Gut : The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

from petterw

What do we know about our guts? Alarmingly little, according to Guilia Enders, and after having read her book I certainly agree. This ought to be elementary knowledge for any human being, considering all we know of our heart, lungs, psyche, back etc. Our guts play such a major role in our lives, ...

from hmskip

The more books I read about my gut, the less I seem to know. This book is one of the better ones because it (a) gets into the details of why scientists might think this or that, (b) tells you when the information is somewhat or largely conjectural and should be taken with a grain of salt and (c) ...

from DramMan

Good explanation of the importance of the gut, the intestinal system, and particularly the microbiome living there. Many new, exciting medical avenues are opening up, due to microbial research.Read this after being mightily impressed by "Biocode", by Dawn Field and Neil Davies, about all the know...

from AlisonY

My gut unfortunately fell out with me around 3 years ago, and whatever I did to upset it, clearly it's not forgiving me any time soon. I therefore hoped upon hope that this book would have a "Yes! That's it!" moment for me, but sadly (and not overly unexpectedly) there were no such revelations. S...

from japaul22

This was a fun (yes, fun) and interesting look at the most current research about what goes on in our gut. Enders goes through all this information with humor and clarity, even when the subject could be confusing. The most interesting parts to me were the speculation that the gut is a center tha...