Book Das Glück liegt im Darm, Elisabeth Polster

The guide to a good gut feeling: tips for better gut health

If you feel ill, tired, depressed, overweight or listless, perhaps you should listen to your gut more! After all, how efficient, healthy and energised we feel has a lot to do with our gut flora.

Nutrition expert and certified gut health counsellor Elisabeth Polster draws on her wealth of knowledge and shares her own painful experiences. In her book, she explains current research findings and gives valuable tips for more good bacteria in the gut.

• Beneficial gut bacteria: understanding the microbiome in the gut ecosystem
• The gut and its effect on the liver, brain, skin and immune system
• Strengthening the intestinal flora: avoid nutritional errors, do something good for the intestinal microbiome
• Understand the connection between gut health and well-being
• Gut flatterers and bacteria killers: what is good for the gut?

How can the beneficial bacteria and microbes in the gut be multiplied? Do I need a gut cleanse after taking antibiotics? Can a healthy diet and probiotics heal the gut? Understanding our own digestion, the intestinal barrier as a protective shield against the outside world and the influence of the intestine on organ functions helps us to understand digestive problems and other complaints.

Elisabeth Polster takes away our fear of meeting our digestive organs. Let us take you on an exciting journey inside your body. Get to know the bacterial superheroes that ensure our survival. They are the original inhabitants of our planet and we live with them in a symbiosis that is crucial for our health. Find out how you can make these lucky little lodgers your best friends!