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Gut

By: Giulia Enders
Narrated by: Katy Sobey
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The key to living a happier, healthier life is inside us. Our gut is almost as important to us as our brain or our heart, yet we know very little about how it works.

In Gut, Giulia Enders shows that rather than the utilitarian and - let's be honest - somewhat embarrassing body part we imagine it to be, it is one of the most complex, important, and even miraculous parts of our anatomy. And scientists are only just discovering quite how much it has to offer; new research shows that gut bacteria can play a role in everything from obesity and allergies to Alzheimer's.

Beginning with the personal experience of illness that inspired her research and going on to explain everything from the basics of nutrient absorption to the latest science linking bowel bacteria with depression, Enders has written an entertaining, informative health handbook.

Gut definitely shows that we can all benefit from getting to know the wondrous world of our inner workings. In this charming book, young scientist Giulia Enders takes us on a fascinating tour of our insides. Her message is simple: if we treat our gut well, it will treat us well in return. But how do we do that? And why do we need to?

Find out in this surprising and surprisingly funny exploration of the least understood of our organs.

Giulia Enders is a two-time scholarship winner of the Heraeus Foundation and is doing research for her medical doctorate at the Institute for Microbiology in Frankfurt. In 2012 her presentation of Gut won her first prize at the Science Slam in Berlin and went viral on YouTube.

©2015 Giulia Enders (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

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Good introduction, lacks depth

Good introduction to the microbiome and gut-brain, but lacks depth. I spent the first 2/3rds of the book thinking the author was covering off requisite information before delving into the topic, but it never went any deeper. If you did biology in school or have done any anatomy/physiology study this book will just be a light revision, other than for the short section on the gut brain and depression, which was great.

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So easy to understand a very complicated subjects

Well done to Giulia!! She is so talented doctor who can explain complicated yet important subjects (and very new area of research) to a lay person like me who is facing difficulties maintaining good health (despite trying so many different ways) to understand how my gut works in such a fun and engaging language. Plus, how much I have to appreciate microbiome, eco-system in my body. There is so much valuable information that usually aren't discussed in the public education which can indicate the state of our health like bad breath, poops, winds...ect. Thanks to her now I'm even more intrigued about the subject and want to learn more. Thank you Giulia!!

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Great book, interesting read

An excellent narration and interesting book, I was fascinated from start to finish. It is well worth a listen.

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Interesting, but not enough advice

The research in this book is interesting. However it did not give enough advice on what to do if you suffer with gut problems. Overall disappointed will be returning this title.

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Thought provoking

I would you struggled to maintain my concentration had I not been entertained by the at times very witty delivery of the topic. The narrators performance also added to this. She didn't miss a single beat reading of all of those technical terms. Highly recommend to any young adult, soon to be parent or others or anyone interested in their health.

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Essential health information for life.

Better information than most doctors or the pharmaceutical industry could ever give you. Well written and narrated. Natural medicine and organic health is the future of wellbeing. I highly recommend this book.

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Very informative

This book is very informative and is presented in a fun and light hearted way. There is a lot of information in it and it is easy to listen to more than once as each time you pick up something you may have missed the first time

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The Best Read

This is possibly one of my favourite books ever. insightful. Helpful. Inspiring. Very entertaining. Just get it!

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Book lost credibility after story proven fake

This book was proving to be very interesting and informative, until I did some research on one of the stories I found the most appealing and found it to be a complete fabrication. The following is completely untrue, and it took credibility out of the whole book for me:
“A group of South Americans had to learn that through bitter experience. They had the clever idea of taking pregnant women to the South Pole to have their babies. The plan was that the babies born there could stake a claim to any oil future reserves as natives of the region. The babies did not survive. They died soon after birth or on the way back to South America. The South Pole is so cold and germ-free that the infants simply did not get the bacteria they needed to survive. The normal temperatures and bacteria the babies encountered after leaving the Antarctic were enough to kill them.”

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Who knew poop was so much fun???

Must absolutely read book! Loved it! New exciting frontiers to explore. Didn't realise gut health could be so linked to mental health!

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