When Your Bowel Rules

Shedding light on an underestimated organ

Most of us would like their digestive tract to be like children were supposed to be in former times: It’s best not to see or hear anything about them … Even though it is obvious how important good

digestion is for our well-being, talking about the gut is still far from being socially acceptable. In fact, we don’t really want to know what’s bubbling away “down there”. The intestine should do its job and that’s that. If it doesn’t … then we suffer at all levels, because it has the finest connections to our soul. There is no other place in the body where we notice so quickly that something is wrong as in the gut. It is our second brain. That makes it all the more important to understand it – especially in its supposed “moodiness.”

The author takes us on a journey into the mysterious depths of the digestive system, especially the intestine, where a perfectly coordinated and well-rehearsed waste disposal team is tirelessly working to ensure our well-being. From this it follows almost by itself what we can do to make life easier: for our gut and thus for ourselves.

• Understanding the digestive system – sudden insights Included
• Competent help for intestinal diseases, the No. 1 common disease
• The stomach as the centre of well-being