
Exploring the Digestive System	33	(10)
What Causes Gastrointestinal Disease?	43	(3)
Conventional Drug Treatments for GI Disorders	46	(15)
The Primitive Diet	61	(42)
How Healthy Were Primitive Humans?	62	(5)
Why the Primitive Diet Is So Nutritious	67	(4)
Carbohydrates	71	(8)
Proteins	79	(2)
Fats	81	(7)
Dairy Products	88	(4)
Fiber	92	(2)
Condiments	94	(2)
Enzymes	96	(2)
Fermented Vegetables and Fruits	98	(1)
Stocks, Broths, and Gelatin	99	(1)
Beverages	99	(4)
The Primitive Lifestyle	103	(14)
Exercise	103	(1)
Mental Health	104	(1)
Chewing Slowly	105	(1)
Proper Bowel Alignment	106	(1)
Sleeping Habits	107	(1)
Short Fasts	108	(1)
Proper Breathing	109	(1)
Dry Heat Baths	109	(1)
Hydrotherapies	110	(1)
Light	111	(1)
Air Quality	112	(1)
Water Quality	113	(1)
Clothing	113	(1)
Electromagnetic Influences	114	(1)
Chemicals	115	(1)
Cooking with the Proper Utensils	115	(2)
The Jungle in Your Gut	117	(24)
The Bacteria and Microbes in Your Gut	118	(1)
Enemies of Intestinal Flora	119	(2)
A Look at the Friendly Bacteria	121	(2)
Getting More Probiotics in Your Diet	123	(7)
The Gastrointestinal Tract, the Immune System, and Leaky Gut Syndrome	130	(2)
Beyond Probiotics	132	(9)
A Plethora of Problematic Programs	141	(30)
Problematic Diets	141	(23)
More Problematic Programs	164	(7)
Troublesome Tests and Tenuous Techniques	171	(16)
Applied Kinesiology	171	(1)
Biological Terrain Assessment	172	(1)
Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis	173	(1)
Contact Reflex Analysis	174	(1)
Electrodermal Screening	175	(1)
Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization	176	(1)
Food Allergy Tests	177	(2)
Hair Mineral Analysis	179	(2)
Iridology and Sclerology	181	(1)
Live Blood Cell Analysis	182	(1)
Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique	183	(1)
Organic Acid Urine Testing	184	(1)
Standard Blood Work	185	(1)
Twenty-Four-Hour Urinalysis	185	(2)
A Summary of Sub-Par Supplements	187	(28)
A Word About Supplements	187	(3)
Aloe Vera	190	(1)
Amino Acids	190	(1)
Antioxidants	191	(1)
Bee Products	192	(1)
Butyrate	193	(1)
Clay	194	(1)
Colon Cleansers	195	(1)
Colostrum	195	(1)
Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice	196	(1)
Digestive Enzymes	196	(1)
Essential Fatty Acids	197	(2)
Fiber Products	199	(1)
Glutamine	200	(1)
Green Foods	201	(2)
Herbs	203	(1)
Hydrochloric Acid	204	(1)
Immune System--Enhancing and--Modulating Products	204	(1)
MSM	205	(1)
Peptide Products	206	(1)
Prebiotics	206	(1)
Probiotics	207	(1)
Protein Powders	208	(1)
Structured Water Products	209	(1)
Vitamins and Minerals	210	(5)
Part Two GUTS AND GLORY: THE PRACTICE
The Guts and Glory Program	215	(42)
Now Is the Best Time	216	(1)
Cured by Diet: A Sample Patient's Story	217	(1)
Phase One: Rest and Repair	218	(6)
Phase Two: Reinoculation of the Gut	224	(7)
Phase Three: Optimal Digestive Health	231	(17)
Handling a Flare-Up	248	(2)
Foods Essential to Healing	250	(7)
Protocols	257	(70)
Lifestyle Therapies	258	(2)
Candidiasis	260	(5)
Celiac Disease	265	(3)
Chronic Constipation	268	(3)
Crohn's Disease	271	(3)
Diarrhea (Chronic and Acute)	274	(3)
Diverticular Disease	277	(4)
Food Allergies and Food Intolerances	281	(4)
Food Poisoning	285	(1)
Gastritis	286	(3)
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease	289	(4)
Hemorrhoids	293	(2)
Indigestion	295	(3)
Intestinal Gas and Bloating	298	(3)
Intestinal Parasites	301	(3)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	304	(4)
Lactose Intolerance	308	(3)
Microscopic Colitis	311	(3)
Nausea and Vomiting	314	(2)
Nonulcerative Dyspepsia	316	(3)
Ulcerative Colitis	319	(3)
Ulcers (Peptic and Duodenal)	322	(5)
Recipes	327	(6)
Balanced Veggie Juice	327	(1)
Brasco Broth	328	(1)
Brasco Butter	329	(1)
Creamy High-Enzyme Dessert	330	(1)
Fermented Veggie Drink	330	(1)
High Omega-3 Salad Dressing	330	(1)
Synergy Smoothie	331	(1)
Lactic Acid Wine	332	(1)
Resources	333	(20)
For More Information	353	(2)
References	355	(10)
Index	365