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Your Gut is a Wonderland

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Most Underated Organ by Giulia Enders

February 5, 2020 by reginadelmar 3 Comments

Gut  was originally published in  Germany  and then translated a few  years   later.  It does lose a little in translation (the humor works better in German). Overall this is a good introduction to what’s going on from the spoon all the way to the bowl, so to speak. At the time Ender’s wrote this book she was a medical student. As a teenager she’d had health issues that were difficult to diagnose, which spurred her interest in the gut. Since this book was published there […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #humor. #gut health, digestion, Giulia Enders, gut bacteria

reginadelmar's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: #humor. #gut health, digestion, Giulia Enders, gut bacteria ·
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How to sit when you poo and other important questions.

August 10, 2018 by Mrs Smith Reads 1 Comment

Do you ever lie awake at night and wonder what’s going on inside your stomach? Do you examine your poo before you flush? Do you know what tonsil stones are? Well, if you’re curious about any of the above, you should read Gut by Giulia Enders, because not only does she have answers, she also has a cheeky way of explaining how some parts of our bodies work that most of us just choose to ignore, because…. eeewwwwww. I made a conscious decision to stop reading *diet* […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Giulia Enders, Gut, health, wellbeing

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR10 Review No:9 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, Giulia Enders, Gut, health, wellbeing ·
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