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Has some good information but hardly. I guess I just wanted this book to be something that it isn’t. It goes in depth about how bacteria effects children (which I don’t want) or hyper specific diseases/illnesses (that I don’t have or have never even heard of) yet rushes passed the actual interesting topics. She talks about how great prebiotics and bacteria are but gives no advice or recommendations on solutions to any problems.
A good book if you’re just looking for overall knowledge of how the gut works and not what you can actually do. This book could’ve provided the same service at half the length and that might’ve even still been too long.
A good book if you’re just looking for overall knowledge of how the gut works and not what you can actually do. This book could’ve provided the same service at half the length and that might’ve even still been too long.
funny
informative
fast-paced
Je ne suis pas certaine si le contenu de ce livre a davantage éveillé ma curiosité en la science ou empiré mon hypocondrie, mais peu importe, c'est un livre qui introduit très bien à la microbiologie ainsi qu'à la relation entre notre cerveau et notre intestin. Malgré ma prise de notes, je sais que je ne vais malheureusement pas me souvenir de toutes les informations qui s'y trouvent, mais la lecture fut très, très, très intéressante (et quelques fois, un peu dégueulasse). J'ai adoré les illustrations ainsi que l'écriture humoristique de l'auteure.
informative
medium-paced
This is a must read for anyone concerned about their health
It's written in a simple, informative, and humourous style
"A good proportion of our body weight is made from such inhaled atoms and not from cheeseburgers. Indeed, plants draw the majority of their weight from the air and not from the soil they grow in... I hope I haven't just inadvertently provided the next dubious diet idea to appear in women's magazines!"
It's written in a simple, informative, and humourous style
"A good proportion of our body weight is made from such inhaled atoms and not from cheeseburgers. Indeed, plants draw the majority of their weight from the air and not from the soil they grow in... I hope I haven't just inadvertently provided the next dubious diet idea to appear in women's magazines!"
I learned a lot and enjoyed the whimsy of the illustrations.
This is a very clear explanation of how your entire digestive system works and the issues you may run into. For me personally I didn't get much out of it because this is something I've been researching for over 20 years. If you are new to gut issues, though, this is a great place to start.
This is a nice little book for readers who normally shy away from medical based books.
It handles the science in a light, at times humorous way to make the medical explanations more palatable (pun intended).
I am a keen reader of medical non-fiction, so I prefer slightly more rigorous books on this type of topic (see [b:Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers|17333302|Grain Brain The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers|David Perlmutter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1395680212l/17333302._SX50_.jpg|24064606]). Or investigative books that go out of their way to provide a plethora of trivia (see [b:Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal|18377999|Gulp Adventures on the Alimentary Canal|Mary Roach|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391866061l/18377999._SX50_.jpg|19216563]).
I had a slight issue with the author's brand of humor and the dumbed down writing style (but I am not the target audience so I get why it was written in this fashion) however, this was not a complete waste of time as I found the latter part of the book enjoyable.
Especially the sections on cholesterol and gut bacteria, the gut-brain connection as well as the chapter on dangerous bacteria like toxoplasmata. If you are a cat owner, you may want to Google this
It handles the science in a light, at times humorous way to make the medical explanations more palatable (pun intended).
I am a keen reader of medical non-fiction, so I prefer slightly more rigorous books on this type of topic (see [b:Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers|17333302|Grain Brain The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers|David Perlmutter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1395680212l/17333302._SX50_.jpg|24064606]). Or investigative books that go out of their way to provide a plethora of trivia (see [b:Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal|18377999|Gulp Adventures on the Alimentary Canal|Mary Roach|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391866061l/18377999._SX50_.jpg|19216563]).
I had a slight issue with the author's brand of humor and the dumbed down writing style (but I am not the target audience so I get why it was written in this fashion) however, this was not a complete waste of time as I found the latter part of the book enjoyable.
Especially the sections on cholesterol and gut bacteria, the gut-brain connection as well as the chapter on dangerous bacteria like toxoplasmata. If you are a cat owner, you may want to Google this
Informative, clear, with a little anthropomorphosis of bodily functions so we can get a better understanding, with adorable yet helpful drawings, this is a truly engrossing book. I had some interest in the gut prior to this (the fact that we seem to know so little about the enteric nervous system, for starters, and the benefits of probiotics) but I didn't expect it to be so thrilling (the book, if not the gut, but maybe both). A minor irk was that the author seems to believe Southern European countries are full of microbes (or something, it's unclear and not justified).
Also: what I read was clearly a north-american edition that was full of 'miles' and 'pounds' and fahrenheit degrees which no european in their right mind would ever use. This made me wonder what else was changed for that particularly audience.
Also: what I read was clearly a north-american edition that was full of 'miles' and 'pounds' and fahrenheit degrees which no european in their right mind would ever use. This made me wonder what else was changed for that particularly audience.