Book Review: Skinny Gut Diet by Brenda Watson

One of the basic premises of this book can be seen in this quote:

“Gut microbes help give a new twist to the phrase ‘You are what you eat.’ You are what your gut microbes do with what you eat.” (page 14)

Ms. Watson makes the claim that what is going on in your gut has a direct connection to what is going on with your weight. She does a very good job at backing it up, too. She includes plenty of arguments with references from reputable scientific studies.

She talks about almost every imaginable related topic such as, leaky gut, microbiome, candida, gluten, stress, antibiotics, inflammation, heavy metals, obesogens, detoxing and the gut-brain connection. She explains these and every thing else in easy to understand layman’s terms. No confusion here.

Interspersed throughout all the background information about the why behind the diet, are real life success stories, which makes this all the more credible.

When this author gets to the nitty gritty of what to do and eat for this diet she leaves nothing out. Included are food lists, meal plans, recipes, shopping lists, suggested suppliers and tips on eating out.

Some of the basic rules for this diet are:

Rule 1: Eat more fat (healthy fat) to reduce silent inflammation.

Rule 2: Eat living foods every day to balance your gut.

Rule 3: Eat protein at every meal and snack to eliminate cravings.

Just because you now have her basic rules doesn’t mean you will be successful in losing weight. There is an extremely large amount of information packed into this book and we all need the “why” for things or else we will forget and stop doing whatever the thing is. You really do need the whole book.

And considering all the health “sessions” and health “summits” that have been going on around the internet the last few months, this book contains a lot of that same information, perhaps not in as great a depth, but no topic in general seemed to be missing.

As a life long researcher of health topics and a weight loss coach I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to lose weight and keep it off.

To purchase your own copy of this book go here:The Skinny Gut Diet: Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group as part of their blogging for books program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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