My wife has been chronically ill for over five years. She got sick during the latter portion of our engagement. She was 23 years old when we got married. After a year of doctors visits they diagnosed her with Epstein-Barr and discovered she also had a parasite from when she had traveled abroad before we got married. Even after clearing these up, she was left with the blanket "˜chronic fatigue' diagnosis. We've spent five years going to medical doctors, naturopaths, chiropracter's and homeopathic practitioners. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars on all these treatments, and to marginal success.

Everything changed six months ago when a family member recommended this book. I read it and listened to it (via Audible). I told my wife it appeared to be fit her symptoms, and we couldn't see any harm in giving it a shot. We had thought we were eating healthy before, but Dr Axe had an approach to healthy eating that, although not exactly radical, was still different than what we had been previously exposed to. So we decided to give it a try.

Within two weeks we saw a dramatic difference. Within a month we saw more improvement than we had seen in the last five years. Six months later my wife is her old self again. In fact, we think she may actually have more energy now than she did before she originally got sick.

Now, it's to be noted that we have not reincorporated wheat, cows dairy, refined sugar or refined oils back into our diet yet. We are intending to gradually reintroduce and she how she responds. Perhaps I will give an updated review at that point. But I will say this with absolutely sincerity: This book has done more for my wife than any doctor, chiropractor, naturopath or homeopathic practitioner. It was worth more than the tens of thousands of dollars we've cumulatively spent on all of them. I'm not a healthcare provider and I won't pretend to be. But I do believe the "˜proof is in the pudding' as it were. I hope this expression of appreciation works it's way to the author of this book. Please feel free to use it or message me to give a more thorough testimonial. Because it's, quite literally, the least we can do for how much we have gained from your work. After five years we have our life back. Thank you very, very much.

Interesting book. Full of healthy facts. A little dry but this is not an action novel, I'm 74 at 68 I feel apart, all auto immune problems. With the help of my daughter I started on many of these regiments and suggestions. I saw slight improvement for 2 years them much better health. I couldn't sleep, low energy, aches and pains. Now I'm greatly helped.
Look I was 68 before changing over my diet. I'm 70% better now. I should have paid attention to my gut all my life. This book has many good things to teach you. Stick with it, the body takes months and then years to heal once you break down. You will see some improvement right away.
If your young you will see more energy and better mind and soon forget it's your gut. So stay with this all your life and you won't fall apart as I did.

I really liked the explanation of leaky gut diagnosis and what causes it. What I didn't like, are the insufficient, even dangerous tips regarding the essentail oils use and homemade cosmetics. With the exception of lavender and tea tree EO, it can be VERY harmful to use EO directly on the skin. Some ingredients recommended in homemade recipes are not exactly non toxic, for example borax. Further education is needed.

A nice book about natural methods for preventing and healing cancer and other illnesses. It emphasizes gut health as the foundation for immunity and healing and as part of that the book recommends to enhance the gut with friendly microbes from the environment by coming into contact with the earth and not worrying about ingesting a bit of dirt. Perhaps because the author is a rather young practitioner he neglects to mention a range of parasites that may invade the body due to poor hygiene. As a matter of fact, in many alternative healing modalities there is a strong emphasis on removing parasites from the gut, liver and blood. Furthermore, in many developing countries parasites invading the gut due to contaminated food and water are a major cause of illness and mortality.

Thank you for bring us back to reality. It is so helpful to see how we are slowly killing ourselves, and see how easily we can make changes.
Thank you.