The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss

Easy to follow phases. I started because I wanted to address a persistent low level infection, Bonus, I lost 8 lbs without realizing it. I like the not counting calories. I never felt hungry or deprived.

I bought this book in an effort to understand microbiome health. What I read was a repetitive sales pitch to buy a retinue of expensive pills.

As a professional cook and deep-organic farmer, the suggestion that I have to fix my digestive system with pills rather than with food gives me pause. If our micro biomes are so very unhealthy because we put so many manufactured and processed foods into our system, how will ingesting more manufactured products fix the situation?

There are recipes in this book and if you follow the diet plan, you will lose weight. If you cut out all soy, sugar and starches for three weeks (as this book recommends) you are going to lose some of the extra weight you have. This is not new information. Nor are some of the instances put forward in this book. Specifically about a lab technician petting some rabbits and not others–the rabbits that were pet reacted differently to the experiment than the unloved rabbits. This was a story that went around in the early 90's and not among scientists.

Made more clear by reading The Microbiome Diet, is that there is just not enough research at this point to help the general reader or, for that matter, anyone but the people willing to sell you untested, unproven, unaffordable pills.

The information that was presented was heavy handed, repetitive and poorly presented. The clinical citation was vague and, at times, not even relevant. Any information I gleaned out of this book, I am suspicious of. Where I had a moment of openness about microbiome health, I am now disinclined to read about unless it is presented by someone who has no skin in the game.

Most of us need to lose weight. None of us need to spend the money to read this book.

I loved the book. The most comprehensive one on healing the gut I've run across. I have long term health challenges (beginning at birth and progressing and I'll be 67 this year). At one point I gave up on doctors and took matters into my own hands. I eventually received 14 diagnosis from different doctors but nothing we did helped. So I gave that all up and decided I needed to find the right diet for me. I keep coming back to the fact that all sickness and disease begin in the gut and all healing begins in the gut (makes sense in my case). This is just another thing I simply had to try and find out. I'm currently on phase 2 (been a month tomorrow that I started) and outside of some detox (not as serious as I expected) I'm not noticing any improvement. Fibromyalgia has been through the roof for one thing along with my sinusitis and I've been tired. I'm going to continue since I have spent a fortune on supplements but at this point I'm wondering if it's going to work. Anyone else take this long? I should add that I've been working on probiotics (good ones) and cultured foods and other good things for 4 years now.

This book explained so many things that I had been experiencing in my life - explaining why certain diets had failed, why exercise hadn't helped, how medications had backfired. I have been following the microbiome diet now for 6 months and I am well into phase 3, and I feel great, I have lost nearly 15 lbs and kept it off, and best of all, I don't feel as if I'm "'dieting". I'm finally happy with my diet!

I loved the book. The most comprehensive one on healing the gut I've run across. I have long term health challenges (beginning at birth and progressing and I'll be 67 this year). At one point I gave up on doctors and took matters into my own hands. I eventually received 14 diagnosis from different doctors but nothing we did helped. So I gave that all up and decided I needed to find the right diet for me. I keep coming back to the fact that all sickness and disease begin in the gut and all healing begins in the gut (makes sense in my case). This is just another thing I simply had to try and find out. I'm currently on phase 2 (been a month tomorrow that I started) and outside of some detox (not as serious as I expected) I'm not noticing any improvement. Fibromyalgia has been through the roof for one thing along with my sinusitis and I've been tired. I'm going to continue since I have spent a fortune on supplements but at this point I'm wondering if it's going to work. Anyone else take this long? I should add that I've been working on probiotics (good ones) and cultured foods and other good things for 4 years now.

This book explained so many things that I had been experiencing in my life - explaining why certain diets had failed, why exercise hadn't helped, how medications had backfired. I have been following the microbiome diet now for 6 months and I am well into phase 3, and I feel great, I have lost nearly 15 lbs and kept it off, and best of all, I don't feel as if I'm "'dieting". I'm finally happy with my diet!

This book was written to promote Dr. Kellman's medical practice in New York. Don't bother to follow the references in the resources section to his web site, or call to inquire about the products referenced. Neither the website or the receptionist on the phone has any information about the products. Their only interest is getting new patient's registered.

The advice and the scientific explanation behind the diet was good. The food, however, is expensive and some of it could not be found where I live. In a larger city, perhaps with a store like Whole Foods, it would be easier to follow.

Concise summary needed in first 5 pages. You put us thru a ton of reading, not a good path. Summary first, more detail second, minutiae at end with the recipes. Add 3 lists of foods to purchase level 1: starting basics, level 2: more essentials, level 3: option stuff. This only needed a list of foods. It could be 10 pages, which is what I read previous to purchasing it. Damn, was that review spot on!!!

I really like the book and am fascinated with the concept. I've started the process and have had early, positive results. I highly recommend looking into this.

However.

All diet cookbook authors please, please take note: the Piggly Wiggly rarely has alvacados. We have Quaker Oats. We have Mandarin oranages in the little plastic cups. We may have fresh asparagus in season. My point is this: stop with fru-fru recipes and put some simple "pour bag in bowl add water and microwave" recipes. I imagine most of us are working stiffs that had to Google what a complete was and we really don't have time to throw that together. Give us dinner recipes that we can make one night and have leftovers for two !unches. That's the kind of thing that would really help.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! Finally an answer to why my weight has continued to creep ever upward no matter what I do! Implementing the program now and I am finally losing weight. I have hypothryoidism and going gluten and dairy free made no difference whatsoever and now I know why. If the microbiome is unbalanced no diet will work.

I absolutely love the book. has important health information. It has great and easy to follow new ways of preparing your meals and to enjoy what your eating. This helps in adopting new ways of looking at each and every meal you consume.

Excellent resource book. Very readable. I have even bought copies for friends. I am happy to see modern science catching up to the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, which states that all disease begins in our inability to digest food.

Wow everything Over and Over, Too many details in the stories. The book is hard to read because its so BIG. The diet is on page 199. I read a good 50-60 pages and thought ,When am I gonna get to the “Meat of the Book” Book could use a little weight loss too.
Good info - enough to fill about 150 pages.( 344Pages) I am not negating the valuable information in the book, but for people looking for answers with health concerns It would be just as valuable and easier to navigate through if it were condensed. There are 70 + pages of recipies that look pretty good. Overall its of Life saving importance so Im Pleased.

Dr. Raphael Kellman does a great job exploring the importance of the forgotten metabolic organ inside our body: the microbiome. He provides the science that will convince you to stop the calorie, carb, and fat counting!

Instead, Dr. Kellman suggests a better approach: a diet that is healthy for your gut AND gut microbiome. I couldn't agree more! He also discusses how eating Western foods (sugar, grains, soy, gluten, processed fats, and dairy) can activate the immune system and lead to cravings, inflammation, and fat storage.

I really like how Dr. Kellman reveals simple strategies and food choices that we can all incorporate to improve the health of our microbiome, including herbs, spices, and lesser-known foods that have prebiotics to feed our good bacteria.

Last but not least, I found chapters 7 and 8 to be most informative about stress. Balancing stress and mindful eating are major areas that many people underappreciate, and Dr. Kellman points to the science that shows how stress can disturb your gut bacteria and make you fat.

I really like the info in this book however there is a heavy emphasis on supplements. You really have to take a lot of pills or powder on this plan. I would rather change my eating instead of just popping pills I don't need. You could easily spend $200 a month on all the stuff he wants you to take. I do a paleo diet and only take a few supplements.

First off good for an educational purposes. Bad in attempting yo do phase 1. I'm an avid NPR radio listener. He was on Faith Middleton show. Very excited to hear about the new leaky gut syndrome as no doc can ever diagnose my digestive, allergic reactions. Figured I give this a shot. My sister looked at it as I said, I can try this. She looked at me and said, seriously? You can't eat anything for 3 weeks while you repair your gut? She meant reg foods pretty much. Its very stark. I said well, maybe..she replied OMG, you think for nearly a month you can do this? I read it further & realized she was right. I would buy this to educate yourself but do not go into it thinking you're gonna be able to live it. Its a good experiment to see what foods do irritate. I find catch words like inflammation, leaky gut are thrown around quite a bit in general. Be your own guide...