Gut- Check
Your Prime Source for Bowel Health and Colon Cancer Prevention
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"Doc, I can’t get out the gas," the man exclaimed, his eyes bulging and teeth clenched. "No matter how hard I try, I can’t get out the gas!" Howard, a successful business executive, looked as if he were about to explode as he explained that he could only eat baby food because of his terrible gas and abdominal pain. Then there was Brad, a very anxious young college student, who was trying to cope with the fear surrounding his father’s newly diagnosed colon cancer. "Should I be concerned about getting colon cancer, Dr. Aron? Do I need to be tested? What can I do to prevent colon cancer?" These were just a few of his many questions. Sarah, a yoga instructor from Berkeley, is another interesting patient with an intriguing question. "Dr. Aron, is it all right if I detox my system with a coffee enema? Everyone I know is doing it, and they say it’s great for cleansing your body. What do you think?" On the phone is Lisa, a young mother of two, who I saw several years ago as a patient. "Dr. Aron, I’m calling for my best friend Cynthia. She thinks she has the same problem with her bowels that I had, but she’s too embarrassed to talk to her doctor. What was that medicine you prescribed to me, she wants to know." Howard, Brad, Sarah, and Lisa are typical of the patients I’ve seen over the past three decades as a practicing gastroenterologist. During this time as a teacher, researcher, and practitioner I have been asked thousands of questions like these and have observed how every aspect of ones’ health is affected by their bowel function. I believe that your bowel movements represent the end result of how you live, eat, breathe, relax, love, and feel about yourself and others.
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* Is it alright to read on the toilet? * How many bowel movements a day are normal? * Which foods cause the most gas? * Should I use enemas to detox my body? * What natural or alternative medications are there for constipation? * What can I do to prevent colon cancer? These are just a small sample of the wide range of questions answered in Gut-Check. Created as a comprehensive user-friendly guide for bowel care, it contains the latest in concise expert information on how to optimize bowel function, prevent disease, and achieve great health. In Gut-Check find: * How to achieve regularity in 10 to 14 days * Case histories that examine common myths about bowel health * What is the mind-gut connection * The Gut-Check PLAN to prevent colon cancer * Answers to over forty questions on bowel care - even the most embarrassing
About the Author
Jeffrey M. Aron, M.D. is the chairman of the Nutritional Support Committee and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. He has been in the practice of gastroenterology for the last 26 years, and has served as the chairman of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition for 19 years. Dr. Aron is a graduate of UCLA, and earned his medical degree from the University of California at Irvine, where he co-founded the school newspaper, The Impulse. Currently he serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America, and was a founding member of the Northern California Chapter of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He has lectured and taught at major national and international conferences, and has contributed to numerous scientific publications, including the book Nutrition and AIDS. Dr. Aron and his wife Harriette reside in San Francisco, and are the parents of a son.